Life advice: Must have 8 meals before leaving Chaoshan!

Intangible Cultural Heritage Eighteen-Fold Fish Dumplings
Passed down for four generations, it's the taste of Chaoshan people's childhood.
Purely handmade, the fish dumplings are springy, fresh, and delicious! Very close to Paifang Street.
There are many branches where you can eat it, and it can also be delivered.
Intangible Cultural Heritage · Liu Bu Braised Goose (Paifang Street Branch)
Braised and sold on the spot, open kitchen.
The lion-head goose liver is fresh, sweet, and melts in your mouth.
There are quite affordable set meals you can try, and there are multiple branches.
Intangible Cultural Heritage · Time-honored Brand · Abin Beef Hot Pot (Guangji Bridge Branch)
A 40-year-old Guangdong time-honored brand, the beef is so tender it glows.
The soup base is beef bone broth, and the freshly squeezed pure beef balls are a must-try, very chewy.
Freshly cut beef, won't fall apart when flipped, Sha Yi and Yue Yunpeng have both eaten here.
Ming Ji Fish Sashimi
A 30-year-old restaurant, right on Paifang Street.
Each fish is hung and drained for 14 days, making the fish more crispy and tender.
Paired with more than ten kinds of ingredients and a secret sauce, the taste is rich and fresh.
It's also an open kitchen, and there's a testing workshop, so you can see the whole process, which is very reassuring.
Zhenqian Street Fermented Bean Curd Chicken Wings
Look for this originator of fermented bean curd chicken wings on Yian Road, Paifang Street.
Marinated in a secret fermented bean curd sauce, the chicken wings are tender and juicy.
Freshly fried, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, full of local flavor.
Arong Clay Pot Porridge
Freshly cooked shrimp and crab clay pot porridge, incredibly fresh!
The porridge base is warm and comforting, so delicious.
Paired with salted egg yolk and crispy fried dough sticks, it's simply divine.
Shun Bo Sugar-Coated Snacks
Purely handmade with no additives.
Freshly sugar-coated and covered in frosting, so delicious.
The sugar-coated salted egg yolk is sandy, soft, and wonderfully surprising.
Loved by both adults and children, quite affordable, around 10+ per person.
Lei Ji Kway Teow Noodles and Rice Noodle Rolls
A must-visit time-honored brand open all day.
You must try the peanut butter rice noodle rolls here, they're especially fragrant.
Not only rice noodle rolls, but also authentic snacks like kway teow soup noodles and oyster omelets.
The rice noodle roll skin is made with mountain spring water, graphite, and rice milk, making it very elastic.