Dining In Sanya

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As an international seashore resort destination, Sanya offers a wide selection of cuisines from all over the world besides the local foods. You can eat extremely well, and choose many different national cuisines such as Italian, Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, etc. and other cities in China mainland such as Cantonese, Hunan, Sichuan, etc.
Jenny’s Tip: you may get a name card with the prices of seafood on it during your stay, the prices seem to be very cheap and impel you to have a try, but you will pay much more out of the expectation. So you’d better not to trust them. it is a trap indeed.

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Local Special Favorites

Hainan Four Dishes are well known all of the world, you can find in any of restaurants here.
Boiled Wenchang Chicken -- Its meat is tender and tastes very delicious.
Braised Dongshan Lamb       
Steamed Hele Crab
Boiled Jiaji Duck

         Boiled Wenchang Chicken            Braised Dongshan Lamb

         Steamed Hele Crab                 Boiled Jiaji Duck

 

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Seafood

Sanya is located at north latitude 18 degree, and its sea water is high in salt-bearing, that makes seafood there taste very good.  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.  There are many ways to cook, steamed, fried, braised, and hot-pot.

 

 

 

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Ethnic Li Food

Bamboo Rice     It is a kind of traditional Li food. The cooking way is to choose a short bamboo tube and fill it with rice and water and seal with a banana leaf, then put it on fire for half an hour and the bamboo rice is ready. If adding some seafood, it will taste more delicious.
Chicken soup in Coconut
Local vegetables

 

              Bamboo Rice              Chicken soup in Coconut

 

      wild Vegetable            wild Vegetable          Hainan Spicy

 

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Ethnic Hui Food

The Hui foods take beef and mutton as main ingredients. There are many Hui restaurants in the Phoenix Town.

Fresh Fish Soup is very well-known.

Fresh Fish Soup

 

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Snacks

Baoluo Feng
Coconut meat dumpling

 


    Coconut Rice           Baoluo Feng          Coconut Meat Dumpling

 

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Drinks

Local beer: The best popular local beer is Anchor beer, besides you can order another famous Chinese beer Qsingdao beer or import beers.

Soft drinks:many options such as Coke, Sprite, and Hainan special fresh coconut juice.

Shanlan Wine: From Li people, made of glutinous rice. Put boiled rice mixed with distiller’s yeast in a basket and cover with banana leaves, after three to five days, put them into a jar and seal for half month. If storing the wine underground for three to five years, it will taste much better.

                  shanlan Wine               Local Beer

 

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special famous restaurants in Sanya

French Restaurant at Yalong Bay Opening

Besides the numerous restaurants served Chinese mainland and western cuisines such as Sichuan Hot-Pot, Pizza, Korean cuisines, Russian food, KFC, McDonald, here we have some special famous local restaurants in Sanya for your reference.Please click here for more restaurant recommendation.

 

Dongjiao Yelin Seafood Restaurant

Location: Dadonghai
Serve Hainan seafood and local special dishes. Waitress speaks no English.

Major credit card accepted.

Summer Mall Gastronomy Square

Location: Summer Mall Square, Dadonghai
Serve cuisines from Chinese mainland, and south-eastern Asian.

Major credit card accepted.

Yuan Xing Long Restaurant

Location: Binhai Road, Sanya Bay
Serve Hainan seafood and Cantonese dishes, waitress speaks no English.
Major credit card accepted.

Hai Ya Restaurant

Location: Hexi Road, Sanya downtown
Serve Hainan seafood and local dishes, waitress speaks no English.

Cash payment only.

Fat Lady Seafood Restaurant

Location: Shengli Road, Sanya Downtown
Serve Hainan cuisines, waitress speak no English.

Major credit card accepted.

Fat Daddy's

Location: Sanya Bay road, on the way to Airport of Sanya
Serve a variety of international cuisine from the America’s, SE Asia and China.