Social&Co.
Social&Co. is a restaurant bar opened by a handsome guy from New Zealand, and it is very popular among foreigners. The restaurant bar is located in the quiet 'Bar Street' Huajiu Road in the Zhujiang New Town area. Although there are only a few establishments, its proximity to the US Consulate makes it a favorite among polite foreign friends who enjoy the relaxed and clean environment, along with good food and drinks. The menu is not extensive, featuring only a few simple pages of salads, meats, burgers, desserts, and snacks. The beer-battered fish and chips paired with beer are especially delicious, and there are fresh mussels flown in every Thursday. Each seemingly simple dish on the menu is meticulously prepared by the New Zealand head chef. The drink list is carefully selected by the owner, featuring seasonal house wine recommendations, as well as a selection of red, white, and sparkling wines, craft beers, fresh draft beers, classic cocktails, and original house cocktails. The ginger-flavored 'Storm' is a favorite.
Lion Head Brand Braised Food Research Institute
This is a new-style retro braised food shop hidden 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 old Guangzhou braised food shops, there is a transparent cooked food processing window at the entrance of the restaurant. The braised food here mainly features goose, including goose wings, goose feet, goose intestines, and goose liver, as well as a limited whole male goose aged 36 months. In addition to goose, there are also beef shank, eggs, tofu, pork belly, pig ears, and large intestines. The shop mainly sells set meals by portion, with only 300 bowls sold daily. Additionally, there are two types of desserts and daily soups, making it a great choice for white-collar workers for lunch and dinner.
Big Brother Restaurant
"The Canteen for Successful People" is the restaurant's slogan, located on Xili South Road in Panyu. The owner is from Hong Kong, a devout Christian, and a loyal fan of Bruce Lee, which is evident in every detail. The restaurant features a clean and bright Hong Kong-style tea restaurant ambiance, with conspicuous signs everywhere. At the entrance, it is clearly stated: "No WiFi, no less ice or no ice, no smoking, cash only, no chicken powder or MSG," making it unique in Guangzhou. Additionally, the second-floor restroom is quite distinctive: each stall is equipped with a fan, three rolls of emergency toilet paper, and a backup water bucket. During meal times, the place is packed, and you have to find a seat yourself. Big Brother's high-quality dishes are numerous, so be sure to come with a good appetite. The curry beef brisket rice features tender beef from the best parts of the cow, offering both smooth and soft textures. The rich curry sauce coats the pre-fried potatoes, maintaining their soft texture and shape, paired with distinct grains of rice, creating a rich and flavorful experience. Enjoying a mouthful of rice while watching Hong Kong Jade Channel TV programs feels homely and simple. Many people come here specifically for the Big Brother Fried Beef Ho Fun, which is marked on the menu as "very dark, think twice before ordering." The beef is tender and seasoned with Swiss sauce, perfectly balanced between sweet and salty, cooked just right, not oily or dry, truly a unique dish. The tea restaurant's must-try "One Open Nine Western Toast" is served hot, with butter slowly melting on top. A bite reveals a crispy exterior and soft interior, which can also be enjoyed with condensed milk and caramel. The iced drinks here use Hong Kong-style cylindrical ice cubes, making them very authentic. No wonder it's a tea restaurant worth a long journey, not just a simple tea restaurant.
Wu's Tea Restaurant
Wu's Tea Restaurant is one of the few truly delicious Hong Kong-style tea restaurants in Guangzhou that stays open late into the night and always has a queue during meal times. Located in the basement of Tianhe East Road, it has three branches: a tea restaurant, a dessert shop, and a hot pot restaurant. In addition to offering Hong Kong-style stir-fried dishes, each branch has its own unique menu. For example, the tea restaurant offers dim sum, the dessert shop offers Hong Kong-style desserts, and the hot pot restaurant offers a true hot pot experience. The restaurant's decor is a nostalgic throwback to old Hong Kong, with realistic recreations of scenes like electrical engineering, convenience stores, and street food stalls. Despite this, the restaurant's lighting and furnishings are exquisite, creating a comfortable and clean environment. The variety of food here is extensive, allowing for a lavish multi-course meal or a simple dish with both meat and vegetables, catering to all budgets.
