Eating in Haikou

Famous Local Food

Hainan Cuisine consists of the following three parts: 1. Banquet dishes, which are prepared with complicated cooking techniques, and a wide variety of materials. 2. Simple and quick dishes, which are mainly served by small restaurants and food stands, featuring convenient and quick service and cheap prices. 3. Home-style dishes, which are cooked with local seasonal vegetables, such as Fried Dried Bean Curd, Fried Sliced Meat and Bean Curd, Steamed Fish with Shredded Ginger, Sweet and Sour Fish, and Soy Sauce Pork. Influenced by the weather, geographical environment, local products and resources, and eating and drinking customs of Hainan Island, Hainan Cuisine includes various kinds of dishes. Some are delicious, prepared with famous and special seafood, some are salty and delicious, such as fried dishes and thick soup, and the others have sweet and sour, spiced, soy sauce and bamboo tastes. Besides the breathtaking scenery, the favorable surroundings also endow Haikou various kinds of delicious cuisines. Fresh vegetables, fruits and seafood are available everywhere in the city. In Haikou one can have a try of many different kinds of food including the Four Dishes in Hainan, known as Wenchang Chicken, Jiaji Duck, Hele Crab and Dongshan Lamb, 8 styles of Chinese cuisines and foreign flavored food.

Famous Local Snacks

Moreover, there are a diversity of local snacks including the baked porker in Lingao, the water spinach in Duowen, the goose in Chengmai, the lamb in Shishan, the Honey Sliced Pogeon, the fish and ostrich in Nanli Lake of Dingan, the carp of Wanquan River in Qionghai, the deer in Fengmu of Tunchang, the glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves in Danzhou, the meat of dog in Nada, etc.

Recommended Restaurants

For your reference, the following are the restaurants rated most popular by the locals:
Heyou Seefood Restaurant
Add: Haixiu Rd, Haikou
Tel: 66760006

Dragon Emperor Seafood Restaurant
Add: #24 South Longkun Rd, Haikou
Tel: 66799128

Longquan Seafood Restaurant
Add: Longhua District, Haikou
Tel: 66987388
 
Guangzhouwan Seafood Restaurant
Add: Nanhai Avenue, Haikou
Tel: 66890808

Fuquan Restaurant
Add: Meilan District, Haikou
Tel: 66110618

Chuangmenzi Taiwan Food Restaurant
Add: #11 Xisha Rd, Haikou
Tel: 66755774

Xiangxiangxiang Restaurant
Add: #33 Nanbao Rd, Haikou
Tel: 66744264