Must-Try Dishes When Travelling in Qingyuan

When visiting Qingyuan, there are signature local foods you simply have to taste — they will awaken your taste buds and whet your appetite. Top of the list is White-Cut Qingyuan Chicken. Young Qingyuan chickens weighing around one kilogram are selected for this dish. After thorough cleaning, the whole bird is poached slowly in gently simmering water until fully cooked. Once taken out and cooled, it is served with a dipping sauce made of chopped green onions, ginger, cooking oil and salt. This cooking method fully preserves the natural original flavour of Qingyuan Chicken, delivering a fragrant, silky and refreshing texture that no visitor to Qingyuan should skip.

The North River Freshwater Seafood Feast is another unmissable local highlight, a world-famous signature dish of the region. It uses live, fresh river seafood from the North River as raw ingredients, mostly prepared by steaming, and seasoned simply with oil, salt, ginger and green onions. The seafood tastes incredibly delicious, letting you savour its pure natural flavour.

Daoci Ci (Sliced Rice Noodle Rolls) is a must-try street snack. Simmered together with meat gravy and lean pork, it carries a delicate aroma of goose meat and is deeply loved by local residents. Jiulong Tofu is another renowned snack readily available from street stalls. Silky and tender on the palate, it is ground from soybeans using pure mountain spring water. Dongpo Dried Beef boasts a long production history. Crisp and refreshing, it has no greasy or gamey aftertaste, making it an absolute must for tourists. Cured Dog Meat is a unique local delicacy. The meat is cleaned and deboned, marinated with stir-fried fine salt, rinsed with warm water, air-dried, coated with ginger sauce and soup stock, then cured in the wind. The finished cured dog meat is tender, crisp and intensely aromatic.