Speak real Mandarin for travel and food — starting at the hotpot table. Real menus, real situations, 23+ cities of Chinese food. Stop pointing at menus.
GuoTalk starts where you actually are in China: hungry, curious, and staring at a menu you can't read. Scroll — this is how it works.
Real dishes, real menus, spice levels and all. Walk into a hotpot place and know exactly what to say — before the waiter reaches your table.
A tone coach that listens and corrects you — so 麻辣 comes out right and you order what you meant to.
A food map spanning 23+ cities — learn the language through the dishes each region is famous for.
The exact phrases that get you respect at a Chinese restaurant — ordering, spice levels, paying — on one page you can keep on your phone. Drop your email and the download unlocks instantly.
The PDF arrives instantly. We'll only email you when there's something genuinely useful — a new guide or a real app update. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
The practical stuff nobody tells you before you land — paying, getting around, staying connected. Researched properly, updated with dates.
Alipay and WeChat Pay with a foreign card — what actually works at the counter, and what to do when it doesn't.
Staying connectedA roaming eSIM, a local SIM and a VPN solve three different problems. Buy the wrong one and you land offline.
At the tableLeaving food isn't polite any more. Slurping is a Japanese rule. What actually holds at a Chinese table in 2026.
FoodEle.me is now Taobao Shangou. Meituan takes foreign cards. The address trap that breaks most first attempts.
TransportVerify your passport on 12306 weeks early — you can't buy a thing until it clears. Plus the gate cut-off nobody mentions.
Getting aroundOrdering rides when you don't have a local SIM — the setup that works, and the traps that waste your first day.
Free to download, free to try. Live on iPhone and Android.
Requires iOS 15 or later. Free to download, with an optional GuoTalk Pro subscription.