Guizhou Cuisine is spicy like Sichuan Cuisine, but that is where the similarities end. The cuisine in Guizhou is sour and spicy, making it unique amongst China's cuisine styles. The locals love their Guizhou Cuisine and cannot bear to go even a day without eating it. There is an ancient local saying which states "Without eating a sour dish for three days, people will stagger with weak legs".

Guizhou Beef Rice Noodles are named after the area of Huaxi where it originated. The dish is very unique and quite complicated to create. The dish is basically rice noodles in broth, but it is much more than just that. It is sour in taste, may makes spicy. It is made from diced beef, handmade rice noodles, coriander, Chinese prickly ash, hot peppers, pickled cabbage and ginger. The pickled cabbage adds the sour taste to the dish and many locals like to add sesame oil or spicy oil to the broth before eating it.