LOCAL FOOD GUIDE

Iron-Plate Grilled Squid 铁板鱿鱼

Tieban Youyu

Iron-Plate Grilled Squid is featured among the local specialties of Liaoning.

AI illustration: A plate of cooked scored squid pieces and small curled tentacles with scallion.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）AI-generated visual reference; not a restaurant photograph. AI 示意图，仅供参考，非实拍。

Iron-Plate Grilled Squid (铁板鱿鱼) is fresh squid cooked on a hot iron griddle and brushed with seasoning. The Chinese Wikipedia article on Dalian (大连) lists it, as iron-plate roast squid (铁板烤鱿鱼), among the city's local specialities, next to Dalian dishes such as menzi (焖子), a steamed starch cake fried in oil, and salted fish with cornbread (咸鱼饼子).

How it is made

The griddle is heated first and some vegetable oil is poured on before the fresh squid goes down. Once the squid is cooked, it is brushed with a seasoning prepared in advance: salt, chilli powder, ginger powder, garlic powder and soy sauce.

How it is eaten

When the second Pulandian (普兰店) beer festival opened in Lianzhiwan Park (莲之湾公园) in July 2025, Dalian Daily (大连日报), in a report republished by China Daily, named iron-plate big squid (铁板大鱿鱼), with cold marinated seafood and grilled oysters, among the Dalian speciality foods served with craft beer along the festival's 100-metre food corridor.

AI illustration: Griddle-cooked squid with lightly charred edges and brushed seasoning.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（菜式参考，非实拍） · 铁板鱿鱼 — A general serving example; recipes and presentation vary.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-09-24

Sources & reading

Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-24. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.