National Games showcase Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao cuisine

Authentic dishes from Guangdong province are provided at the main press center for hundreds of journalists from domestic and international media outlets covering the ongoing 15th National Games. [Photo by Qiu Quanlin/chinadaily.com.cn]

For athletes, the ongoing 15th National Games is a massive domestic sports platform to compete for gold medals. For thousands of spectators, the event is also an opportunity to taste cuisine from Guangdong province, Hong Kong, and Macao.

At the Games' main press center in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, organizers have prepared styled dishes from cities across the province, such as shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, braised goose, and beef balls.

Starting from Nov 9, 21 cities in Guangdong began taking turns hosting food-themed days at the main press center's restaurant, featuring 168 Guangdong-based specialty dishes.

During Wednesday's Shantou theme, braised goose, beef balls, and rice noodles were present, leaving domestic and international journalists covering the games impressed by the city's myriad ways of preparing rice noodles.

The games, jointly hosted for the first time in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, have attracted over 3,200 registered journalists from domestic and international media outlets.

Authentic dishes from Guangdong province are provided at the main press center for hundreds of journalists from domestic and international media outlets covering the ongoing 15th National Games. [Photo by Qiu Quanlin/chinadaily.com.cn]