Social & Co
Social&Co. is a bar opened by a handsome guy from New Zealand, which is loved by foreigners. The bar is located on Huajiu Road, the quiet "bar street" in Zhujiang New Town. Although there are only a few rooms, foreigners who are near the US Consulate love this relaxed and clean environment, with good food and drinks. The menu here is not extensive, with only a few pages of salads, meats, burgers, desserts, and snacks. The beer-battered fish and chips are especially delicious, as well as the fresh green mussels flown in weekly. Each item on the menu, although limited in quantity, is carefully prepared by the New Zealand chef. The wine list is carefully selected by the owner, including seasonal house wine recommendations, selected red and white wines, sparkling wine, craft beer, fresh draft beer, classic cocktails, and original creations by the bar, with the beloved "Stormy" cocktail infused with ginger flavor.
Lion Head Brand Braised Flavor Research Institute
This is a hidden, new retro braised food shop located in a high-end residential area in Zhujiang New Town. Although it looks like a tea restaurant, it is indeed a braised food shop. Like traditional Guangzhou braised food shops, there is a transparent cooked food processing window at the entrance of the restaurant. The main braised dishes here are goose, including goose wings, goose feet, goose intestines, goose liver, and also a limited supply of whole male goose that is 36 months old. In addition to goose, there are various ingredients such as beef tendon, eggs, tofu, pork belly, pig ears, and large intestines. The main focus here is on set meals sold by portions, with only 300 bowls sold daily. There are also two types of desserts and daily soup, making it a great choice for white-collar workers' lunch and dinner.
Big Brother Restaurant
"Successful person's canteen" is the slogan of the restaurant, located on Xili South Road in Panyu. The owner is from Hong Kong, a devout Christian, and a loyal fan of Bruce Lee, as can be seen from the attention to detail. The clean and bright Hong Kong-style tea restaurant is filled with prominent signs, with notices at the entrance stating: "No WiFi, no options for less or no ice, no smoking, cash only, no chicken powder or MSG", the only one of its kind in Guangzhou. In addition, the second-floor restroom is also unique: each cubicle is equipped with a fan, three rolls of emergency toilet paper, and a backup water tank. During meal times, it is crowded, and you will have to find a seat yourself. The big brother's high-quality dishes are too many, so you really need to prepare enough appetite. The tender and soft curry beef brisket rice uses the delicious parts of the cow, allowing you to experience both smoothness and tenderness at the same time. The rich curry sauce wraps around the potatoes, which are fried beforehand to maintain their soft and sticky texture while retaining their shape. Paired with distinct grains of rice, the taste is rich and flavorful. While enjoying a big mouthful of rice, you can watch TV programs on the Hong Kong Jade Channel, creating a warm and simple atmosphere. Many people come here for the big brother's stir-fried beef ho fun, and the menu states, "Very black, please think twice before ordering." The beef is tender and the Swiss sauce used as seasoning is sweet and savory, with just the right amount of heat, not greasy or dry – truly a private creation. A must-order in the tea restaurant is the "one to nine French toast", served hot, with the butter on the surface slowly melting with the heat. One bite and you'll experience a crispy outside and a soft inside, and it can also be dipped in condensed milk and caramel. The frozen drinks here are made with cylindrical ice, truly authentic Hong Kong style. It's no wonder this is a tea restaurant worth traveling a long way for, not just an ordinary tea restaurant.
Wu's Cha Chaan Teng
Wu Xi Tea Restaurant is one of the few truly delicious and authentic Hong Kong-style tea restaurants in Guangzhou that stays open late and is always crowded. It has three branches located on the basement level of Tianhe East Road, including a tea restaurant, a dessert shop, and a hotpot restaurant. They all offer Hong Kong-style dishes, but each has a unique menu. For example, the tea restaurant serves traditional dim sum, the dessert shop offers Hong Kong-style sweets, and the hotpot restaurant serves hot pot dishes. The decor of the restaurant is nostalgically old-fashioned and reminiscent of old Hong Kong, with realistic reconstructions of water and power supplies, convenience stores, and street vendors. Despite this, the lighting and furnishings are exquisite and the environment is comfortable and clean. There are many food options available, ranging from large multi-person meals to smaller dishes with both meat and vegetables. The level of extravagance is up to the individual.
