Due to its special geography, Wuzhou has similar dialect, cuisine and customs with Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macao residents. Local delicacies belong to Guangdong cuisine with special flavors, bringing Wuzhou a reputation of paradise of dining. The delicacies include icy-spring bead soybean milk, guilinggao (jelly-like medicinal drink mainly made from tortoise plastron and china root), fried paper-wrapped chicken, god pot, mixed seafood (Tingzai) congee, river snail, snake soup, Mengshan meatball, Sanhuang chicken, etc.