Categories: Cantonese Cuisine

City: Guangzhou

Introduction: Rice noodle roll is a special snack originated in Guangdong. Early in the late Qing Dynasty, rice noodle roll was sold on the street in Guangzhou. At that time, there were two types of rice noodle roll, the salty one and the sweet one. The stuffing of the salty rice noodle roll mainly includes pork, beef, shrimp meat and pork liver, while that of the sweet one mainly includes sugar-soaking vegetables and fruits and stir-fried sesame. Rice noodle roll is also known as steamed rice roll or chee cheong fun where chee cheong means pig intestine, and fun means noodle; this is because the noodle is rolled more tightly and resembles the small intestine of a pig. Rice noodle roll in Chaoshan area is different from the traditional Cantonese style one. Chaoshan rice noodle roll has many kinds of stuffing and condiment, while traditional Cantonese style one has only one or two kinds of stuffing and soybean sauce as the condiment, so its flavor is lighter and purer.