Why is Guilin food is so similar to Cantonese food?!

Today we're back in Guilin exploring the culinary crossovers between Guangxi and the surrounding provinces! Super interesting, super yummy.
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Blondie is like a neighbor girl with sunshine smile, she travels a lot, knows many people from different areas, eats much different food. Good luck and wish you all the best 💯

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[@chilogatch]

I love China and due to Covid unable to travel. Your vlogs keep me posted and give me a chance to go around China. Thank you.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

My impression of people from Guangxi is literally Guangdong people who have a higher spice tolerance🙃

[@FanxiangLi-zi4fw]

It's inconceivable how many cities in China you have been to，Blondie. As a Chinese myself， I haven't been to those cities yet. Hope an incredible travel as yours for me in future.

[@Qinhaocheng]

Was this day planned by Jason as well? How can you again find all the classic authentic places?! As who grew up here, I can prove that Amy's Guilin vlog is THE best one among all Guilin travel vlogs. The restaurants in your videos are basically what I would have on my todo list when I go back home.

[@liamjames5322]

Jason aka burger king ham bao Wang 🤣 living in china

[@Qinhaocheng]

@@liamjames5322 i meaned the different Jason, the local guide in Amy's previous video

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@@QinhaochengI think she mentioned the Guilin videos are based on Jason’s recommendations

[@wangyuning285]

@@user-zb6lg1xj3k But i thought Jason is living in Guizhou? or did i rmbr wrongly

[@scotttan6377]

Amy , the foodie explorer and adventurer , shines with her passion and fearlessness but is always kind and respectful . Amy's channel truly showcases China's rich diversity of culture , cuisine, and nature.

[@JasmineO_2018]

Pickled mango is a huge childhood snack of locals here in Hawaii. Pickled mangos, pickled plums... it's soooo yummy!

[@maycherryblossoms]

Yepp I'm a Hawaii gal born and raised

[@lillyli6610]

Wow! Interesting! People get the same idea cooking their ingredients no matter how far away they are

[@leannen7578]

糖水 in Cantonese means dessert 😂😂 you have actually had 糖水 before in Guang Zhou, the mung bean soup and coconut milk things, they pretty much call it all 糖水

[@user-sm3ru1fm6g]

The sweet potato and ginger sweet water is popular in Guangdong too

[@weifan9533]

Love the cultures, foods, and languages of Guangxi, hope that I could visit this beautiful province someday.

[@nizzy116]

omg, i just realized what you just said about osmanthus. Gui fa is the flower and lin is the forest, you make me learn so much =)

[@scottbagan7610]

Yum 😋 , cool to see China up close. Thanks

[@Life-oo2tr]

Just found your channel this week and I've been slowly watching all your videos! You exude such a fun and bright energy and it makes me so happy watching you try new foods. I'm ethnically Chinese but born in Canada and I watching you feels like I'm travelling with a best friend, discovering my roots and even the things I didn't know about my culture.

[@oskara8457]

Im new to this channel, greetings from Sweden having worked as a chef but now just a foodie. I just love your content, and your aproach to life in china! The urge is getting stronger and stronger to visit, i just have to start learning chinese. #goals

[@JSTech2012]

Some foreigners so smart to learn Chinese like you, amazing.

[@Pomatopedia]

Your contents changed so much over the years, it is now basically full blown food vlog. I do miss some of the deeper dive into different parts of China every now and then. Also, Guangdong and Guangxi used to be one province back then, that is why they have a lot of cultural overlapse.

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Do you know why, if you see the news from BBC or CNN, how do they evaluate bloggers about Chinese tourism, if any positive news about Chinese culture is shot, the dissemination is restricted by Twitter, as a blogger who shoots a video, Of course I don't want to do this, so I can only change the food photography.

[@violetviolet888]

Good info about the provinces. I LOVE the food focus because food is a universal language. Every country has a dumpling, a doughnut, a tamale, etc, it all depends on their local resources and their variation. Shows that we have much more in common as a species than we think. The history of China is vast and deep, it would take a lot more to do each village, province, region justice.

