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A taste of Guilin and Yangshuo

Xin Guoji Oil Tea (Fubo branch)

新郭记油茶（伏波店）

A Zhuang and Yao oil-tea house, which is the local breakfast tradition most visitors to Guilin never hear about. Tea leaves are pounded and fried in oil, then boiled into a savoury, slightly bitter soup poured over puffed rice, fried peanuts and rice-flour snacks. It is drunk in rounds, and northern Guangxi tradition holds that you should take at least three bowls.

¥40–70 per person≈ US$5.96Ctrip Guilin list No. 16Near Fubo Hill (伏波山), central Guilin
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

No. 16 on Ctrip's Guilin must-visit food list, rated 4.1; listed as Zhuang minority cuisine

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Oil tea (油茶)
  • Puffed rice and fried peanut toppings (爆米花、炸花生)
  • Zhuang-style rice snacks (糯米小吃)

What it actually tastes like

Oil tea is savoury, oily and genuinely bitter on the first bowl — nothing like sweet tea, and it surprises almost everyone. Peanuts are central, so this is a hard no for a peanut allergy.

Allergens in this kitchen

peanutsesamegluten/wheatsoy

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Oil tea 恭城油茶Savoury, bitter and gingery — it tastes like a soup, not a drink