Food in Beihai

As a expanding city lying on the Beibu Gulf Peninsula , Beihai has quite a lot delicious food and cuisine available. Beibu Gulf provides abundant seafood supplies and there are plenty of restaurants to try, especially on the north coastal area. Around Outer Sands ( Waisha ) and Sichuan lu , there are restaurants with outdoor seating areas under the sun umbrellas where you enjoy both the palatable food and the great sea breeze.

A special Chicken Rice Food, made of local chicken, is one of the specialties. Salted fish is also one particularly tasty dish that local people eat almost everyday. Clams, shrimp and flying fish are major ingredients for the traditional seafood dishes of Beihai. More exotic foods include shark's fins and sea cucumbers, for which Beihai actually has the country's largest breeding farm.

The local cuisine is mostly influenced by the mild and light Guangdong Cuisine. But if you hanker after some spicy food, Sichuan and Hunan cuisine can also be found around Wuzicun . For those who need forks and knives, the Beihai Shangri-la Hotel on Chating lu has several restaurants and serves high quality western food. There are some cheap, hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurants beside the ferry terminal.