[@devilhunterred]

@@user-ze1pk6sl2v To be fair. I'm a Chinese myself, and there isn't really any good positive things to say about China besides its food, landscape and culture. If you talk about Chinese history, their politics and society inevitable come up as topics and there are only negative things to say about Chinese politics and society as a whole.

[@zoezheng8819]

@@devilhunterred and as Chinese myself I strongly disagree with you. There are lots of good things about China.

[@alexanderwu7371]

@@zoezheng8819 不用理ta。确实很难想象会有一个中国人持有这种观点。

[@ExpatNatt]

It’s so nice to watch a video and recognise the places! Thanks for sharing! ❤

[@nuschelll]

I´m such a picky eater and I love that you always try everything with an open mind. I could never do that

[@shapirofamily39]

Great to see another video Amy... thanks for all your content!!!

[@Vntoronto]

Hi Amy!🙋🏻‍♀️ I find it so fascinating to see so many varieties of food in China. It definitely makes me want to visit someday. As always, I love watching your vlogs and seeing you trying out all the dishes is phenomenal! Wish they sell those juicy bbq goose in Toronto.😅😆😋 Look forward to your next vlog soon. Take care!😁👋🏻👋🏻

[@violetviolet888]

V: Most of the world has no idea how diverse and how far back the history goes with food because they are a closed country and don't readily share their knowledge like the French and Europeans took over and imposed their ways on others around the world. China is huge and geographically diverse, hence the local resources vary greatly, affecting the food. It is likely the most diverse in the world. "The one thing I know for sure about China is, I will never know China. It’s too big, too old, too diverse, too deep. There’s simply not enough time. That's for me the joy of China, facing a learning curve that impossibly steep. The certain knowledge that even if I dedicated my life to learning about China, I die mostly ignorant." - Anthony Bourdain, On Parts Unknown

[@HienLe-eg6xs]

I can confirm you would find changfen/juanfen in Vietnam under the name "banh cuon", but it's slightly different here. The portions are much smaller, and people usually eat it with chopped pork/mushroom, fried shallots, local sausage and fish sauce. Another version can be found in the far north provinces (those that border China) where it it serve with an egg and bone broth. Both are equally delicious 😄

[@yamKenny]

isn't the Vietnamese version has fish sauce instead of soy?

[@HienLe-eg6xs]

@@yamKenny yeah I did mention we eat it with fish sauce. Though in most cases it is diluted with some water/sugar/vinegar before dipping the rolls in

[@yamKenny]

@@HienLe-eg6xs its sold here in Australia not most of the time I seen it pre made

[@HienLe-eg6xs]

@@yamKenny I think bcoz its difficult to find proper utensils , so restaurant owners cannot do it as a made to order item. I used to live in Melbourne and very rarely found them, even in Viet restaurants

[@yamKenny]

@@HienLe-eg6xs did you try Springvale or footscary when you were in Melbourne

[@user-xz7hx2yc1m]

广西 is one of the most mysterious, fascinating regions of China , next to Xinjiang, Tibet... I am jealous of you having travelled of all the places that I wished to visit for many years.

[@dragon5946]

dude its no where near xinjiang and tibet lol

[@lindyralph8792]

I'm always so excited when your videos arrive. You have single-handedly convinced me to come to China when I can. I was never sure where to go first and now I know it's Guilin; the food looks like such a great mix or other regions and the scenery looks amazing. I went to Sapa in Vietnam years ago and also Halong Bay and the scenery looks so familiar from there because it's so close! Yay, for you xxx

[@achillesarmstrong9639]

yeah Guilin and yangshuo is heaven especially in early summer ,and autumn. The whether in those days are pretty nice. I prefer yangshuo better. Amy is going to yangshuo next video.

[@Landis_Grant]

Goose is fattier than duck but both are so delicious when roasted especially the drumsticks!

[@davepsk7334]

Must admit, those pickles do appeal to me very much. Don't know why, but I never used to like pickles until my retirement.

[@RespectOthers1]

That yummy Yuanfen looks like a giant silkworm. I hope you enjoyed a boat ride/bamboo rafting or two on the river to soak in the heavenly sceneries! :D

[@xz334]

*Juanfen 😂

[@alexbighead4997]

😀😀😀

[@RespectOthers1]

@@xz334 Me and correct spelling have no Juanfen…oops, I meant Yuanfen! 🤣🤣

[@wuandy1]

guilin is one of the few cities I had the pleasure of travelling to. it's so beautiful and serene there and your video captures it all.

