Monday, December 20, 2004
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (a.k.a Canton), is a lively city on the South China Sea. For a long time, the city was an important trade port, so it was turned towards the outside world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was a stronghold of the European colonial powers and the stage of the infamous opium wars.
Nowadays, Guangzhou is still famous for its cooking. As it's also very close to the border to Hong Kong and Macau, we decided to use the 3 days remaining on our visas for a gastronomic holiday there. We started the day in the morning, with a breakfast of dim sums, and ended it in the late evening with some seafood and other cantonese specialities.
The ingredients of cantonese cooking have to be absolutely fresh, thus the fish tanks and bird cages in the restaurants!
Between meals, we enjoyed the nice laid back atmosphere of the hutongs...
...and sat down in the park to eat snacks and listen to the cacophony of waltzing couples, sword dancers and enthusiastic singers.
Nowadays, Guangzhou is still famous for its cooking. As it's also very close to the border to Hong Kong and Macau, we decided to use the 3 days remaining on our visas for a gastronomic holiday there. We started the day in the morning, with a breakfast of dim sums, and ended it in the late evening with some seafood and other cantonese specialities.
The ingredients of cantonese cooking have to be absolutely fresh, thus the fish tanks and bird cages in the restaurants!
Between meals, we enjoyed the nice laid back atmosphere of the hutongs...
...and sat down in the park to eat snacks and listen to the cacophony of waltzing couples, sword dancers and enthusiastic singers.
