Guilin rice noodles are one of special Guilin snacks. Citizens take them as breakfast.

Guilin rice noodles consist of Spiced Noodles, Soup Noodles, Sirloin Noodles, Lettuce Noodles and Horsemeat Noodles.

Guilin rice noodles production is not simple. The finished noodles are white and bright, smooth, and flexible. High-quality rice noodles are often only one piece of noodles in a mass. Specific production methods are: soak high-quality Guilin rice in sweet water from Li River, grind into pulp and dry, make into a dough and heat, press into noodles, and knead them into a group. Its strength and tension are very strong for the repeated kneading.

The rice noodles themselves is tasteless, but the brine makes them tasty. Shop owners each have their own unique skills to prepare the brine. Generally the materials of lobster sauce, aniseed, cinnamon, licorice, Amomum tsao-ko, cumin as pot sitting spices, add with pork, pig bones, beef, entrails, etc., then add ¡°Three-dimple Spirit¡± , mangosteen and other ingredients, first cook with strong fire, and then stew finely with soft fire. Only in this way can we make sweet, fragrant, pure, nutritious brine. Mix it with rice noodles, and serve with fried peanuts or soybeans, chopped shallot, coriander, pepper. Their tastes are really great which will make you never forget its flavor. Rice noodles are divided into round rice noodles (round) and flat rice noodles (flat).

On every street in Guilin there are rice noodles shops. Compared with the rice noodles in other cities, the difference is the customer in Guilin noodles shops should buy a ticket first and then go to bring the noodles. The noodles are counted in liang (0.05 kilo). Commonly, two liangs of noodles is 2.5 yuan, and three liangs of noodles is 3 yuan. Hold the ticket and then tell the attendant which flavor you want, Spiced Noodles or Soup Noodles, Sometimes some people also choose Lettuce Noodles, Sirloin Noodles and Horsemeat Noodles.

Spiced noodles are the favorite of Guilinese, and one unique type is Horsemeat Rice Noodles. Horsemeat noodles are only available in winter for the horsemeat is easily spoiled in summer. Usually one or two liangs of rice is placed into five very special small exquisite bowls, together with the horsemeat soup and fresh horsemeat, one can have more than a dozen of bowls of noodles, with a pile of small bowls by hand, which is really funny.

Guilin rice noodles have more than 300 years of history. The noodles have unique making process, and are perfect in color, smell, and taste, and they are superb among traditional Guilin local flavors.