Street Food in Guangzhou

There’s a saying in Guangdong: “Eat in Guangzhou, but the chefs come from Shunde” (食在广州，厨出凤城). For centuries, this modest district of Foshan has produced the cooks behind Cantonese cuisine’s greatest hits — and in 2014, UNESCO made it official, naming Shunde a Creative City of Gastronomy, one of only two in China at the time….

When you think of Guangzhou, the first thing that comes to mind is dim sum. But beyond the tea houses and fancy restaurants, the heart of Cantonese cuisine lives on the streets, night markets, and tiny back alleys. For a first-time foreign visitor, discovering street food in Guangzhou is like stepping into a living food…