Fish & seafood 河鲜海鲜

Jar-Fermented Sour Fish 酸酢鱼

Jar-Fermented Sour Fish (酸酢鱼) is a Zhangjiajie (张家界) food associated with Tujia (土家族) and Miao (苗族) communities. Small fresh fish are coated in salted rice flour and left in a vegetable-pickling jar before being fried.

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Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish 南县稻虾

Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish (南县稻虾) are raised in the rice fields of Nan County (南县).

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Datong Lake Hairy Crabs 大通湖大闸蟹

Datong Lake Hairy Crabs (大通湖大闸蟹) are a local speciality of Datonghu District (大通湖区) in Yiyang (益阳).

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Qifengdu Fish Rice Noodles 栖凤渡鱼粉

Qifengdu Fish Rice Noodles (栖凤渡鱼粉) are rice noodles served in fish broth, named after Qifengdu (栖凤渡), a town in Suxian district (苏仙区) of Chenzhou (郴州).

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Dongjiang Fish 东江鱼

Dongjiang Fish (东江鱼) is fish from Dongjiang Lake (东江湖) in Zixing (资兴), a county-level city in Chenzhou (郴州), Hunan, and above all the packaged, ready-to-eat fish snacks made from it.

Yongzhou Heluo River Snails 永州喝螺

Yongzhou Heluo River Snails (永州喝螺) are a classic local snack of Yongzhou (永州) in Hunan: small live snails known locally as tieluo (铁螺, "iron snails"), cooked in their shells with a fierce chilli heat.

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Qiyang Red Yeast Rice Steamed Fish 祁阳曲米鱼

Qiyang Red Yeast Rice Steamed Fish (祁阳曲米鱼) is a steamed fish from Qiyang (祁阳) in Yongzhou (永州), coated in chilli powder and red yeast rice powder (曲米粉) before it goes over the heat.

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Miao-Style Sour Cured Fish 苗家酸鱼

Miao-Style Sour Cured Fish (苗家酸鱼) is a jar-cured fish of the Miao people of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州), western Hunan.

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Har gow shrimp dumplings 虾饺

The dumpling has a delicate, slightly elastic skin and a crisp-tender shrimp bite. A well-balanced filling tastes savory and marine without overwhelming the shrimp's own sweetness.

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Chaoshan oyster omelet 蚝烙

The oysters stay tender and briny, while the starch creates both crisp fragments and a softer, elastic center.

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Home-Style Stuffed Mud Carp 家乡酿鲮鱼

Home-Style Stuffed Mud Carp (家乡酿鲮鱼) is a Shunde (顺德) dish in which the skin of a whole mud carp is filled with the fish's own minced flesh and then fried.

Shajing Oysters 沙井蚝

Shajing Oysters (沙井蚝) are oysters raised by the farmers of Shajing (沙井) in Bao'an District (宝安区), Shenzhen (深圳), a place the Shenzhen Municipal Archives calls the "thousand-year oyster village".