Restaurants
Catering in the Scenic Area
If you dine in the Mountain, you can locate a nearby restaurant or buy some instant food. But they will cost you a lot. If you don't plan to eat in the restaurant, you can bring some mineral water, instant noodles and eggs with you before you climb the mountain.
Recommended restaurant: Laojie Diyi Restaurant
When it comes to restaurant, Laojie Diyi Restaurant is definitely your primary choice. Located in the entry of eastern Old Street, Laojie Diyi Restaurant is the representative building in the street. It's also the place where the most traditional Hui dishes are served. If you visit the Old Street in Tunxi, you should definitely go there. The hall is furnished in an antique style. Anhui dishes are its most famous cuisine, featuring by its own unique cooking style. Besides, the prices are very reasonable. Its special dishes are deep-fried tofu, red-cooked mandarin fish, fried bean curd, Huangshan soup and "auspicious chicken".
Tips for Eating Out
The prices of food vary a great deal in the mountain (cheaper at the foot of the mountain but expensive in the restaurants in the mountain). For instance, you're supposed to taste such delicacies as fragrant mandarin fish in the downtown area of Huangshan as they are cheaper and more traditional there. The local delicacies are all served in the nearby places of the railway station and in Tangkou Scenic Area. You should focus on replenishing your energy in the mountain rather than the taste of the food. If possible, you can bring some convenient food with you. The empty mineral water bottles can be used to contain clean water in the hotel. You are suggested to buy the convenient food and bottled water in Tangkou, and then bring them with you up to the mountain.
Don't eat at the restaurants recommended by the local pedicab drivers. They might charge you more and the dishes are usually more expensive.
A Brief Introduction to the Local Delicacies
Huangshan dishes are a part of Anhui cuisine. Anhui cuisine is characterized with frying, stewing, steaming and arts of blending. It attaches great importance to the time of cooking and promotes original tastes. Usually, people add a lot of oil to the dishes. The dishes are also rich in colors.
Visitors to Huangshang should definitely taste the local special dish "fragrant mandarin fish", which is blended with fresh or dried bamboo shoots.
You can taste the local delicacies in Yanxi Street and Tunxi Old Street in Tangkou Town or in Mt. Huang.
You can't miss the scrumptious food there if you visit Qiyun Moutain. The mushrooms and game meat in particular cooked by the local people are incredibly delicious!
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