A huge chunk of Chinese culture is devoted to food and drink. There are hundreds of different dishes, and each region has its own distinctive flavor.

All of the really funky dishes you hear about like live monkey brains and raw rat babies are Guangdong (Cantonese) style dishes (yue cai). However, there are lots of excellent, non-scary Guangdong dishes - the seafood being especially tasty. The cost of tasting Cantonese Cuisine is a little high.

  Restaurants of Cantonese Cuisine

Lichang Seafood Restaurant
Chinese name: 黎昌海鲜大酒楼（lí chāng hǎi xiān dà jiǔ lóu）
It is the oldest top-class Cantonese restaurant in Beijing. To provide the freshest and most delicious dishes, the seafood is flown in daily from Guangdong Province. The restaurant is open all day round, offering diners all kinds of delicacies as well as Guangdong snacks.
Average Cost per Person: CNY200-CNY300
Lichang Seafood Restaurant (Huguosi Branch)
Location: No.137, Huguosi Dajie, Xicheng District
Bus Route: 22 (get off at Huguosi Stop)
Lichang Seafood Restaurant (Xi Balizhuang Branch)
Location: No.81, Fucheng Lu, Haidian District
Lichang Seafood Restaurant (Fangzhuang Branch)
Location: No.1, Guanxiang Dongli, Zuoanmen Wai, Fengtai District

Chao Fu Restaurant
Chinese name: 潮福大酒楼（cháo fú dà jiǔ lóu）
Average Cost per Person: CNY100-CNY200
Location: No.48, Fuwai Zhanlan Lu, Haidian District

Shunfeng Restaurant (Fu Cheng Lu Branch)
Chinese name: 顺峰酒楼（shùn fēng jiǔ lóu）
The restaurant is named after a mountain in Guangdong Province.
Average Cost per Person: CNY100-CNY300
Location: Bldg. 1, No.115, Fucheng Lu, Haidian District

Yue Lai Yue Hao Restaurant
Chinese name: 粤来悦好大酒楼（yuè lái yuè hǎo dà jiǔ lóu）
Recommended special dishes: shark fin
Average Cost per Person: CNY100-CNY200
Location: No.137, Huguosi Dajie, Xicheng District

Wu Fu Lou Restaurant
Chinese name: 五福楼饭庄（wǔ fú lóu fàn zhuāng）
Recommended special dishes: shark fin
Average Cost per Person: CNY50-CNY100
Location: No.95, Lingjing Hutong, Xidan, Xuanwu District

Da San Yuan Restaurant (Jingshan Branch)
Chinese name: 大三元酒家（dà sān yuán jiǔ jiā）
Average Cost per Person: CNY50-CNY100
Hours: 7:30 - 21:30
Location: No.50, Jingshan Xi Jie, Xicheng District

Chao Hao Wei (Summer Palace Branch)
Chinese name: 潮好味（cháo hǎo wèi）
Average Cost per Person: CNY100-CNY200
Hours: 11:00 - 22:00
Location: No.99, Dayou Zhuang (near the north entrance of the Summer Palace), Haidian District

Hoi Yat Heen
Chinese name: 海逸轩（hǎi yì xuān）
Average Cost per Person: CNY80-CNY120
Hours: 07:00 - 23:00
Location: No.8, Jiangtai Xi Lu, Chaoyang District

Hong Kong Food Restaurant
Chinese name: 香港美食城（xiāng gǎng měi shí chéng）
Average Cost per Person: CNY100-CNY200
Hours: 11:00 - 24:00
Location: No.18, Donganmen Jie, Dongcheng District