Qualla: Shunde https://qualla.com/shunde en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Shunde https://qualla.com/shunde Shunde: Introduction https://qualla.com/shunde/ There is a saying in Shunde that Cantonese people repeat without false modesty: 食在广东，厨出凤城 — roughly, 'When you eat in Guangdong, you are eating the food of Fengcheng.' Fengcheng is the old name for Shunde's downtown, and the saying means that the finest chefs of Guangdong — perhaps of Cantonese cuisine worldwide — come from this one district. It is a bold claim for a place officially designated as a mere district of Foshan. But the kitchens of Shunde have been making it for generations, and enough evidence has accumulated that the argument is hard to dismiss.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/0/9/shunde-wk/ws09-shunde-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Shunde: The Cantonese Kitchen That Trained the World https://qualla.com/shunde/ Cantonese cuisine is one of the great cooking traditions of China, celebrated for its freshness, its precise technique, and its refusal to overwhelm ingredients with heavy seasoning. Within that tradition, Shunde has long occupied a particular position of authority. Many of the c...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/0/9/shunde-wk/ws09-shunde-the-cantonese-kitchen-that-trained-the-world.mp3 0:06 2 full Shunde: Double-Skin Milk and the Art of the Dessert https://qualla.com/shunde/ Among Shunde's most famous contributions to Cantonese cuisine is Double-Skin Milk — Shuāngpínǎi (双皮奶) in Mandarin. It is a delicate steamed dessert made from fresh buffalo milk, egg whites, and sugar, cooked in such a way that two thin skins form on its surface during preparation...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/0/9/shunde-wk/ws09-shunde-silk-lion-dances-and-living-traditions.mp3 0:06 4 full Shunde: Furniture, Massage, and Everyday Life https://qualla.com/shunde/ The modern economy of Shunde rests substantially on furniture manufacturing, which has drawn a steady flow of workers to the district and generated the consumer infrastructure that follows an influx of people with income: massage parlors, hair salons, KTV bars, and shopping cente...

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