Chinese culinary arts are famous all over the world. Chinese dishes appeal to the senses through color, shape, aroma and taste. Chinese cuisine's entree normally strives for three to five colors, made up of the main ingredient, with more secondary ingredients of contrasting colors and textures; these are prepared and cooked to enhance their own qualities, with the use of appropriate condiments and garnishing, enabling to chef to present a delicious platter of fragrant delicious art.

The wonderful Dongbei cooking from northwest China is very popular with its special dumplings and hand-made pasta. The unique dumplings are like none other in China - stuffed with eggs, shrimp, pork, beef and wild mountain vegetables. Some of Sanya's best Dongbei restaurants are Dongbei Ren, Jiao Zi Wang and Dongbei Jiao Zi Cheng.

 

anya also has a unique type of vegetarian cooking, that originates from the Longhua Buddhist Temple in Shanghai. It uses local fruits, flowers and sea vegetables. Visit the Yuanqi Mansion Restaurant in the Nanshan Cultural Tourism zone for a large variety of these vegetarian dishes.

Recommended restaurant:
Dongbeiwang Restaurant: The major dishes here are northeast dishes. In Hainan there is large number of people coming from northeast, so the northeast food is very popular here. In Dongbeiwang you can eat the real northeast food and the price are not very expensive.
Transport:
Located at the Yuya road nearby Dadonghai. Take a taxi from the city center (RMB5).