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Recently, a food documentary about Chinese barbecue, A String of Life, has gone viral on the Internet, exposing the dizzying world of street food. A few skewers of barbecue, a glass of wine, this is the pride of the roadside late at night. This is ordinary hot street life."

In every place, the skewers have taken over the streets of food stalls, food stalls, with a smoky atmosphere, attracting diners from all over the country, but also no shortage of fascinated foreigners.

Guangzhou is no exception, and the high temperature can't stop people's enthusiasm for barbecue.

It is distributed in every corner of the city: restaurants, bars, university living areas, urban villages, CBD streets, shophouses in the old town...

This taste of life in Guangzhou has also infected foreigners living and working in the city.

Whether it is dinner, or late at night or early in the morning, you will encounter several or even more exotic faces who are drinking and eating meat.

They expertly use chopsticks to "break down" grilled aubergines and peel lamb off skewers, shoving food into their mouths with one hand and quickly swiping at their phone screens with the other, before the table is littered with iron tags.

A reporter spoke with a number of foreigners from all walks of life in Guangzhou to hear their deep love for Guangzhou barbecue and the unique characteristics of their hometown barbecue.

There is a Russian foreign teacher Peter Tchaikovsky, his favorite barbecue is roast chicken wings, roast lamb kidney, roast chicken heart, roast leek. He told reporters that there is also an invisible "barbecue stall contempt chain" in the old outer circle. Peter has just returned to Guangzhou from his summer vacation in his hometown. Although it is not the beginning of school yet, he has changed his ticket in advance. Because in his hometown, there is no such a lively barbecue stall, the taste buds of Guangzhou barbecue stalls have been edified, those hometown dishes from snacks to grow up make him feel bland. "Roast chicken wings, roast lamb kidneys, roast chicken hearts, roast leeks, these things I love to eat, my hometown is not available, my parents will not cook these foods at home due to their habits, I once sent them photos of barbecue through the Internet, but they are not interested in the slightest, think it is not healthy, and also forbid me to eat - but how can it be?"

This is Rinat Saduakassov, an international student from Kazakhstan. His favorite barbecue is baked beans, potato chips, baked dried beans, beef kebabs. Rinat Saduakassov has lived in Guangzhou for nearly two years and speaks fluent Mandarin and even some Cantonese, which he says he honed while ordering food at barbecue stalls.

In the Central Asian country, Rinat grew up accustomed to relatively simple ingredients, meals measured by portion, and eating only what was on his plate when he ate out. The first time he was taken to a barbecue stall outside the school by a local classmate, he was shocked by the array of food waiting to be selected. "I've eaten everything here," he told reporters excitedly. Rinat has been deeply integrated into the urban culture of food in Guangzhou.

Georgia Grass is a clerk from Australia. Her favorite barbecue is grilled oysters. The apartment she rents has a small patio that she has converted into a family barbecue area. With a home barbecue grill, oven and outdoor seating purchased online, a group of friends can spend a pleasant weekend.

Georgia says she often eats barbecue when she's back home. "Barbecue is a popular theme for family gatherings. I live in a town far from the city, where every family has a spacious garden and on weekends, if the weather is fine, I will have a barbecue party with my friends and relatives. Ovens and grills were set up to grill steaks, seafood, bacon and bread while children and pets played nearby." She said that although they are all barbecues, there is a big difference between Australian barbecue and Cantonese barbecue. "Our roast steak is cooked in a whole piece, which looks more beautiful, has a visual impact, and can cause people's appetite." For example, a large piece of beef neck weighing 3 pounds was thrown directly into the oven, and the firewood was not charcoal, but directly with branches. The whole lawn was filled with smoke, and the beef was completely smoked like charcoal. After the fire burned for half an hour, my mother took the meat to the house and sliced it with a knife. But in Guangzhou, people like to cut into small pieces, not so beautiful, but the seasoning is easy to taste. People here don't seem to like to eat undercooked meat, and the barbecue will be very hot, even a little burnt."