Lao Feng Tea House
Fung Shui Tea House is located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, and is operated by two generations of the Fung family. The father, Fung, was formerly the head chef at Fung Sing Restaurant in North Point, Hong Kong, with over 40 years of cooking experience. The son, Fung Man Kit, is responsible for the creative operation and management, transforming the tea house into a nostalgic 70s-80s Hong Kong style. The tea house in Guangzhou, where Fung learned to cook, is located in Beijing Road, one of the older districts of Guangzhou. The interior design resembles the Yuen Long main branch in Hong Kong, with the addition of a "street". Inside Fung Shui Tea House, there is a mini-version of an old Hong Kong street, featuring roadside tea stalls, convenience stores, traditional Chinese medicine clinics, tenement buildings, tea shops, electrical appliance stores, and ice cream parlors. The famous dish here is the "chicken ball dumplings," personally recommended by food critic Chua Lam, which contain seven different fillings, including salted egg yolk, mushrooms, chicken, cilantro, shrimp, barbecued pork, and lean meat. In addition to dining, photography is also allowed here, free of charge.
Flowing ancient lanes
This is a unique Chinese-style breakfast shop that is hard to find in Guangzhou. It is located next to Dongfeng Donghui Shijia. The flowing water ancient alley and Hui Shijia are produced by the same company, but the styles are quite different. The shop is full of fresh blue color, and the 360-degree beautiful store attracts girls. The various snacks in the shop are different from other Chinese snacks. The plating is carefully done, with a fresh and elegant taste, making people can't help but try more pastries and see what other new tricks there are. For breakfast, there is appetizing three-sauce rice rolls, signature crab glutinous rice chicken, and crab meat dumplings. For afternoon tea, you can enjoy a sweet set menu, ancient alley milk tea, egg puffs, and sesame ice cream. Several girls can take photos here all afternoon and have new material for their social media.
free meal
CengFan is a Sichuan-style private kitchen. To come here for a meal, you need to bypass the bustling main street, enter the quiet alley of Tiyu West Street, and find the storefront in the residential area... It feels like going to a friend's house to "ceng fan" (share a meal). The two owners used to be office workers from nine to five. Although Guangzhou has a diverse range of cuisines, the busy work and trivial life make them nostalgic for their mothers' home-style flavors. Thinking back to the lively scenes of neighbors sharing meals under the big banyan tree in their childhood, they decided to name the restaurant "CengFan", which is friendly and catchy. Here, you can find authentic ingredients from thousands of miles away, homemade old jar pickles, and rustic wooden tables and chairs. Order a table of home-style Sichuan dishes and pair them with a few drinks to relive the lively atmosphere of "ceng fan", and enjoy the taste of home even if you're alone.
Su's Fast Food
Huifu East Road has unknowingly become a Japanese food street, probably influenced by Motto Shokudo. This street can also be called the "Sashimi Rice Street". It must be said that Sushi Shop's creative Japanese food is very interesting, claiming to be "a bowl of double-layered sashimi rice that you must eat in Guangzhou", and it is very popular. The upper layer of the double-layered sashimi rice is sliced sashimi, and the lower layer is in chunks, both of which are quite large. You eat the white meat first and then the red meat, and the freshness of the fish gradually spreads. This place has high cost-effectiveness and is innovative, so it's no wonder there are often long queues. In regular Japanese food restaurants, eel is usually prepared as grilled eel, but here it is different. They make it into crispy fried eel, grilling the gelatinous texture of the unagi until it becomes crispy and fragrant, with a unique flavor.
Camellia
New Hepu Sanheng Road No. 2, a Chinese private kitchen hidden in a small Western-style building at Dongshankou. The wooden decoration, vintage furniture, and warm yellow lighting create a warm and cozy atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a quiet meal and drinks with loved ones. Private kitchen dishes usually require one day's advance notice for communication with the owner. The owner will kindly inform guests of the menu for the next day, accommodate any preferences or dietary restrictions, and customize the signature dishes accordingly. The dining area includes indoor and outdoor options, with the outdoor area being a small garden. On a nice evening, sitting in the garden and having a homestyle meal with a few close friends is truly relaxing. As it is a standalone villa, it is also suitable for small gatherings or a simple yet heartfelt marriage proposal.
