Chili is essential to traditional Guiyang rice noodles. [Photo/guiyang.gov.cn]

Guiyang rice noodles are traditional local snacks with the ingredients of rice noodles, fried peanuts, shallots, ginger, garlic, chili oil, salt, sesame oil, soy sauce, gourmet powder, rose-flavored salted turnip, and pickled radish.

Some rice noodle restaurants use tomato sauce to balance the spicy taste. [Photo/guiyang.gov.cn]

Famous rice noodle restaurants in Guiyang are:

Tianniang rice noodles (田孃老素粉) chain restaurant

Chailaodi rice noodles (柴老弟素粉) chain restaurant

Diadia rice noodles (嗲嗲素粉) chain restaurant

Shenji 10-year-old rice noodles (沈记十年老素粉) at No 123 Zhonghua Middle Road, Yunyan district

Liuji rice noodles (刘记老素粉) at First Floor, Building 2, No 14 Jinrong Street, Nanming district

Wangyima rice noodles (王姨妈老素粉), Middle Jiaotong Street, Yunyan district

Luji rice noodles (卢记老素粉) at Taiping Road, Yunyan district

Xiaoping spicy rice noodles (小平香辣老素粉) at Guishanyuan, No 12 Shengfu Road, Yunyan district

Baoya rice noodles (龅牙粉) at No 67 Shifu Road, Nanming district