South China -------Guangdong's culture which is soooooooooo different from BeiJing ( North China) ----------Tong Sui (something like dessert)

Tong sui literally translated as "sugar water", also known as tim tong, is a collective term for any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal inCantonese cuisine. Tong sui are a Cantonese specialty and are rarely found in other regional cuisines of China. Outside of Cantonese-speaking communities, soupy desserts generally are not recognized as a distinct category, and the term tong sui is not used.

There is a wide variety of tong sui and in Hong Kong and Malaysia, there are often stalls which devote themselves just to selling different types of desserts. These dessert stalls have also gained prominence in overseas Chinese communities, and can be found in various parts of Canada, Australia and the United States.


Guangdong (simplified Chinese: 广东; traditional Chinese: 廣東; Mandarin Pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1) is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. Guangdong is also known as Kwangtung or Canton Province in English. It surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79.1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year;[4][5] the total population is 104,303,132 as of 2010 census, accounting for 7.79% of Mainland China's population.[6] The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in China.

Since 1989 Guangdong has topped the total GDP rankings among all provincial-level divisions, with Jiangsu and Shandong second and third in rank. According to state statistics, Guangdong's GDP in 2011 reached CNY 5,267 billion, or USD 815.53 billion, making its economy roughly the same size as Netherlands. Furthermore, its 2011 nominal GDP is well over half of India's using 2012 exchange rates. Guangdong has the fourth highest GDP per capita among all provinces of mainland China, afterJiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaoning. The province contributes approximately 12% of the PRC's national economic output, and is home to the production facilities and offices of a wide-ranging set of multinational and Chinese corporations. Guangdong also hosts the largest Import and Export Fair in China called the Canton Fair in Guangdong's capital city Guangzhou.

After the evening meal, most Cantonese restaurants offer tong sui (Chinese: 糖水; Mandarin Pinyin: táng shuǐ; Jyutping: tong4 seoi2; literally "sugar water"), a sweet soup. Many varieties of tong sui are also found in other Chinese cuisines. Some desserts are traditional, while others are recent innovations. The more expensive restaurants usually offer their specialty desserts.

English	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Jyutping
Red bean soup	紅豆沙	红豆沙	hóngdòushā	hung4 dau6 saa1
Black sesame soup	芝麻糊	芝麻糊	zhīmahú	zi1 maa4 wu4
Sai mai lo	西米露	西米露	xīmǐlù	sai1 mai5 lou6
Sweet potato soup	番薯糖水	番薯糖水	fānshǔ tángshuǐ	faan1 syu4 tong4 seoi2
Mung bean soup	綠豆沙	绿豆沙	lǜdòushā	luk6 dau6 saa1
Dau fu fa	豆腐花	豆腐花	dòufǔhuā	dau6 fu6 faa1
Guilinggao	龜苓膏	龟苓膏	guīlínggāo	gwai1 ling4 gou1
Sweet Chinese pastry	糕點	糕点	gāodiǎn	gou1 dim2
Coconut bar	椰汁糕	椰汁糕	yēzhīgāo	je4 zap1 gou1
Shaved ice	刨冰	刨冰	páobīng	paau4 bing1
Steamed egg custard	燉蛋	炖蛋	dùndàn	deon6 daan6
Steamed milk custard]]	燉奶	炖奶	dùnnǎi	deon6 naai5
Double skin milk	雙皮奶	双皮奶	shuāngpínǎi	soeng1 pei4 naai5