First of all, if you come to Dongguan, you must not miss the local Chaoshan cuisine. Chaoshan cuisine is one of the most distinctive cuisines in Guangdong. It has many specialties, with different tastes of soup, such as fresh, salty, sweet, sour and spicy, as well as various seafood, meat and vegetables. In particular, Chaoshan beef hotpot, Chaoshan beef balls and Chaoshan beef offal are all very popular representative dishes.
Secondly, Hakka cuisine is also a major feature of Dongguan. Hakka cuisine is characterized by diverse tastes and healthy food. Its appearance pays attention to the starting point of "clear, fresh, smooth and crisp", and its taste is mainly "fresh, tender, cool, sweet, salty and spicy". Let guests enjoy the cultural connotation of food while tasting it. For example, Hakka sour soup, fat beef hot pot, preserved rice noodles and braised pork with Hakka plum dishes are also delicious foods in many people's hearts.
Finally, the award-winning honor of Cantonese people shows the high popularity of Cantonese cuisine. Cantonese cuisine is rich in practical skills and diverse in taste, and it can also be used to produce different styles of dishes in different ways. Cantonese cuisine is light in cultural tendency, but full of flavor. Such as Guangdong barbecued pork, zhajiang noodles, Cantonese egg tart, fried beef river, laba rice and other dishes enjoy high popularity in Guangdong and surrounding areas.
Generally speaking, Dongguan cuisine is characterized by diversity, including local Chaoshan cuisine and Hakka cuisine, as well as Cantonese cuisine culture enjoyed by different cities in Guangdong Province. Every kind of food has great attraction, leaving a good taste memory in Dongguan.