No visit to the attractive coastal Chinese city of Qingdao would be complete without sampling the delectable cuisine on offer, with seafood being a particular highlight due to the city’s location. Qingdao is renowned for the diversity and quality of its culinary offerings, with the fare on offer including traditional Chinese dishes as well as delicious gastronomic specialties originating from far-flung parts of the globe.

The renowned Yunxiao Road has been acclaimed as the city’s most distinctive culinary focal point. The bewildering array of culinary choices available here includes the diverse dishes originating from different areas in the vast Chinese nation. The choices on offer include the local Shandong cookery style as well as the delicacies of the varied regions of the nation such as those of the Cantonese and Sichuan gastronomic traditions.
Seafood is a mainstay of the restaurants of Yunxiao Road with a mesmerizing array of fresh seafood available at reasonable prices. Outstanding restaurants on this avenue include Yumatou Seafood Restaurant, Haidao Seafood Restaurant and Heavenly Palace Old Mama Restaurant.

Other noted avenues for seafood connoisseurs include the Maidao Seafood Street and the Minjiang Road Gourmet Street. Each of these locations offers delectable culinary offerings such as seafood wonton, roasted sleeve fish and spicy fried clams.
A distinctive feature of the culinary delights of Qingdao is that there is something for travellers on any budget. Visitors with modest means can still sample the offerings of the innumerable noodle and dumpling eateries scattered throughout the city. More affluent travellers should make it a point to try out distinctive foods like hotpot, readily found at establishments like the Laoshan Hotpot Restaurant; Korean treats at Minsu Korean Restaurant; and the ever popular dim sum at locations like the Old Hong Kong Restaurant or the Bifeng Tang.

The lover of fast food will not be disappointed in Qingdao with international chains such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken operating outlets in the city. Not to be missed is the opportunity to sample the local Tsingtao Beer at its place of creation.

Visitors in search of a Qingdao hotel will be pleased with the Copthorne Hotel Qingdao, a fine Qingdao accommodation which promises convenience, comfort and attentive hospitality.