Where is the best place to eat seafood in Shandong?

Shandong--Rizhao, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai

Rizhao

Because it is close to the Yellow Sea, Rizhao mainly develops transportation and fishery. However, this year, Rizhao's tourism industry has gradually developed. There are many beautiful churches and the seaside scenery is also beautiful. It is a city where human touch and seafood coexist. The warm hospitality of the local people makes tourists feel at home, and the Yellow Sea near Rizhao has many kinds of seafood, such as saury, yellow croaker, black fish, light fish, hook fish, Spanish mackerel, clams, prawns, swimming crabs, etc.

Qingdao

When it comes to Qingdao’s seafood, it’s natural to mention Tsingtao beer. A well-known saying in Shandong dialect is "Have beer, eat clams (ga la)". It is rich in clams, scallops, swimming crabs, mackerel, and croaker. Spring and summer are the best seasons to eat seafood, while autumn is the season when sea crabs are most plentiful. Most restaurants in Qingdao also have fresh seafood, mainly steamed and stir-fried. There are specialty seafood markets and processing shops around the train station, Zhongshan Road and Yingkou Road. You can buy seafood from the market and take it there for processing, which is more cost-effective. Qingdao's seafood, paired with a glass of ice beer and the cool sea breeze, is really an unlimited enjoyment. In Qingdao, seafood plays a part in almost everyone’s life memories. However, the overall consumption in Qingdao should be slightly higher than that in most cities in Shandong.

Yantai

Yantai is a low-key seafood city. Although Yantai is not as shining as Qingdao at the other end, it is a "treasure city" in the north with profound historical and cultural heritage and great development prospect. . Yantai is rich in seafood, and fish and shrimp are also indispensable delicacies on the tables of Yantai people. Prawns sold in even numbers, plump Pipi shrimps, red shrimps with fresh and thick flesh, tender peach blossom shrimps, the best small seafood, and the types of marine fish are even more abundant, such as mackerel, saury, gargi, turbot, etc. Yellow bone fish, saury, etc. There is also the three-tuberculose swimming crab from Laizhou, Yantai, which is a unique seafood in Yantai. The meat is firm and thick and has many seeds. You can get a heaven-given deliciousness just by steaming it. Authentic steamed food is the best way for fishermen to respect seafood. Barbecuing is the mainstream method of seafood in Yantai. In addition, spicy stir-frying, sauce-frying, stewing, and dry-frying are also easy for Yantai people.

Weihai

Weihai is a small city surrounded by the sea on three sides. It has a beautiful coastline of 900 kilometers long and is rich in a variety of shellfish and fish. Weihai is the city with the largest seafood production in Shandong Province. The sea area Weihai sits on has low salinity, rich bait on the seabed, and a unique geographical environment, which also makes the seafood produced in Weihai particularly "delicious." For true seafood lovers, you have to go to the dock and buy it in person! The dock goods are caught on the same day as they go out to sea, so they are absolutely fresh and cheap. Some restaurants on Heqing Beach also have their own small fishing boats. The seafood is kept in the nets of the boats and kept in the sea, ensuring that they are all alive and fresh. Rushan is also known as the "Hometown of Oysters in China", and the oysters are plump and big. It can be eaten raw after cleaning and prying it open. If it cannot be eaten raw, it can be steamed and dipped in seafood soy sauce.