Guide to eating seafood in Sanya How cost-effective it is to eat seafood in Sanya

Eating seafood in Sanya is a must-choose item for many tourists, because Sanya is close to the sea. The seafood here is very fresh, large and delicious, and it is really worth trying. Moreover, eating seafood in Sanya is also a major local specialty. , you have to try it, otherwise it will be in vain, but everyone knows that seafood is a luxury item in food. If you are not careful, there will be a risk of being ripped off, so everyone must choose carefully. No. 1 Seafood Market

Sanya No. 1 Seafood Market is one of the oldest seafood markets in Sanya with the most popular environment, the loudest name, the widest variety and the cheapest price. It is located in downtown Sanya, close to the sea and sky. Shengyan Port, International Shopping Center. It is 8 kilometers from the high-speed rail station, 30 minutes by taxi, and 45 minutes by bus; 16 kilometers from Phoenix Airport, 40 minutes by taxi, and 70 minutes by bus. From here, it takes 3 minutes to walk to the Sanya River, and 15 minutes to walk to see the Sanya Bay. It takes 10 minutes to take a taxi to Luhuitou, 20 minutes to Coconut Dream Corridor, and 18 minutes to Qianguqing. It is 4 kilometers away from Dadonghai and 25 kilometers away from Yalong Bay. Almost all the famous restaurants in Sanya are within the 3-kilometer business circle of the First Market. Therefore, the first market is almost a check-in point that cannot be missed when traveling to Sanya. So we have chosen this as our top choice for buying seafood, and share with you practical tips for buying seafood here.

The main entrance of the First Market has fewer people during the day.

Transportation methods

Back to the first market, no matter where you are, three modes of transportation are recommended.

1. Public transportation: Use the navigation software on your mobile phone to navigate the "First Market", select the public transportation mode, and then take the public transportation according to the navigation information.

Advantages: Cheap, you can see the streets and alleys of Sanya.

Disadvantages: It takes a long time, and some places require transfers.

2. Didi: Use WeChat or Didi on your mobile phone to hail a taxi and enter the first market. PS: Try not to take taxis. Some taxi drivers will take you to restaurants with rebates, but DiDi will not.

Advantages: Convenience.

Disadvantages: expensive.

3. Rent a car/drive a car: Just obey the traffic rules, follow the navigation and drive carefully. It is recommended to navigate directly to the "International Shopping Center", where there are always underground parking spaces, 300 meters away from the First Market.

Advantages: Freedom.

Disadvantages: Need to park in the parking lot.

Attached below is the navigation map around the First Market.

This is a navigation map around the First Market, with additional information on buses, parking, and taxis. Seafood classification

The market has been selected, but we need to understand the seafood before buying it. In order to help everyone better understand seafood, we first classify seafood to help everyone remember it easily.

The first is the four major seafood main dishes: fish, shrimp, crab, and lobster.

Then there are shellfish suitable for steaming and snails suitable for boiling and stir-frying.

Finally there are boneless and other categories. There are 8 categories in total, I will introduce them one by one below.

When introducing seafood, the approximate price of the last month will be written down, which can be used as a reference. Because the typhoon weather will affect the price of seafood the next day, the price will occasionally fluctuate, but the difference is generally not much. I will come back and make changes in two months when there are overall price changes, so you can bookmark this guide or stay tuned.

On the right side of the entrance is the dry goods area, the main entrance is the fruit area, and going to the right is the seafood area.

After entering the market, use the navigation map to determine the location of the fair scale so that you can go to the fair scale for re-weighing when necessary.

This is a simple navigation map of the interior of the First Market, standardizing the location of the doors and the location of the fair scales. NO.1-Lobster

There are three main types of lobster in the first market, Boston lobster (Australian lobster), blue lobster, and flower lobster. The best-selling lobster is Boston lobster. You can buy a pound of lobster for 100 yuan. It is suitable for main dishes and can be steamed or stir-fried. Blue lobster is generally slightly smaller, weighing more than half a pound. However, it has less shell and more meat, and is more expensive than Bolong, so it is suitable for steaming; Hualong is generally more than two kilograms in size, and is more expensive, so it is suitable for those who do not consider price factors.

