Guilin - Eating
The city’s cuisine is most famous for Guilin rice noodles, which has been the local breakfast staple since the Qin dynasty and is renowned for its delicate taste. Guilin snacks and the use of spices, especially chili, are also well known. The famous Guilin chili sauce, used widely in cooking by locals, is made of fresh chili, garlic and fermented soya beans. The Guilin delicacies generally taste slightly spicy and heavy, since it is influenced by the Guangdong and Hunan Province in the neighborhood. Most places in Guilin close at 22:00 and those in Yangshuo run until 01:00.
Hong Kong Hotel
This cylindrical building has the only revolving restaurant in Guilin on its top floor. There is a musical fountain, which makes the restaurant a good place for a dinner with a view.
Taste Made
The restaurant is in the front of innovating local cuisine. The dishes are so carefully made that they look like artwork. A reservation is necessary. Some of the new arrivals are Boiled Towel Gourd And Frog and Torn Horse Steak.
Jufulin
Song and dance performances are put on during your dining course. Recommended authentic local flavors are Braised Pork Slice with Taro, Fried Bamboo Shoots and Beef, Steamed Meat on Lotus Leaf and Dried Pork Floss with Sweet-scented Osmanthus.
Guilin Porridge City
This is an old favourite which serves fine and dedicated rice porridges, a satisfying and healthy meal worth sampling.
Yikuaiwa Beer Fish
As the name suggests beer is added when cooking the fish, which removes the smell, giving it the beer fragrance. Beer fish is a famous dish in Yangshuo and great for teetotallers too, since there is little alcohol left after cooking.
Shouzi Guilin Rice Noodles
A road-side eatery and local stand serving cheap and nice rice noodles. There are wooden stools, china bowls and free relishes. Small stand which is very popular with locals.
Rosemary Café
The ambience is cosy and it serves the best pizza in Guilin. Recommended are the Rosemary Pizza, Corn Soup and Bacon Beef with mashed potatoes.
Red Star Express
It may be the most popular Western style restaurant in West Street. Over the counter there are paper currencies and license plates from all around the world. This is a good place for a pizza and garlic bread.
Primitive
Most famous for its chicken grilled on charcoal fire. There are only limited servings everyday and advanced booking is necessary.
Yiyuan Restaurant
Styled with antiques, Yiyuan is known for popular Sichuanese dishes and local aquatic products, for example Spicy Boiled Beef and Spicy Chitling.
