Long, warm, wet days in Guangdong throughout the year create the perfect environment for cultivating almost everything.
Cantonese are known to have an adventurous palate, able to eat many different kinds of meats and vegetables and other
exotic ingredients. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangdong has become more prosperous, and it has developed
closer contacts with the hinterland.
As Western culture has been introduced, Guangdong cuisine has absorbed the cooking skills of the West as well as the cooking skills of other Chinese regions to develop its own unique methods. The most characteristic cooking methods are cooking in salt, cooking in wine, baking in a pan, and soft frying.
In addition, Guangdong is also well known for its dim sum, snack-like delicacies of savory and sweet buns, steamed meat with vegetable and pastries. Dim sum is usually served for breakfast and lunch.