Introduction to Wuhu cuisines

Wuhu has been famous for its cuisines.

Among the three local delicacies - Dao fish, Shi fish and crab, with the gradual distinction of the first two fish, the crab, the soft-shelled turtle and the shrimp are still in productuion. They are famous for different tastes and what impresses people most is the traditional crab spawn dumplings and shimp roe noodles.

Crab spawn dumplings are characteriszed with thin wrapper, tender meat, yellow oil and delicious flavour. After steaming, it is half transparent. While eating, dip it into the vinegar mixed with shredded ginger, and you will find it very  delicious. 

Gengfuxing, a local restaurant with a histotory of 90 years, is well-known for its shrimp roe noodles which, boiled and put into a bowl, are poured with shrimp roe, chopped scallion pieces and soy sauce. They are not to be missed by visitors to Wuhu.

The duck in Wuhu is distinctively featured with its taste and various cooking methods, such as dried salted duck, “lute” duck and “butterfly” duck.

In Wuhu, breakfast has a large variety, including steamed bun stuffed with juicy pork, hundun, and steamed black rice. 

The most special one is baked flacky cake coated with sesame seeds produced by Gengfuxing. It is well baked after making wrapper, flacky skin, and stuffing.

The best choice of Wuhu snacks are lotus root gruel, adsuki bean paste, glutinous dumplings in fermented rice wine and freshwater snails with five spicies.

Local cuisines are of typical flavors along the Changjiang River, specialized in poultry cooking and famous for chopping skills and the flavor blending with sugar.

 

The best local restaurants are Gengfuxing, Tongqinglou, sijichun and Mayixing, which have been moved in the Phoenix Food Street, where they coexist with restaurants of Canton flavor, Anhui flavor, Sichuan flavor and Hunan flavor.

 

Canton flavor is composed of cuisines in Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang. The specialty of Anhui flavor consists in the adoption of fresh materials - mushrooms, bean products, potherbs, fish, and the utilization of cooking methods as braising and strewing. 

 

Sichuan flavor is presented in Lazicun Restaurant, which serves various flavors, namely sweet and sour, garlic sauce, garlic spread, ginger, broad bean, and soy sauce. 

The specials offered in Lazicun Restaurant are fish and duck blood.

 

Maojia Restaurant, decorated in traditional style, serves typical cuisines in Hunan flavor, including Red-sauced Pork, Steamed Fish Head with Hot Peppers, and Stewed Fish with Tofu.

 

In addition, there are the folk dishes as Shepherd’s Purse Balls and Steamed Dried Bean Curd Sheets with Beacon.

 

Wuhu Restaurants

Hanjueyangming Grand Hotel  
Address: 2 North Yinhu Road
Tel: 0553-5888777,5888999

Xiangyang Fish Restaurant
Address: 1 Yuexiu Road, Wuhu Economical Development Zone
Tel: 0553-5659999

The Conch International Hotel
Address: 209 East Beijing Road
Tel: 0553-3118188

Tieshan Hotel
Address: 3 Gengxing Road
Tel: 0553-3718817,3718999

Wuhu Guoxing Hotel
Address: 17 Pujiang Road, Wuhu Economical Development Zone
Tel: 0553-5844888-103

Garden Anyu Hotel
Address: 12 Jinghu Road
Tel: 0553-3820777

Gengfuxing Restraurant
Address: Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel: 0553-3845577

Phoenix Food Street Restaurant
Address: 12 Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel: 13605531059

Xianheng Reastaurant
Address: B-04 Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel: 0553-3889797

Purple Grape Haiyue Restaurant
Address: 13 Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel: 0553-3852788、3857288

Bajiangjun Hot Pot Restaurant
Address: Phoenix Cuisine Street

Sijichun Restaurant 
Address: Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel:0553-3879788

Sichuan Jowl Hot Pot Restaurant
Address: Phoenix Cuisine Street
Tel: 0553-3883708

Alton Hotel
Address: 10 East Beijing Road
Tel: 0553-3837978

Xiangyuqing Restaurant
Address: 5 Qingshan Street, Xinwu Road
Tel: 0553-3850588,3870788

Xiyade Hotelt
Address: 148 North Zhongshan Road
Tel:  3868118-177

Luhecun Teahouse
Address: 1 Jiuhua Square, Jiuhuashan Road
Tel: 0553-3837777

Xinyinhe Hotel
Address:101 Mid Jiuhua Road
Tel: 0553-5205777

Jinsi Seafood Restaurant
Address: 38 West Huangshan Road
Tel: 0553-3853777,3853999

Zhongyuan Restaurant
Address: 50 East Beijing Road
Tel: 0553-3112188

Shiyun Restaurant
Address: 39 South Yinhu Road
Tel: 0553-5018178, 5017899

Yaozhichuan Japanese Food Court
Address: Floor 5, Ronghuizhongjiang Square, Zhonghe Road
Tel: 0553-3889997

Meishishang Food Court (Collection of snacks) Address: Floor 4, Jiangxinmao Square (Wal-Mart)

Granny Beef Noodles
Address: Shuangtong Lane

KFC (Zhongshan Road Sub-branch)
Address: Zhongshan Road (7-12 Yuehai Building)
Tel: 0553-3861157

KFC (Mirror Lake Sub-branch)
Address: Century Market, Zhongshan Pedestrianized Shopping Street
Tel: 0553-3838977

McDonalds (Zhongshan Road Sub-branch)
Address: South Wingof Shangzhidu Shopping Mall, Zhongshan Pedestrianized Shopping Street
Tel: 0553-3837121

McDonalds (Zhonghe Road Sub-branch)
Address: Ronghuizhongjiang Square, Zhonghe Road
Tel: 0553-3886343