[@cl1079]

Love all your videos, especially this one! Great to see all this amazing culinary experiences in these small little local restaurants.

[@shawna5647]

Amy, I recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching all of your videos in the last week or so! Love all your content!!

[@invaderzimie]

The enthusiasm and love you put into your videos really shows!

[@chuchuchuchia]

Randomly stumbled across this video but I love your passion and attention to detail and articulation of Chinese food!

[@Wzz2024]

Hi Amy, I've been watching your videos and I just want to say thanks for making these awesome food vlogs!! They're so well done! I love how you seem super sweet and open-minded and knowledgeable about the different cuisines. Everything just looks so good and I want to go back to China someday to try everything that you're vlogging T.T

[@cindyg7816]

I am a Guilin local, welcome to my hometown! Love to see you had such a good time here.

[@SoSab]

I love Guilin ! I am adding these new spots to try out! Thanks Amy :)

[@stevet5790]

the quality of these videos are astonishing .

[@phoeberichardson7100]

Love your videos Amy!! Inspire me to try and learn about new cuisines!

[@lexij2398]

Yayy new video!! So exciteddd

[@dengxijia0204]

Hey Amy! I am from Yangshuo and have been your subscriber for a while! Excited for you to explore and try the food from my hometown! Definitely need to hit up the noodles, beer fish, and stuffed EVERYTHING (豆腐酿stuffed tofu, 螺蛳釀water snail, 柚子皮釀 etc)!

[@rickychua3790]

In Malaysia, my mom used to cook sweet potato tongsui with ginger for us just like the one you had when we were young. 👍🏻

[@paulweng100]

Thanks!

[@jennyohara4011]

Another top Quality Video , Wonderful Amy!

[@hhhh-sp3rg]

Good job on this video!! I enjoyed your food adventure :))

[@tangaurelia]

This makes me miss all the yummy Guangdong food I love in Hong Kong 😋 Thank you Amy!

[@EuroTravChannel]

Sweet potato and ginger drink! Pickled cantaloupe, wow! They are not only vegan but also super healthy.

[@violetviolet888]

Euro Trav: If you want to eat vegan, Look up recipes from Asian countries, they'll be extremely flavorful and crunchy and magical in your mouth, unlike western "vegan" food.

[@sunnysy1097]

非常感谢Amy带给我们阳光和美味的一天！

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Once you planning to visit China, you will see the world like a vintage place. Beautiful video sis 😍. God bless everyone 💞 Greetings from India ❤️ ❤️🇨🇳💝🇮🇳 .....

[@Game_Changer_00]

so many dishes in one video, watching you eat made me feel hungry😋

[@vernonprevatt-usmc]

Absolutely delightful video entertainment and education. Your approach and delivery is so appealing. Just makes me want to seek out better Chinese food options in Florida.

[@chuenyeelau]

Thank you for another fabulous video! you makes me very hungry. Cheers from the frozen North

[@Albertelmstreet]

姑娘牙口真好 glad you enjoyed the food❤

[@carlottaeland]

I’d love to see a series of food tasting from the US south! Nashville hot chicken, Louisiana Cajun and creole, real southern Bar-B-Que, sweet and spicy! And bring your parents along, I love their reactions!

[@RayMak]

Looks so super delicious

[@Woodland26]

My first trip to Guilin was in 1987, departing from the old airport in GZ. The plane was delayed for hours and the tour guide disappeared during that time, only to suddenly reappear and say board the plane. Arrived Guilin late and tired but thank goodness still had our rice noodles late in a restaurant. Boat ride in the river was a must to appreciate the many mountains along the river. The buildings in this video is similar to my memory of my visit.

[@yxj419]

Yeahhhhhh, new video from Amy, my lucky day❤❤❤

[@jerometsowinghuen]

Very surprised to see both Guilin and Chinese cuisines are very close, which is interesting. Also, a well-planned itinerary to try the roasted goose.

