Guilin Food and Restaurants

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Guilin Food and Restaurants

Guilin cuisine is a combination of Cantonese and Hunanese styles. It is characterized by its sweetness and the delicate use of spices, particularly chili. Many foods are have a sour or spicy taste. Stir-frying and steaming are the most common cooking methods of Guilin Cuisine. Wild plants and animals, which are rarely eaten in the West, are sometimes found in Guilin Cuisine.

China Highlights' Favorite Guilin Restaurants

China Highlights have selected four great restaurants for you to eat at during your stay in Guilin. These restaurants are not tourist hot spots, but good local restaurants that serve authentic Chinese food and that are very popular with local Guilin people. Like most Chinese restaurants they will probably be filled with noise, activity and all of the things associated with Chinese people fulfilling one of their passions - eating.

For convenience, we are providing you with the menus now so that you can select the food that you would like to sample. Chinese menus, as you may know from Chinese takeaways, are usually long and sometimes it is difficult even for locals to know exactly what is meant by many items on the menu. These restaurants will probably not have any English speaking staff, so communication will be difficult. We have selected a number of dishes that are among our favorites. Please select from this menu and your guide will order the food for you and ensure that you receive what you want.

  • Left Bank Cafe (左岸咖啡)
  • Yi Yuan (怡园means Cheerful Garden)
  • McFound, or Mai Xiang Fang (麦香坊means Delicious Wheat Workshop)
  • Taste Made, or Weidao Zhizao (味道制造 means Taste Manufacture)

 

Guilin Featured Food

Guilin Rice Noodles

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Lipu Taro and Pork Loaf

Lipu Taro and Pork Loaf is a famous traditional dish of Guilin. This dish, which is popular at weddings and other celebr...more>>

Yangshuo Beer Fish

Fish from Li River cooked in a local beer with some local vegetables is very popular in Yangshuo. The fish will contain ...more>>

Oil Tea

Oil Tea is a distinctive flavor of Guilin. Every county of Guilin has people who regularly drink oil tea; however the mo...more>>

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Top Guilin Restaurants

Left Bank Cafe

Rating:4.88

Left Bank Café is offering an exciting dining experience with river views, 130 comfortable seats and creative dec...View details

Yiyuan Restaurant

Rating:4.83

Yi Yuan Restaurant is one of the strongly recommended restaurants in Guilin tour. It specializes in Sichuan cuisine, del...View details

Taste Made Restaurant

Rating:4.81

Taste Made Restaurant is an avant-courier of creating a new concept of cuisine in Guilin. Located at riverside, it is de...View details

McFound Restaurant

Rating:4.79

Excuse the name (sounding like McDonalds). The only thing that they have in common is that this restaurant is also very ...View details

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