Dachen Island is located on the East China Sea. It has delicious food and beautiful scenery comparable to Dongji Island.

For a long time, this place was forgotten like a treasure, so it still shows its original scenery.

Dachen Island's Ring Road, Jiawu Rocks, piers, stone fishermen's courtyards, sunrise and sunset, fishing grounds, Tianhou Temple, etc., every place hides a scenery that will surprise you.

In addition to the scenery, the most important thing not to miss is the food here. According to locals, there are no less than 50 kinds of seafood hidden here.

The fishermen here pay more attention to seasonality and freshness, and a little seasoning can create worldly delicacies.

Let’s experience the unpretentious but self-contained food here.

Boiled sesame snails Dachen Island has many types of snails, among which sesame snails are the most distinctive. This kind of snails is extremely delicious. The best way to make it is to eat it plain, blanch it in boiling water, then put it on a plate and serve it immediately.

It's perfect when eaten with local rice vinegar and soy sauce.

Boiled Sea Shrimp Dachen Island is also rich in sea shrimp.

Because the shrimps here are all freshly caught and cooked, if you want to taste the most delicious taste, boiling them is the best way.

The shrimps here are characterized by their large size, thin shells and lots of meat. After peeling the skin and dipping it in a little rice vinegar, the tender and firm flesh of the shrimps is a mouthful for travelers.

Boiled or salt and pepper shrimps. The best way to cook shrimps is to boil them in water. This way, the shrimps can retain their deliciousness and tenderness.

Although the Pipi shrimps from Dachen Island are extremely cheap, costing almost 5 yuan per pound, they have extremely high nutritional value and taste sweeter than ordinary shrimps.

Crab paste Dachendao's crabs are thick and fatty, especially the crab paste, which looks like an egg. It is thick and tastes good. It is delicious and has a little sweetness when eating. In addition, the shell is thin and can be broken into pieces when chewed.

It is very convenient to eat.

The crabs here are much cheaper than outside, and the price-performance ratio is super high.

Large yellow croaker The farmed large yellow croaker in Dachen Island has a slender body, and the meat quality is comparable to that of wild yellow croaker. It can be cooked in various ways, including steaming, braised, sweet and sour, to make the most delicious yellow croaker. My personal favorite is braised.

Buddha's hand snail looks like a Buddha's hand, and its meat is more tender and delicious than other shellfish. By boiling it, it can become a very flavorful delicacy.

Seafood Chicken: The island mainly consists of seafood. In order to improve the taste, locals also raise chickens to improve their food.

Since it is inconvenient to grow or buy feed on the island, those small fish and shrimps have become the most suitable natural feed for the chickens on the island.

This kind of chicken fed with seafood tastes more tender and has a unique seaside flavor. Whether it is braised or stewed, the best taste of the chicken can be brought out.

Dachen Island’s delicacies are not just these, there are more delicacies waiting for you to explore.

For example, dragon head fish, yellow croaker stewed in rice wine, brown sugar steamed buns, brown sugar water, fried mochi with eggs, fried small yellow croaker, large hairtail, pomfret, eel soup, fried sea snake with celery, salted fish tofu soup, seafood noodles and so on.