If you want to eat a larger lobster, it is recommended to buy a two or three kilograms of lobster, the price is only about 300 yuan.

You can also buy a lobster weighing about 1 kilogram. The price of lobster is relatively low recently, and you can get it for 90 yuan.

You can also buy a small wave dragon weighing 8 ounces and a green dragon weighing half a pound. The combined price of the two is only about 150 yuan.

Lobsters weighing less than 1 kilogram are sold by the piece. After negotiating the price, just pick a lively and slightly larger lobster.

The difference between Bolong and Qinglong mainly depends on whether they have large pliers.

Key points: The key to picking lobster is whether it is dead or alive. The way to judge is to see if it moves. If the vitality is lower, the meat quality will be lower. Secondly, look at the tail to determine whether there is more meat or less meat. If there are more shells, there will be less meat. If there are less shells, there will be more meat.

PS: Some merchants in the market will refer to the Polong as Australian lobster. This is just a marketing tool. Don’t pay attention to it. Just know that the Polong you are buying is fine. Otherwise, if you go back to the mainland and tell your friends that the Australian dragons in Sanya cost 100 yuan each, they will be considered bragging, because the Australian dragons are very expensive.

Both the two lobsters weigh about a pound, but their shells are both very large and deep, so there is less meat. The opposite is true for the other one. NO.2-Shrimp

The best-selling shrimp is Jiwei shrimp, also known as sea shrimp.

To put it simply, it is the kind of shrimp that everyone often eats in their hometown or various places. This kind of shrimp is raised in enclosures on the seaside, so it is called base shrimp. However, don’t mistakenly think that farming is not good, because as long as it is not wild, it is farmed. The chicken, duck and goose meat we eat every day is also farmed.

Jiwei shrimp is suitable for boiling or stir-frying with salt and pepper. The price is affordable, usually about 30 yuan per pound.

This is the common prawn. There are some black parts on the head called blackheads. In fact, the feed fed during breeding has not been digested.

Then there are the more expensive monodon shrimp and bamboo shrimp. Compared with Jiwei shrimp, they are larger and the meat is more elastic. The two kinds of shrimp are actually the same kind of shrimp, but one is farmed and the other is wild. The price of cultured ones is generally around 60 yuan, and that of wild ones is around 120 yuan.

The monodon shrimp is also called grass shrimp and grass prawn. There are two sharp corners on the head, and the body is black. It is cultivated.

The main way to distinguish is color, black for cultured animals and colored for wild animals. It can be boiled, stir-fried, salted and peppered, or the larger ones can be steamed with minced garlic.

Bamboo shrimp is also called flower shrimp. Its shape is similar to that of monodon shrimp, but its color is colorful. It is a wild shrimp.

Tiger shrimps are also called giant prawns. They are very big, have big eyes, and have sharp heads that can easily hurt your hands.

There is also a kind of tiger shrimp, also called giant prawn. It's quite big, costing about 200 yuan per pound, and is suitable for steaming the minced garlic.

Key point: The first thing to consider when picking shrimps is life or death. Since there are dozens of shrimps in a pound, you cannot pick them one by one. So all you have to do is stir it up and see if there are any shrimps jumping around.

PS: When weighing shrimp, it is easy to accumulate a lot of sea water in it. Therefore, when weighing shrimp, you must make a hole in the bottom of the bag and filter it for a while.

Comparison of tiger shrimp size and fingers. NO.3-Crab

Crab, the most recommended is the Hele crab, one of the four famous dishes in Hainan. Hele crabs are mainly produced in Hele Town, Wanning City. Although they are also produced in Guangdong, Fujian and other places, compared with the Hele crabs produced in the Xiaohai area on the east coast of Hele Town, their fat and taste are inferior. many.

