Nanning cooking style has a unique local flavor. It is famous for the wide range of ingredients used, ingenious cooking, multi varieties, and special tastes. The dishes, light or rich in flavor, are fresh, tender, and refreshing.

There are fish cooked in bamboo strips, chicken in paper, roasted suckling pig, fried young pigeon, stewed soft-shelled turtle in clear soup, and other dishes. The local snacks include the laoyou rice flour noodles of Nanning, the rice-flour noodles of Guilin, the luoshi rice-floor noodles of Liuzhou, the lived-colored glutinous rice, and the sweetened, fried flour gruel.

Restaurants with Specialities

• The Fish Restaurant
  It specializes in serving fish dishes.
  Add: South Lake Park, Nanhubian, Nanning
• The Snake Restaurant
  It is known for the dishes prepared with snakes.
  Add: Inside the Zoo, Western suburbs, Nanning
• Yueyalou Restaurant
  It is a time-honored restaurant known for the traditional Guangxi-style food it prepares.
  Add: Inside Qixing Park, Guilin