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Famous Local Food
Hui cuisine is one of the Eight Major Cuisines in China, with more than a hundred year's history. The cooking methods feature braising in soy sauce, stewing and steaming, it is strict about choosing materials, and making sure of freshness and tenderness.
Famous Local Dishes
Mandarin Fish (Chou Guiyu)
This dish features the Mandarin fish from the Xin'an River. After salting, it is braised in soy sauce.
Huizhou Odorous Bean Curd
Odorous bean curd is a tough bean curd following fermenting, the surface of which is a layer of "hair". It is fried, braised in soy sauce, steamed and baked. Every style has its own features.
Steaming Shiji
It is cooked with a sauce of ham and fungi in the bamboo steamer. The taste is tender, fresh and refreshing.
Shadi Mati Turtle
This dish stewed in a terrine on a slow fire, with high nutritive value selects and uses big turtles sauced with ham.
Stewed Shi'er and Chicken
Shi'er is a kind of fungus steamed with chicken.
Famous Local Snacks
Xie Ke Huang (Yellow Crab Shell) This snack is Huizhou style, it is actually a baked sesame seed cake with a stuffing of meat and vegetables. It looks like a crab shell, hence the name. The cakes are convenient to take on a day trip.
Youjian Mao Doufu (Fried Odorous Bean Curd) Odorous bean curd is a kind of sour bean curd with a layer of white "hair" fried in a pan then sprinkled with seasonings, it is delicious and common to see in snack stalls.
Recommended Restaurants
Laojie Diyi Lou
Address: No. 247, Tunxi Ancient Street, Huangshan City
Style: Laojie Diyi Lou is one of the most popular restaurants in Huangshan City, with moderate prices and elegant sanitary surroundings. It features traditional Hui dishes.
Shilin Grand Hotel
Address: North Sea Sight Spot of Mt. Huangshan Scenic Spot Style: it offers not only traditional Hui Cuisine, but also additional Hui dishes created by their excellent cooks.
Tunxi Huicai Guan (Tunxi Hui Dishes Restaurant) Address: Huangshan West Road, Tunxi district, Huangshan City
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