Ahead of the Asian Games, many old Cantonese restaurants and snack shops are preparing to cash-in on the event. (Guangzhou Daily)
Eating the lawei (Chinese cured meat) is suitable for November when the games are held.(Guangzhou Daily)
Ahead of the Asian Games, many old Cantonese restaurants and snack shops are preparing to cash-in on the event. On Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street, famous names like Lian Xiang Lou , Tao Tao Ju, Guangzhou Restaurant and Huangshanghuang are busy launching Asian Games souvenirs.
As the saying goes, "autumn wind, cured taste". Eating the lawei (Chinese cured meat) is suitable for November when the games are held. In a special gift box presented by Huangshanghuang, there are eight different kinds of cured meat including pork, fish, chicken, duck, and traditional sausage. The packages depicts old Cantonese stories, a way to introduce Lingnan culture to the world.
These souvenirs are supposedly modified to suit foreigners' tastes, especially from Asian countries.
(By Robert Wang, David Keyton)