There are many ways to cook Hele crabs. I would like to recommend two more practical ways to you.

One is to buy small Hele crabs, two or three small Hele crabs, full of cream, priced at 20 yuan each. Buy three or four and use them for stir-frying.

The other option is to buy Dahe Le crab, which costs about 80 yuan per catty at 7 to 8 taels each. Buy the female crab, which is half paste. It can be stir-fried, steamed, or cooked with paste crab vermicelli. .

The reason for eating Hele Crab is firstly because it is famous as one of Hainan’s four famous dishes, and secondly because it has a lot of paste.

Small Hele crab, about four fingers wide.

In addition to Hele crabs, you can also consider red flower crabs and orchid crabs. The meat of red flower crab is fresh and tender, while the meat of orchid crab is sweet.

Orchid crab, blue pattern.

Red flower crab, red pattern.

The large ones are suitable for steaming, and the small ones are suitable for stir-frying. The most important thing when buying flower crabs is to distinguish between water crabs and meat crabs. Gu Ming thought that water crabs have more water and meat crabs have more meat. Distinguish skills and tell the merchant directly that I want meat crab. After the merchant helps you select meat crabs, ask the merchant if you can pinch them. If he doesn't want you to pinch him, it means he is lying to you. Because the shell of a water crab breaks into pieces when pinched, the crab will die easily. The shell of meat crabs is very hard and is not afraid of being pinched. If the merchant really gives you meat crabs, they are not afraid of being pinched. (Pinch belly)

Dungeness crabs are large and meaty. If you want to eat larger crabs, you can consider Dungeness crabs. This type of crab usually weighs two to three pounds each and can be fried or steamed.

PS: Generally speaking, if you can buy female crabs, don’t buy male crabs. Female crabs are better. Below I will provide you with how to identify male crabs and female crabs.

The difference between male crabs and female crabs lies in the shape of their bellies, so they can be used universally. NO.4-Fish

Grouper is the best choice.

Currently, the price of grouper is very cheap, 35 yuan per pound, and the meat is fresh and tender, with a lot of meat and almost no small spines except for one main spine.

Therefore, it is recommended to buy a grouper (1 pound is best) to steam or braise.

Grouper is a better choice. You can also consider Turbot or Jinchang fish. They are both affordable sea fish. Turbot is 40 yuan per catty and Jinchang fish is 25 yuan per catty. Turbot can only be steamed, while Jinchang fish can be steamed or braised.

Turbot fish is moss-colored and has a thin slice. If you want to eat better fish, you can consider blue-coated fish, or red east star spot, blue east star spot, and these fish cost more than 100 yuan per pound. They can only be steamed, not braised, otherwise it will be a waste of ingredients.

Eastern star spots are divided into blue eastern star spots and red eastern star spots. The red eastern star spots are more expensive. NO.5-Snails

Snails and sea snails are both affordable, less than 10 yuan.

Huajia can be eaten anywhere and is relatively cheap.

Conch is also very cheap, suitable for winter melon and conch soup.

Mango snails have beautiful textures, thin shells and plump meat. We recommend mango snails here. Mango snails are unique snails in Hainan and are Hainan characteristics. In addition, the shell of mango snails is very beautiful and has Beautiful texture, although not big, but full of meat. The small mango snails are about 20 pounds, and the large mango snails are out of stock recently.

The corn snails are big and meaty. In addition, you can also buy stir-fried corn snails and boiled chicken leg snails. Both of these snails are larger and the price is about 25, while the flower snails It is also a good choice. The meat of snails is hard, which means it is chewy. The price is about 60 yuan. It can be stir-fried or boiled.

Snails can be stir-fried or boiled. NO.6-Shellfish

Scallops are very cheap, eight or nine pounds per pound, steamed with garlic vermicelli.