[@nnf9431]

I'd say with 3 different roast goose videos under your belt that you're definitely an expert now

[@mguo8190]

On the way to 300k. You will be there before the year ends. And btw, that juanfen looks so good. The suan flavor is definitely making this the Most mouth watering episode.

[@user-jm3mi9wq9p]

親愛的桂林 🤭腸粉😋 油條炸得好靚。👍 糖水店放糖水處很企理，牆身很潔亮。👍 足料 真材實料。 好想去桂林。😍

[@musicfan300]

That roast goose just looked delicious! BTW, 桂林米粉，especially汤米粉，seems to be a specialty,too...A lot of restaurants featuring this have opened up in Los Angeles.

[@Valkyrie0713.]

Here in the American south we’ll sometimes pickle watermelon rind, so the idea of all these pickled fruits sounds right up my alley! Especially paired with something spicy and/or salty! If you’ve never had a fruit cup with lime juice, tajin, and chamoy you’ve got to try it!

[@Lotus.F]

Great episode, the pickles made my mouth water just by watching.

[@sarahs870]

Oh my Chun Ji Shao Er!!!! All of memories. I need go back home now! Drilling while watching your videos

[@Moksha-Raver]

Your videos are pure fun. 😃

[@singmantkpss]

amazing in-depth intro of Guilin food culture!

[@MrJC882]

Always looking forward to all your delicious videos 🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@jamesli9620]

I haven't back to guilin for many years as a local people there, thanks for your video to recommend the special food there, so miss it.😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@CLONDONH]

What a lovely introduction to Guilin/Guangxi cuisine!! I love how the local people interact with you (Amy, you are always very friendly and kind to other people so there's no real surprise there) but I just love how they are super "casual" and natural when they speak to you as well--which shows how comfortable they are with you!!! There is no awkward moment or silence of trying to explain things in a different way--they just blurt out whatever they have in mind which, to me at least, shows they don't think of you as an "outsider" (for lack of a better word; well, I'd be an outsider if I travel there as well). anyways, Love your enthusiasm! P.S. Sweet potato + ginger+ rock sugar (or any type of sugar actually) is my fav household "sugar water" especially during winter. It tastes great just hot from the stove but when you chill the leftover in the fridge and eat it cold the next day, it'd be another pleasant surprise.

[@violetviolet888]

CLONDONH, there are no "awkward moments" when you speak the native language fluently with a genuine curiosity that isn't exploitive.

[@sealion6444]

locals react like that to pretty much all foreigners. To them whenever they see a foreigner it's like seeing an strange animal in the zoo for the first time. You should see how they treat their own people. Normally like shite!

[@zilaiye]

@@sealion6444心里阴暗的人看什么都是阴暗的

[@sealion6444]

@@zilaiye Ignorance talking. It's because people like you that china is a huge mess now and that most of the world are looking down at you and your country

[@drewcorry5056]

goose looked so yummy, specially with sweet and sour sauce. Outstanding from start to finish

[@bamboohistorypodcast5250]

Who knew changfen had a cousin? They gotta bring juanfen to Straya!! What a find 😁

[@violetviolet888]

Bamboo History Podcast: With food, there are always variations.

[@Suite_annamite]

Everything has a cousin, and food is no exception: although the Vietnamese "Bánh cuốn" (餅卷) may look better, the Cantonese cheung fun (腸粉) still tastes better! And I have yet to try those "rice worms" from Guangxi!

[@Suite_annamite]

BTW, I subscribed to your great channel a long time ago : nice to see you keep up with Amy as well!

[@bamboohistorypodcast5250]

@@Suite_annamite thanks for your support! Just casually poaching Amy’s followers from her own videos 😂

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Never enjoyed watching someone eat more than this. Bon appetit!👏👏👍

[@winterburden]

Amazing pickles, so jealous! 😋

[@mr.niceguy89]

Instant subscribe love this video 😊😀

[@yizhang1390]

Love your video! Keep going!

[@SM-be3mz]

Mamma mia, after watching so many of your videos, you finally went to Guangxi. Although I'm not from Guilin (from Nanning), the foods you've demonstrated and commented on were the foods I've been eating for 20 years. This is the very first time I feel homesick while watching your video. If you are going to visit Nanning, please try 老友粉 and 生榨米粉. All the best!

