Hui cuisine with more than a hundred year's history is one of the Eight Major Cuisines of China. Hui, unlike other cuisines, features wild game. Cooking methods feature braising in soy sauce, stewing and steaming. Originating in Shexian County, Huangshan City, Hui Cuisine is strict about choosing materials, and making sure of freshness and tenderness.

Representative dishes in Hui Cuisine

Mandarin Fish (Chou Guiyu): This dish features the Mandarin fish from the Xin'an River. After salting, it is braised in soy sauce.

Steaming Shiji: Shiji is a kind of batrachia (frog or toad) living in mountain brooks. The shiji is cooked with a sauce of ham and fungi in the bamboo steamer. The taste is fresh, tender and refreshing.

Stewed Shi'er and Chicken: Shi'er is a kind of fungus steamed with chicken.

Shadi Mati Turtle: This dish with high nutritive value selects and uses big turtles sauced with ham, stewed in a terrine on a slow fire.

Huizhou Odorous Bean Curd: Odorous bean curd is a tough bean curd following fermenting, the surface of which is a layer of 'hair'. It is fried, braised in soy sauce, steamed and baked. Every style has its own features.

Recommended Restaurants for Hui Cuisine

Laojie Diyi Lou
Featuring traditional Hui dishes, Laojie Diyi Lou is one of the most popular restaurants in Huangshan City. With moderate prices and elegant sanitary surroundings, Laojie Diyi Lou is always full. Reservations strongly suggested.
Address: No. 247, Tunxi Ancient Street, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China

Tunxi Huicai Guan (Tunxi Hui Dishes Restaurant)
Address: Huangshan West Road, Tunxi district, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China

Shilin Grand Hotel
Shilin Grand Hotel offers not only traditional Hui Cuisine, but also additional Hui dishes created by their excellent cooks. While developing Hui Dishes, Shilin Grand Hotel explored the Shilin Banquet. Any offering will add unique flavors to your Huangshan City tour.
Address: North Sea Sight Spot of Mt. Huangshan Scenic Spot

Huangshan City snacks are abundant, especially in Tunxi Ancient Street. Special ones include:

Youjian Mao Doufu (Fried Odorous Bean Curd)
Odorous bean curd is a kind of sour bean curd with a layer of white 'hair' fried in a pan then sprinkled with seasonings. While the bean curd smells bad, it is delicious. It is common to see in snack stalls. If you can bear the odor, you should try it.

Xie Ke Huang (Yellow Crab Shell)
This Huizhou flavor snack is actually a baked sesame seed cake with a stuffing of meat and vegetables. It looks like a crab shell, hence the name Xie Ke Huang. The cakes are easy to store, convenient on a day trip.

The first KFC in Huangshan City: address - first floor of Huangshan City Branch, Shanghai Jiadeli Supermarket, Tunxi.