The best classic Cantonese dishes
The top 3 according to 48 votes from people: Honey char siu · Steamed spare ribs in black bean sauce · Slow-boiled soup (lou fo tong). (Updated Sep 26, 2024.)
Combining Sohu's '16 dishes that have made the top ten of Cantonese cuisine' and NetEase's 'Guangdong's 10 classic dishes': the most classic, most often ranked Cantonese dishes, from white-cut chicken to roast suckling pig.
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Top 15
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1
Honey char siu
The emblem of Cantonese siu mei, sweet and glossy.
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2
Steamed spare ribs in black bean sauce
The classic dim sum steamed ribs.
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3
Slow-boiled soup (lou fo tong)
The long-simmered soup no Cantonese table goes without.
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4
Crispy roast pork belly
Pork belly roasted until the skin blisters and crackles.
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5
White-cut chicken
The first of Cantonese chicken dishes, poached, with silky skin and pure flavour.
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6
Crispy roast goose
Golden-red, crisp skin and tender meat; Shenjing roast goose is the most famous.
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7
Rose soy sauce chicken
Chicken poached in rose wine and soy sauce.
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8
Pork tripe chicken
Hakka peppery hotpot of chicken in pork tripe.
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9
Roast suckling pig
Banquet centrepiece with amber, crackling skin.
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10
Poached shrimp
Blanched in boiling water and dipped in soy: all about freshness.
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11
Roast squab
Crisp-skinned Shiqi pigeon.
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12
Sweet and sour pork
The Cantonese dish best known abroad.
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13
Dry-fried beef ho fun
Rice noodles stir-fried with plenty of wok hei.
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14
Dongjiang salt-baked chicken
Hakka classic cooked in hot salt.
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15
Baiyun pig's trotters
Sweet-and-sour trotters from Guangzhou's Baiyun Mountain.
Candidates
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16
Steamed fish
Mandarin fish or leopard coral grouper with scallions, hot oil and soy.
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Comments (9)
粤菜讲究原汁原味。
咕噜肉外国人最爱 😂
早茶的豉汁蒸排骨必点。
红烧乳鸽是广州的经典。
白灼虾最考验食材新鲜度。
叉烧要肥瘦相间，蜜汁要足。
清蒸鱼淋上热油和豉油，简单又好吃。
深井烧鹅最好吃！
白切鸡要配姜葱酱才正宗。