Lao Feng Tea House
The main store of Lao Feng Tea House is located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, and is operated by the father and son of the Hong Kong Feng family. Father Lao Feng was once the head chef of the Fung Shing Restaurant in North Point, Hong Kong, with over 40 years of culinary experience. All the food at Lao Feng Tea House is personally overseen by Lao Feng. His son, Feng Wenjie, is responsible for creative operations management, decorating the tea house to resemble old Hong Kong from the 70s and 80s. Lao Feng, who learned to cook in Guangzhou, brought the tea house back to Guangzhou, choosing one of the oldest districts, Beijing Road. The style of the store is almost identical to the main store in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, and even includes a 'street.' Inside Lao Feng Tea House, there is a mini version of old Hong Kong streets, with elements such as roadside tea stalls, grocery stores, traditional Chinese medicine clinics, tenement house dormitories, tea stalls, electrical appliance shops, and ice rooms, all carefully selected and scaled down. The most famous item here is the chicken bun, highly recommended by Chua Lam, which contains seven different fillings: salted egg yolk, mushrooms, chicken, cilantro, shrimp, char siu, and lean meat. Besides eating, you can take photos freely here without any charge.
Liushui Ancient Alley
This is a rare and exquisite Chinese breakfast shop in Guangzhou, located next to Dongfeng East Huishijia. Liushui Ancient Alley and Huishijia are produced by the same company, but their styles are very different. The entire shop is filled with a refreshing blue color, and its 360-degree beauty without dead angles makes it even more popular among girls. The various snacks in the shop are different from other Chinese snacks, with carefully arranged presentations that are fresh and elegant, making people want to try several dim sum to see what new varieties there are. For breakfast, there are appetizing three-sauce rice rolls, signature crab sticky rice chicken, and crab meat buns. For afternoon tea, you can have a sweet set, including ancient alley milk tea, egg waffles, and sesame ice cream. A few girls can take pictures all afternoon, providing new material for today's social media posts.
Cengfan
Cengfan is a private Sichuan cuisine restaurant. To dine here, you need to bypass the bustling main streets, enter the quiet alleys of Tiyu West Road, and find the restaurant in a residential area... It feels like visiting a friend's house for a meal. The two owners used to be nine-to-five office workers. Although Guangzhou is not short of various cuisines, their busy work and trivial life made them miss their mother's homemade flavors even more. Recalling the lively scenes of neighbors sharing meals under the big banyan tree in their childhood yard, they decided to name the restaurant 'Cengfan', which is both friendly and catchy. Here, you will find authentic ingredients from thousands of miles away, homemade pickled vegetables, rustic and cozy wooden tables and chairs. Order a table of Sichuan home-style dishes, pair it with a couple of small drinks, and let a group of people relive the lively atmosphere of sharing meals, or let an individual fully enjoy the taste of home.
Su Shi Pu
Hui Fu East Road has unknowingly turned into a small street full of Japanese cuisine, probably influenced by Moda Shitang. This street can also be called the 'Street of Sashimi Rice.' It must be said that Su Shi Pu's creative Japanese dishes are very interesting. It claims to be 'a bowl of double-layer sashimi rice that you must eat in Guangzhou,' and it is extremely popular. The double-layer sashimi rice has sliced sashimi on the top layer and chunked sashimi on the bottom layer, both in relatively large pieces. You eat the white meat first and then the red meat, with the fish's fresh flavor gradually spreading. The high cost-performance ratio and novelty here explain why there are often long queues. While regular Japanese restaurants usually make grilled eel, this place does it differently by making crispy fried eel, roasting the eel's gelatin to a crispy and fragrant texture, offering a unique flavor.
Chunli
Located at No. 2, Xinhepu Third Horizontal Road, this Chinese private kitchen is hidden in a small Western-style building in Dongshankou. The original wood decoration, vintage furniture, and warm yellow lighting create a cozy and beautiful home-like atmosphere, perfect for a quiet meal and a drink with someone important. Private kitchens usually require a day's notice to communicate with the owner. The hostess will carefully inform you of the next day's menu, ask about your preferred dishes, and any dietary restrictions. After confirming everything, the main dishes will be customized accordingly. The dining area is divided into indoor and outdoor spaces. The outdoor area is a small garden, ideal for a relaxing dinner with two or three close friends on a pleasant evening. The standalone villa is also perfect for small gatherings or a simple yet heartfelt proposal.
