Guizhou Street Food
5 dishes in China
5 street foods from Guizhou, China: Si Wawa, Lian'ai Doufuguo, Changwang Mian, Cui Shao and Yangyu Ba. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.
Street foods of Guizhou
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Snack · Fresh, hand-rolled
Si Wawa ("Silk Baby" Wraps)
The name means 'silk baby': the 'silk' is the finely shredded vegetables inside, and the wrapped pancake is said to look like a swaddled baby.
A palm-sized, paper-thin rice-flour pancake is filled with shredded vegetables — radish, kelp, soybeans, herbs — rolled up, and dipped in a sour-spicy vinegar sauce.
Snack · Grilled
Lian'ai Doufuguo ("Lovers' Tofu")
The tofu is left to ferment slightly with alkaline water before grilling, which makes each block puff up so it can be split open and stuffed.
Small rectangular blocks of tofu are grilled on an iron plate until crispy and golden, then split open and stuffed with a chili-forward filling of ginger, scallion, and soy sauce.
Noodle · Simmered
Changwang Mian (Intestine and Blood Curd Noodles)
The name is a pun: 'chang' (intestine) sounds like 'always' and 'wang', local slang for blood curd, also means 'prosperous', so the dish reads as…
Wheat noodles are served in a broth with pork intestine, coagulated pork blood, and crispy fried pork cubes, topped with chili oil and pickled vegetables.
Market Snack · Deep-Fried
Cui Shao (Crispy Fried Pork Bits)
Although it is deep-fried diced pork, it is quite different from cracklings: the cubes are usually marinated with soy sauce, vinegar and sugar or…
Small cubes of pork are marinated and deep-fried until dry and crunchy. The bits are eaten as a snack or added to other Guizhou foods such as siwawa wraps and changwang noodles.
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Street Griddle · Potato
Yangyu Ba (Pan-Fried Potato Cakes)
The local word for potato, yangyu, literally means 'foreign taro'.
Cooked potato is mashed, pressed into small flat cakes and fried on a griddle until the outside is crisp while the inside stays soft.
Snack · Grilled
Lian'ai Doufuguo ("Lovers' Tofu")
The tofu is left to ferment slightly with alkaline water before grilling, which makes each block puff up so it can be split open and stuffed.
Small rectangular blocks of tofu are grilled on an iron plate until crispy and golden, then split open and stuffed with a chili-forward filling of ginger, scallion, and soy sauce.
Noodle · Simmered
Changwang Mian (Intestine and Blood Curd Noodles)
The name is a pun: 'chang' (intestine) sounds like 'always' and 'wang', local slang for blood curd, also means 'prosperous', so the dish reads as…
Wheat noodles are served in a broth with pork intestine, coagulated pork blood, and crispy fried pork cubes, topped with chili oil and pickled vegetables.
Market Snack · Deep-Fried
Cui Shao (Crispy Fried Pork Bits)
Although it is deep-fried diced pork, it is quite different from cracklings: the cubes are usually marinated with soy sauce, vinegar and sugar or…
Small cubes of pork are marinated and deep-fried until dry and crunchy. The bits are eaten as a snack or added to other Guizhou foods such as siwawa wraps and changwang noodles.
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Street Griddle · Potato
Yangyu Ba (Pan-Fried Potato Cakes)
The local word for potato, yangyu, literally means 'foreign taro'.
Cooked potato is mashed, pressed into small flat cakes and fried on a griddle until the outside is crisp while the inside stays soft.
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