In Guiyang, there are more than one hundred special local snacks with low price but good and unique taste, among which, Changwang Noodles, Leis Bean curd Ball, Heyeciba, Rice Bean curd and Stewed chicken Noodles have won the honor as China Famous Snacks.

Changwang Noodles

As the favorite breakfast for people in Guiyang, Changwang Noodles are made of noodles with eggs. After being boiled in water, scooped up and put into the chicken soup, the noodles are decorated with some pieces of cooked pig intestines, blood curd, crisp pork dices and hot pepper oil on the top. Thus the noodles look so colorful with bright red soup, yolk-yellow noodles, white intestines, tender green scallion and fresh bean sprouts. It has a lingering taste with the fried diced meat crisp and savoring, the intestines and blood curd soft and tender, the soup very delicious and tasty, but not too hot nor oily.

Love Bean Curd

As one of the popular snacks in Guiyang, Love Bean Curd is a small piece of bean curd roasted on an oiled iron sheet or wire mesh over chaff fire. When roasted brownish and oily, it is cut open and stuffed in the sauce of hot pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, gourmet powder, chopped green scallion, garlic and ginger. Eat it hot, and you will find it tender, tasty and delicious.

Why is it called Love Bean Curd? It is said that in the 1940s, there lived an old man who made a living by selling bean curd. Because of the harassment of Japanese planes, his hut became a place where the people enjoyed his bean curd while taking shelter from the bombs. Some of the young regular customers to his hut fell in love and a few got married in the end. Some meddlesome people cracked a joke by saying that those young people were having their love bean curd. Since then the peculiar name of the bean curd widely spread and has lasted till now.

Leis Bean Curd Balls

Bean Curd Balls is a kind of time honored flavor snack in Guiyang. Created by the Leis in 1947, it should also be called the Leis Bean Curd Balls.

The fried balls are crisp and brownish outside and tender and soft inside. Having it together with the sauce of hot pepper powder, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, pepper powder, gourmet powder, chopped green scallion, etc,. You will find it hot, tender, crisp, smooth, tasty and appetizing.

Heyeciba (Lotus Leaf Rice Cake)

It is a popular local snack in Guizhou. It is made in the following way: After being soaked, the glutinous rice is steamed, put into a wooden mortar and pounded to pieces while it is hot. Between each two pieces, insert sugar, sweetened bean paste, chopped ham, etc,. Then, fry them with curd till there emerge some small bubbles on the edge crowded together that make it look like a lotus leaf. After a bit of sault added to it, it is made ready to eat.

Rice Curd

It is made from the first-class rice. Being soaked and grounded, it is boiled into paste and put into a basin. After cooled and cut into strips and mixed with soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, Chinese prickle ash oil and hot pepper oil, the dish is ready. With bright colour, sour and hot taste, it is favoured by most people.

Pianji(Stewed Chicken slice) Noodles

It is one of the popular local snacks in Guiyang. After heated in the boiled water, the fresh noodles made from rice is put into a bowl with the prepared chicken soup and decorated with sliced chicken, hot pepper powder, chopped green scallion and gourmet powder. Thus, Pianji Nooldles are ready to eat, with soft sliced chicken, white and tender rice noodles, clear chicken soup and delicious taste.

Rice Cake with Gruel

It is composed of rice cake and gruel, which is made in a special way: Boil a kettle of water over the fire and put an exquisite round wooden box which has a hole as big as an egg on the kettle. Stuff the wet glutinous rice flour and common rice flour, mixed according to a certain proportion, into the wooden box. Having been steamed for a while, a small but delicate and exquisite rice cake is made ready. A spoon of water chestnut is stirred thoroughly in bowl with a little bit of cold water before boiling water is poured to make it into thick gruel. Putting the steamed, white and soft rice cake into the gruel and pounding the cake to pieces, dressing on some sugar, roasted sesame, pounded walnut, brown sugar and sugar curing rose, candied and preserved fruits, a bowl of rice cake with gruel is thus made after you stir it softly. It looks very colorful and attractive and tastes sweet and delicious.

Bijie Dumplings

Originated in Bijie County, Guizhou Province, Bijie Dumpling is a popular local flavor, with a history of 50 years. It is characteristic of small size, thin skin with much stuffing. It tastes crisp, soft and delicious.

Shredded Chicken Rice Cake

Rice Cake has a history of more than 100 years in Guiyang. Shredded Chicken Rice Cake is composed of shredded rice cake and chicken, lard, hot pepper oil, pepper and chopped green scallion. It is characteristic of a soft taste with delicious soup.

Siwawa

It receives its name because various kinds of "Shreds" are wrapped up within a piece of small thin pancake, about 7cm in diameter. Put a handful of shreds of kelp, radish, bean sprouts, preserved cabbage, fried soybeans in it. Then the cake is rolled up and put in some sauce. Putting the roll into the mouth, you will find it a little bit hot, crisp, sour and tasty.