Scallops are the most cost-effective shellfish. They cost 10 yuan per catty, and there are eight or nine per catty. They can be steamed with garlic vermicelli.

Oysters are usually 10 yuan for 4 pieces, and they can be steamed with garlic paste.

Twelve abalones, which means 12 abalones per pound, nearly three fingers wide, cost 5 yuan each.

There are big and small abalones. It ranges from 18 heads, 15 heads, 12 heads, 10 heads, and 6 heads. The meaning of heads is that there are as many heads as there are in 1 pound. So 6 heads are the largest and 18 heads are the smallest. The most common one is 12 abalones, priced at 5 yuan each.

Six abalones refer to 6 abalone per pound. 4 fingers wide, big.

Scallops are a kind of shellfish with a lot of meat. They cost 15 yuan for two.

You can steam vermicelli with minced garlic. Once a scallop is steamed, it can be divided into two portions for two people to enjoy.

The round shells are very white and suitable for steaming garlic vermicelli. The small ones cost 1 yuan each.

PS: Scallops are very cheap shellfish, but you can’t buy too much because the processing fee is 3 yuan each, so just buy one pound and it’s enough.

If you are greedy for cheap and buy three or four kilograms, it only costs 30 yuan, but the processing fee will reach 100 yuan, which will be very embarrassing.

The scallops have a lot of meat, so one can be divided into two pieces and steamed with garlic vermicelli. NO.7-Boneless

There are two main types of boneless seafood in the first market, squid and octopus.

It is easier to buy octopuses, just buy them alive and moving.

Squid requires some skills, mainly observing its color.

The white color is fresh, the dark red color is stale.

The cooking methods include boiling, salt and pepper, and stir-frying.

This is relatively fresh squid, relatively white.

This is very stale abalone, dark red in color.

Looking over in a row, the second one is the freshest and fairest. NO.8-Other categories

In addition to the seven categories above, there are still some common seafood that we have divided into other categories.

The first is the small razor clam and the king razor clam. Because the king razor clam has a lot of meat, the price is not expensive, about 35 yuan.

Therefore, it is recommended to buy King Razor Clam, which is suitable for stir-frying. The way to identify the vitality of a razor clam king is to pour water on it or touch the tender meat part on the top of it with your hands.

The more it moves, the better the vitality, otherwise it means it is not fresh.

Bamboo razor clam, also known as the razor clam king.

Then there is sea urchin, usually 15 yuan for two. Sea urchins in the north have more meat and can be used as sashimi. However, sea urchins in the south have very thin flesh walls due to different water quality.

So it is not possible to make sashimi, so the only way to make it is to make steamed eggs with sea urchins. When choosing sea urchins, choose the ones on the right that have many thorns and long upright spines, and the ones on the left that have all the spines peeled off are stale.

The sea urchin on the left has all its spines, so it is not fresh, and the sea urchin on the right is fresh.

Geoducks are divided into meat clams and water clams. As you can see from the picture below, meat clams are very white and the meat is very tender, like a baby's skin. Water clams, on the other hand, are more like the skin texture of greasy middle-aged men. What's more important is that three-quarters of the water clam is water, so there is very little meat.

So water clams cost 90 yuan each, while meat clams cost 300 to 400 yuan each.

When buying water clams, it is recommended to buy sashimi, if you like to eat sashimi.

Buy clams that can be stir-fried or sashimied, and their offal can be used to make porridge.

PS: If you buy geoduck water clams and choose to fry them, you will not believe your eyes after frying them. When you buy them, you will find such a big geoduck clam. It's actually so little. This is precisely because water clams have more water and less meat. Guide to the Seafood Purchasing Process

We have introduced the common varieties of seafood one by one. Next, let’s put together a set of seafood purchasing processes.

1. You need to be familiar with the seafood market. There are 5 doors in the first market. There is a dry goods area and a fruit area at the door. More importantly, there is a fair scale in the market, so there is a fair scale in the market. Most merchants dare not tamper with electronic scales, but they may do so in other places.

