In Yantai, it is generally suitable to eat clams, sea rainbows, razor clams, conch and other shellfish in summer, and the best thing to eat in winter is oysters.
In autumn, crabs will be very plump during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but actually the best time to eat crabs is within a month after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There is also the sea closure period (spawning period) from June 1st to September 1st. During this period, fishermen are not allowed to go out to sea to fish. Most of the fish on the market are in cold storage.
After September 1st, you can ask the locals to go to the nearby market to see the fresh seafood that has just come online. It is very interesting.
The seafood of Yantai cuisine: prawns, the hotel price is generally around 18-30 yuan/piece, depending on the size and freshness.
Sea urchins, one is black and the other is gray.
Generally, the price is 30-40 yuan per piece in small shops, and 10 yuan for 3 pieces on the street.
Supermarkets such as Jiajiayue and RT-Mart also sell canned sea urchin yellow, which costs about 8 yuan per can. It is very easy to eat.
Fried shrimp: The filling is fresh and the taste is crispy. You can usually eat it in Shandong cuisine restaurants.
Seaweed jelly is a special local dish that locals use as a summer appetizer.
Cold dishes made mainly from seaweed have the effect of softening blood vessels.
Affordable and delicious.
Fried tongue fish: Local people like to make this dish. The tongue fish has fresh and tender meat with fewer fish bones. It is crispy and fragrant after being fried.
Stir-fried eggplant with abalone: ??Most people know that eggplant absorbs oil, but in fact, eggplant also absorbs umami flavor.
It's even more delicious when fried with abalone.
When you come to Yantai, you want to eat seafood.
It is actually not easy to eat fresh, cheap and wild seafood. There are some well-established word-of-mouth stores in Yantai, such as Chocolate Fisherman’s Store (a cheap seafood chain brand), which is now an Internet celebrity store. It is a must-visit place to eat seafood in Yantai. It specializes in live seafood. It’s really
Very delicious.