[@raygan777able]

Thanks lots, Amy. In some places, the rice rolls are also known as 豬腸粉

[@yamKenny]

the sweet potato dessert you should try to source out another variant its pretty much sweet potato, taro and sago in coconut sweet soup. Its a well known dessert in Malaysia

[@Ealsante]

Sweet potato tong sui! Ginger, brown sugar, some dried longan possibly... man, that's part of me childhood right there.

[@raideepu4]

Hmmm scrumptious! I love Chinese food I am mean who doesn't love Chinese cuisine!!

[@americaneagle76]

THAT JUANFEN LOOKED GOOD!

[@Transtiraspol]

Main thing I remember of Guilin is trying chili-heavy dog hotpot... Also friendly people and great scenery

[@zitmansong]

You should also try the pork belly with taro (芋头扣肉) - so amazing...

[@kinw5548]

I been there.. amazing scenery. Amazing rice noodle dishes.

[@pal2011]

Yum! I want some of that picked cantaloupe!

[@ethaning9830]

I'm from Guangxi, this video reminds me when I was a kid, I used to drink a cup of sugar 🌽 water after soccer practice

[@tweedy4sg]

Sweet potato sugary soup is popular in Malaysia & Singapore too among the Chinese diaspora.

[@meiyang3185]

we also took a boat trip to Yangshuo at that time, and in Yangshuo we rented two bikes and we enjoyed the "tour de Yangshuo".

[@walishi8549]

哈哈，终于来了，那天在王记卷粉店拍到你了

[@JohnnysCafe_]

That rolled up noodle is a terrific looking food and I would like to see food like that rather than kebab and burger shops.

[@inuwooddog3027]

0:05 That's more like a Labrador doggie drinking water. 😆

[@ellenkuang8853]

My mom used to make sweet potato 糖水 all the time in the summer to 解虚 even though San Francisco doesn't get all that hot. But it's so good. It seems like my mom's cantonese version is a smidge thicker consistency though

[@cohlinn]

Sweet potato ginger soup is a comfort food in Malaysia. Nice to see it in Guilin.

[@violetviolet888]

cohlinn, likely because it originated in Guilin and made its way to Malaysia.

[@jadewycheung]

love the mountains! miss miss the mountains in China!

[@ChaseYu]

While it is called 糖水, it isn’t exactly sugar-water.😅 it is more of a term for dessert( just more watery ) And it is also sided with 凉茶 too. 凉茶铺 are also 糖水铺, but I think that’s more of a 广东 thinly

[@violetviolet888]

Chase Yu, thank you for this. For the potato it's that it was cooked in the water and that sweet potato flavored the water, same with the corn. They weren't just dropped in sugar water.

[@felixluk3167]

Hi Amy, it's great to see that you like the tangshui. Guangdong has a huge variety of them, and you must come here and try all of them. The two main differences with Guangxi tangshui is ours are ususally served hot and generally not very sweet. One variety is made from grounded seeds, such as sesame, almonds and walnut. We of course have the sweet potato + ginger tangshui here. It is da bomb, esp. during a cold winter night. One custom we have here is to add (an even number of, usually 2) tangyuan to tangshui for the festivals, esp. Mid-Autumn festival and CNY Eve.

[@violetviolet888]

Felix Luk, Amy has tried many throughout her travels all over China. There is a recent video where she tried the walnut, peanut and black sesame paste version. Check out her channel for past videos.

[@felixluk3167]

@@violetviolet888 12:18 Amy said she has personally never tried tangshui.

[@jimli763]

If you are still planning to spending a few more days in Guangxi, I would suggest you to go to Wuzhou (梧州），my hometown, where provides different styles of amazing Chinese food.

[@user-vg7mo6kc9c]

我去桂林时候吃了好多次椿记烧鹅。啤酒鱼也挺好吃的。主要是连锁餐厅品质稳定哈哈

[@mikewant5230]

Roast duck from HK, Taiwan or any other provinces are always my meal

[@cw1069]

Blondie knows Chinese food more than the local Chinese people

[@johnooi4865]

Yr video always so exciting and so positive vibe… not a dull moment..God bless