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Steamed Sea Bream
Sea Breams are steamed with ginger, mushroom, spring onion, ham pieces and bamboo shoots for fifteen minutes. It is a favorite dish served with wine.

Steamed Scallops
Fresh scallops are steamed with lima beans, shallots, sauces and wine. When cooked they are served on tender egg white pieces with vegetables and diced carrot to present a pleasing appearance. It tastes fresh and light.

Stir-fried Prawn
Gutted prawns stir-fried with ginger, spring onion and spice, and then stewed on a low heat. The finished prawn should have a bright appearance, like a red flower. It tastes tender and fresh.

Lantern-shaped Steamed Abalone
Shelled abalones are cut into the shape of lanterns and steamed with the seasonings of gingers, shallot and salt for seven minutes. The finished dish should keep the fresh flavor of abalone. It is usually served with simmering shellfish soup.

The "rough" Dongbei Cuisine is famous for its heavy tastes and large quantities. It dominates the usual dining market of the citizens. Thick pork meat is braised with a variety of potatoes, mushrooms, vermicelli and other vegetables into a big dish simply called “Braised Dish”. It is a famous local food of the cold Dongbei area, which people eat in the cold winter and is offered by most restaurants in Dalian. Other Dongbei dishes including spiced pig's legs, duck necks, chicken livers and all sorts of coarse grain food are also very popular.

Men Zi
Men Zi is a traditional snack in Dalian. A protein-rich food coagulated from an extract of pachyrhizus (sweet potatoes) is cut into pieces and fried on a pan to create a crisp cover. A mixed seasoning of smashed garlic, sesame, and sauces is added on eating. Many small food stalls provide this. Packed Men Zi can be found on most supermarket shelves in Dalian.

Salted Fish and Corn Pancake (Yan Xu Bing'zi)
This snake refers to two things: the baked salted fish is served with a kind of crisp corn pancake. Legend goes that fishermen going out fishing in the morning couldn't return home to have lunch and so they baked the fresh fish to eat with the pancakes, the habit being passed down from generation to generation from the old days.

Shuangshengyuan
First Store: No. 1, Anle Jie, Zhongshan District
Second Store: No. 643, Huanghe Lu, Xigang District

Style: authentic century-old seafood restaurant in Dalian; a good place for a friends' get-together, Salted Fish& Corn Pancake.

Tian Tian Yu Gang
First Store: No. 72, Tianjin Jie, Zhongshan District
Second Store: No. 41, Yan'an Lu, Zhongshan District
Third Store: No.10, Renmin Lu, Zhongshan District
Fourth Store: Minzhu Square
Fifth Store: No. 45, Tongtai Jie

Style: A locally well-known chained restaurant, renowned for their seafood. The service in different stores may vary a little.

Add: No. 1, Yingbin Lu, Zhongshan District
Style: A seaside restaurant in the southeastern coastal area provides fresh scallops, abalone served with mustard juice.

Add: 3rd floor of Wanda International Hotel at No. 539, Changjiang Lu, Xigang District
Style: it provides a buffet of a variety of local seafood.

Add: Huanghe Lu
Style: This restaurant is renowned for its good service. Thin pancakes rolled with sauced meat and vegetable dishes are their signature dish.

Furthermore, there are two famous dining streets in the city. One is the dining street in Tianjin Pedestrain Street to north of Zhongshan Square and east to Shengli (Victory) Square. You can take Tourist Bus 801 (B) and K901 at the railway station to reach there. The other one can be found in Hei Shi Jiao opposite the Distance Bus Station. Bus 081, K901 and Bus 202 can reach there.

Add: District C, Xinghai Square (in the southwestern part of the city)
Style: A Western buffet with a range of sea food, beefsteak, lamb steak, Italian noodles, Japanese Sushi, Chinese meal and desserts. It is reputed as the best of its kind in the city.