2. Before entering the market, you should think about what seafood you want to buy. After entering the market, you can visit several stores to find the seafood you like and compare prices. The price I gave is just a reference, the price you compare is the real price. Generally, there is no need to negotiate the price of seafood under 50 yuan, because the profit margin is thin and the price is almost the same in every store. For seafood priced between 50 yuan and 100 yuan, you can generally bargain for 5-10 yuan. For seafood over 100 yuan, you must compare prices and then bargain for 10-20 yuan. If there is no comparison of prices, it will not make much sense to offer a discount of 20 yuan when the merchant shouts a high price.

3. After choosing a store that you think has a good impression, first ask him about the specific price. Then make it clear to him that you want all of them alive, and you have to pick them one by one by yourself. If the ones left for you are dead, they will come back and be replaced if they are discovered. If you are serious enough, he will be less likely to want to kill you, because it will be more difficult. Therefore, you must not act like you are just fine just because you don’t understand. That is equivalent to telling the merchants to come and rip me off.

4. After negotiating the price with the merchant, make sure the weight, variety and vitality are all right. When weighing, tell him that you know there is a fair scale in the market, and you will go to the fair scale to weigh again later, so please weigh it accurately and remember to tare and set zero. When weighing, try to weigh naked without using a bag. There are some situations where tapes must be used, such as shrimp. You need to use a dry bag without water, and there are holes under the bag to leak water. You need to watch carefully during the whole process. If you are serious, others will be afraid of you and will not dare to change the seafood. PS: Make sure the electronic scale is tared and reset to zero. Be sure to refuse the seafood seller to help you kill the seafood. His purpose is to give you dead seafood and make you think that it was killed. Be sure to buy live seafood and kill it at a processing store.

5. Don’t believe solicitors, because any offer they say may be a trick, at least it may be.

Now, I will introduce you to several common routines. The routines of some seafood merchants

The merchants are very agile and fast. They take the initiative to help you pick out the seafood. They are usually dead, not very energetic, or have broken legs and feet.

The routine of scales

The scales of merchants in the market are all good scales, and there is market supervision. But if you are not paying attention and are weighed without removing the tare and setting the zero, it is very likely that 2 pounds will be turned into 2 and a half pounds. Not only the scale, but the baskets used by some merchants are not easy to filter water and will also gain weight. Water bag routine

Some merchants will soak some already thick bags in water in advance, so that the bags are covered with water, and then when they are weighed for you, the bags will be Can cherish two or three. Therefore, you need to use dry bags, which also have holes to leak water. Tricks for soliciting customers and issuing cards

1. Some people inside and outside the market will take the initiative to ask you if they need to take you to buy seafood, or after seeing you buy seafood, they will ask if you need to process it. Generally, they will keep asking you. Following you and brainwashing you by bullying or giving you discounts is called soliciting.

2. Generally speaking, after these people bring customers to a certain seafood restaurant, they can get 50% of the customer's processing fee.

3. They will send you a card, saying that you can get 50% off or 40% off. If you look closely at the card, there are many tricks, such as: steamed oysters 3 yuan / piece (clear) this clear means 3 yuan It is steamed without any seasoning, and minced garlic is added for an additional 2 yuan, which is a hidden charge.

4. In order to ensure that some shops that solicit customers still maintain profits after paying the customer solicitation share, they will inflate their fees, ranging from 300 to 400 per person, or secretly exchange dead seafood.

5. The situations mentioned above are common and can be found on the Internet, but it does not mean that every soliciting shop will have such behavior, because some stores are mom-and-pop shops, and the husband is in The store cooks vegetables, and my wife solicits customers at the market. It is also a conscientious operation. Because the expenses are small, the prices will be cheaper. However, because I am a self-employed person, it is difficult to guarantee the taste and hygiene of the dishes.

