Hainan food tour
The island’s classic four are Wenchang chicken, Jiaji duck, Hele crab and Dongshan goat. Wanning adds its own four: Dongshan goat, Hele crab, Gangbei prawns and Hou’an mullet.
Where to eat them
Wenchang chicken belongs in Wenchang or a serious Haikou restaurant, not only as a hotel buffet label. Hele crab and Dongshan goat are east-coast names; eat them in Wanning when you are there.
Hou’an rice noodles, Hele zongzi and Xinglong coffee are the snack layer around the same towns.
How to order
Point at a tank only after you know the price by weight. Markets and hotel seafood counters use different rules.
One food-focused day in Wanning or Haikou is enough inside a beach week. A full-week food trail means you are choosing restaurants over swimming.
Continue exploring Hainan
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