Guiyang Food

Food in Guiyang mainly includes Qian cuisine and local snacks. It is said that Guiyang people working outside Guiyang would be sure to lick their lips when they think of Guiyang food. This reflects their love of food and the culture. Qian (Guizhou) Cuisine tastes numb and spicy, which are two indispensable elements in Guiyang food.

Guiyang Cuisine is also called Qian (Guizhou) Cuisine. It tastes numb and spicy, which are two indispensable elements in Guiyang food. Numb refers to the condiment made from several spices and the spicy is mainly refined from the red pepper.

The most famous dish in Guiyang is Suan Tang Yu, originating not in Guiyang, but in the Miao region, this dish has become a typical dish in Guiyang.

Other famous dishes like Si Wa Wa, Love Bean Curd and Bijie Dumplings are also very popular among the locals.

Si Wa Wa (Sliced Vegetable Baby) could well be the cheapest snack in Guiyang. It literarily means the Baby because it takes the shape of a baby in swaddling clothes. Actually it is a thin cake made of flour and stuffed with various sliced cooked vegetables such as the carrot, radish, celeries and other vegetables. Sour and spicy juices are necessities when tasting the Si Wa Wa.
Add: Zhangji Si Wa Wa, at the entrance of Wenhua Lu, Guiyang

Among all the Guiyang dishes, Suan Tang Yu (Sour Soup Fish) is most delicious. Originating not in Guiyang, but in the Miao region, this dish has become a typical dish in Guiyang.
Add: Kaili Sour Sour Fish Restaurant, No. 55, Shengfu Lu, Guiyang

Originated in Bijie County, Guizhou Province, Bijie dumpling is a popular local flavor with a history of 50 years. The white and fine flour is made of top-grade glutinous rice. The dumpling is made up of ham, sesame, peanut, rock candy, lard, etc. Characterized by small size, thin skin with much stuffing, it tastes soft, fragrant and delicious.
Restaurant: Siheyuan
Add: 79 West Qianling Road, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
Tel: (0851) 6825419
Price: 30-100/pax

As one of the popular snacks in Guiyang, love bean curd is a small piece of bean curd roasted on an oiled iron sheet or wire mesh over chaff fire. When roasted to be brownish, oily and swollen, it is cut open and stuffed with the sauce of hot pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, chopped green scallion, mashed garlic and ginger. When eating it hot, you will find it very spicy, tender, tasty and delectable.
Restaurant: Zongjiang Laochuancai
Add: Meitan Mansion, 202 Beijing Road, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
Tel: (0851) 6818028, 6871849
Price: 60/pax

It could be the most popular snack in Guiyang. The name of Chang Wang implies auspiciousness. With a long history of more than 100 years, Chang Wang Noodle has been highly-praised by the people of Guiyang.
Restaurant: Guiyang Fumanlou
Add: Maotai Mansion, Cinanmen Road, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
Tel: (0851) 5954999, 5954666
Price: 70/pax