Seafood
With abundant seafood resources, Sanya boasts some great restaurants serving up good fresh seafood. Added to this, there are two huge fisheries here, the Beibuwan Fishery and the South China Sea Fishery. If you love seafood, Sanya is not to be missed. Sanya tables overflow with the familiar and the exotic. Abalone, sea cucumber and other exotic foods are common dishes served in restaurants here, and a visit to the port area in the city center is testament to the incredible wealth and freshness of the food here.

Seafood is cooked in any number of ways. Light fish and crab are steamed; heartier varieties are often fried, while anything and everything can be cooked in hotpot. Seafood is not the only joy of Hainan dining. Meats, rice dishes and snacks proliferate. Don't forget to try the island's famous Wenchang Chicken; vegetarians might substitute seasonal, savory "pumpkin rice". Steaming rice inside of whole bamboo lends it such a pleasant, stick-to-your ribs wholesomeness that you won't be able to resist cracking open another one. Coconut soup, so favored throughout all of the southeast Asian countries, is another dish done well in the region.

For the ultimate Hainan dining experience, don't pass up the weekend barbecue buffets, usually hosted by local beach resorts and international hotels. Let the sand work between your toes as you nibble on a tantalizing array of old favorites and adventurous delicacies.

Recommended restaurant:

Chunyuan Seafood Stall
Generally, it is a lively place at night, more than 40 stalls carry on the native seafood, which attract travelers to have a taste. Here, you can choose the material by yourself and only pay for the making process. There are two ways to eat the seafood, one is the hotpot, and another one is fried dish. However, people often choose hotpot because it can embody the original flavor of seafood.

Location: at the north end of the Xihe west road, about 300meteres long away from the right side of Chengshileyuan.

Waimao Road
Here serves seafood, Lanzhou noodles and many snack of China. You can feel the total diet difference between the south and north. Any local feature dishes can be found here.
Location: at the Waimao road.

Nanshan Hotpot City
Here is another good place to eat seafood. The major feature dish here is hotpot too and you can try the real local dish of Hainan-- Dongshanyang.
Location: at the middle part of Renminglu and Yaojinglu

Mingji Food Stall
Mingji is famous for the seafood gruel and fried seafood. The hot recommended dish here is Lailiao shrimp, which is quick-fried with chili. And the lemon conch fried with ginger is tasty too. Moreover the seafood gruel is also delicious which is boiled with crab and rice.

Location: at the No.48 of Yaojing Road nearby north entrance of Hongqi Road.

Hainan Feature Dishes Restaurant
If you want to eat more delicious local food in Hainan, this restaurant is your first choice. Here, the most famous dish is the Huangliu duck. When they boil the duck they put some specially-made ingredients into the soup which make the duck very tasty. Moreover the seasoning is also tasteful which mingles the ginger, soy, chili and some kumquat juice.

Location: at the Shengli road.

Dongbeiwang Restaurant
The major dishes here are northeast dishes. Because there is large number of people coming from northeast in Hainan, the northeast food is very popular here. In Dongbeiwang you can eat the real northeast food and the price are not very expensive.

Location: at the Yuya road nearby Dadonghai.

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