Hotpots are a Guizhou institution offered everywhere with tables centred round a bubbling pot of slightly sour, spicy stock, in which you cook your own food. Dog is a winter dish, usually stir-fried with noodles soya-braised or part of a hotpot - the area east of the train station along Shazhong Bei Lu has the best. For Western food, the Trade Point Hotel does a great all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast (7-10.30am; RMB60 a head), and their tin lobby caf¡¯6 serves real cream cakes.
Canine cuisine Dog meat is widely appreciated not only in Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong; but also in nearby culturally connected countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Possibly the habit originated in China and was spread through Southeast Asia by tribal migrations. Wherever the practice began, the meat is universally con- sidered to be warming in cold weather and an aid to male virility. As a regional speciality, Chinese tourists to Guizhou generally make a point of trying a dog dish, but for Westerners, eating dog can be a touchy subject. Some find it almost akin to cannibalism, While others are discouraged by the way restaurants display bisected hindquarters in the window, or soaking in a bucket of water on the floor. If you¡¯re worried about being served dog by accident, say ¡°wo buchi gourou¡± (I don¡¯t eat dog).
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