6. The most important thing when eating seafood is to eat live, delicious and hygienic seafood, so try to choose regular stores. It is not recommended to lose the delicious seafood experience just for the sake of cheapness. Seafood processing

So far, the classification of seafood varieties, the identification of seafood and the prevention of routines have been basically explained. It also reminds friends not to trust those who solicit customers, otherwise they will most regret it. If you pay attention to the news, you will see news about tourists being tricked and ripped off from time to time.

The owner of a seafood restaurant told me that the reason why the problem of soliciting and extorting customers has been repeated is due to profit issues.

For girls soliciting customers, they can only earn 3,000 a month by finding a job, but it is different when soliciting customers on the road. You can get 50% of the processing fee when you sign up for a table, especially when traveling During the peak season, some can earn one or two thousand yuan a day.

For tourists, because they don’t know much about seafood, they went with the tourist girl because they knew more about seafood. After being deceived, they felt that doing more is worse than doing less, and they will go home in two days. , so it was settled.

As far as the government is concerned, soliciting customers is not allowed without written laws. Only when the tourist police obtain multiple sets of evidence proving consumer fraud can they arrest and detain the person for 15 days. It is not easy to obtain evidence, so the government has not had an effective solution. Later, the government took the lead in setting up a seafood association and asked the urban management to arrest the soliciting girls. However, after being caught, the urban management only had the power to ask them to stand for one hour. This is bound to be difficult to achieve compared with the huge rebate benefits.

So, I am here to introduce seafood to you and explain the methods of preventing slaughter, hoping that my friends will be less likely to be fooled.

Therefore, it is recommended that you try to go to stores with better reputations, otherwise the previous process of buying seafood will be in vain.

Here, I would also recommend one. Buzike Seafood

Actually, I know a lot of good seafood restaurants, and I have eaten at all of them together.

But I only recommend one here.

There are several reasons:

First of all, the name of this store is Buzike. The boss chose this name with a homophony of Buzaike, so it is similar to ours. This text fits perfectly.

The name is good, the slogan is ambitious, and the business is booming. Secondly, although many stores have clearly marked their prices and do not rip off customers, this store is the only one that directly broadcasts the kitchen, Mingchu Liangzao, I think this is very important. This kind of kitchen will make you feel more at ease, without having to worry about the seafood you bought with so much hard work being replaced.

The entire operation process of the kitchen is shown directly at the door, and you will be convinced.

Finally, this store is really good. There are many marathon medals hanging on the wall of the store. I personally also like to run marathons, so I have a good chat with the boss. These medals are all run by their team. of which the founder himself ran 9 marathons. And the service in the store is also great. It can be seen from the little red flower posted on the wall that they attach great importance to whether they are sincere and enthusiastic and whether their customers are satisfied.

They are all marathon medals, I really admire them.

And when it comes to the products, although they are not particularly amazing, every dish is still well processed. The stir-fried lobster is made by a Sichuan chef, and the steamed grouper is made by a Guangdong chef. Both are remarkable.

Finally, the most important thing is that this store is very close to the market, 100 meters walk. There is Yefeng Lane next to the market. The store is located at No. 55 Yefeng Lane. It only takes 2 minutes to walk in.

The Sichuan-style salt and pepper shrimps don’t look spicy, but the meat inside is very tasty.

Cantonese-style steamed grouper, sent to Buddha to the West, good people do it to the end, because many friends who have stayed in the first market usually go to Yalong Bay to stay for a few days.

So, they also have a branch in Yalong Bay, which I recommend here. I have also eaten twice at the Yalong Bay store. It is located in the central square of Yalong Bay. It is a square by the sea and the scenery is beautiful. .

Eating seafood in the open air, the sky and the sea are within reach. If some friends find it troublesome, you can also order their takeout directly on Meituan Takeaway. It is very convenient. Just search "Bu Zaike" on Meituan Takeout. , it should be able to deliver to the whole of Sanya, it is very powerful.