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Gorging on goodies from the sea
By Tan Weiyun |
July 14, 2012, Saturday
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SEAFOOD lovers once had to drive to Ningbo City or Zhoushan Island in Zhejiang Province for the freshest, most delectable fare. Now it's at their doorstep in Jinshan District where the Seafood Culture Festival gets underway, reports Tan Weiyun.
Visitors are flocking to Shanghai's Jinshan District, a new mecca for seafood lovers where the Seafood Culture Festival offers the bounty of the ocean, an unspoiled coastline, a fishing village, restaurants galore and plenty of activities.
The festival starts tomorrow and runs for three months through the middle of October.
The festival is part of the district government's bid to develop the area's 10-kilometer-long coastal line into what it hopes will be the New Bund of Shanghai, taking advantage of the fishing culture of Jinshanzui Village on Hangzhou Bay.
"Shanghai locals love seafood, but they have to suffer hours on the road to Ningbo City and Zhoushan Island in Zhejiang Province. Now gourmands can enjoy seafood in Jinshan with more convenient transport and lower prices," says Zhu Min, director of the fishing village's Development and Management Co.
Visitors can try varied seafood - fish, shrimp, molluscs, seaweed - in Jinshanzui Seafood City and along Jinshanzui Seafood Street, one of the oldest streets in Jinshan. They can get a look at daily life in a fishing village east of Jinshan City Beach, site of the Zebra Music Festival from next Friday through Sunday.
Just-netted crabs, white shrimp, little yellow croakers and all kinds of marine animals are available. Visitors can walk along, take their pick and tell cooks how they want their catch prepared, fried, steamed, broiled, smoked, roasted with salt, threaded on a bamboo stick or just raw, fresh and salty.
Villagers are famous for cooking that preserves the natural flavor of seafood, including hairtail, mackerel, cuttlefish, crabs, clams, eel and others.
The three-month eating bash also features numerous activities.
Anyone who thinks he has a big stomach can enter a seafood-eating contest, trying to gulp down the most steamed clams or salted huang ni luo (yellow spiral shell) snails.
From August through the end of September an art exhibition will feature paintings by local fishermen in bold, bright colors, and old photographs of the fishing village in early days.
Diners can get seafood coupons giving discounts of 30, 60 and 100 yuan (US$4.7, US$9.4 and US$15.66) at toourism centers on the beach and Jinshanzui Seafood Street. All of the 18 local seafood restaurants have joined the promotion.
Artfully prepared specialty dishes, sea crabs, oysters and other seafood are available throughout the festival. Chefs from famous restaurants will take part in a cooking competition.
Visitors vote for their favorite dishes and the most popular 10 will be designated Jinshan's Top 10 Seafood Dishes. Recipes will be published after the festival.
In September a matchmaking party will be held on the beach.
From September 30 (the Mid-Autumn Festival) through October 6, visitors who drive to the festival can get gifts at the fishing village's tourist center and a free tour of the village's old street.
The street is lined by buildings in the style of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, flanked by old fishermen's residences, teahouses, specialty shops and a fishing gear museum. Local snacks and fishing curios are sold. Fishermen's families run small eateries and part-time fishermen sell fresh catch on the street, cheaper and frsher than in the wet markets of the city center. On offer are dried and cured fish, shrimp, bottled and salted huang ni luo snails that are often gulped down with a bowl of congee in the morning.
Visitors can go out on ocean fishing boats from September through October.
How to get there:
Tip: Driving is simpler and more direct than public transport.
By car:
Take G50 or S4 highway. Take G15 (toward Ningbo). Get off at Tingwei Road and then drive south to Huhang Road. The seafood street is along the beach on Huhang Road.
Public transport:
Take Metro Line 1 to Jinjiang Park; walk a minute, then take Bus Line Shimei (from the Meilong Bus Station to the Shihua Bus Station); then take Bus Line Xiwei to Jinshanzui; walk three minutes to the seafood street.
Visitors are flocking to Shanghai's Jinshan District, a new mecca for seafood lovers where the Seafood Culture Festival offers the bounty of the ocean, an unspoiled coastline, a fishing village, restaurants galore and plenty of activities.
The festival starts tomorrow and runs for three months through the middle of October.
The festival is part of the district government's bid to develop the area's 10-kilometer-long coastal line into what it hopes will be the New Bund of Shanghai, taking advantage of the fishing culture of Jinshanzui Village on Hangzhou Bay.
"Shanghai locals love seafood, but they have to suffer hours on the road to Ningbo City and Zhoushan Island in Zhejiang Province. Now gourmands can enjoy seafood in Jinshan with more convenient transport and lower prices," says Zhu Min, director of the fishing village's Development and Management Co.
Visitors can try varied seafood - fish, shrimp, molluscs, seaweed - in Jinshanzui Seafood City and along Jinshanzui Seafood Street, one of the oldest streets in Jinshan. They can get a look at daily life in a fishing village east of Jinshan City Beach, site of the Zebra Music Festival from next Friday through Sunday.
Just-netted crabs, white shrimp, little yellow croakers and all kinds of marine animals are available. Visitors can walk along, take their pick and tell cooks how they want their catch prepared, fried, steamed, broiled, smoked, roasted with salt, threaded on a bamboo stick or just raw, fresh and salty.
Villagers are famous for cooking that preserves the natural flavor of seafood, including hairtail, mackerel, cuttlefish, crabs, clams, eel and others.
The three-month eating bash also features numerous activities.
Anyone who thinks he has a big stomach can enter a seafood-eating contest, trying to gulp down the most steamed clams or salted huang ni luo (yellow spiral shell) snails.
From August through the end of September an art exhibition will feature paintings by local fishermen in bold, bright colors, and old photographs of the fishing village in early days.
Diners can get seafood coupons giving discounts of 30, 60 and 100 yuan (US$4.7, US$9.4 and US$15.66) at toourism centers on the beach and Jinshanzui Seafood Street. All of the 18 local seafood restaurants have joined the promotion.
Artfully prepared specialty dishes, sea crabs, oysters and other seafood are available throughout the festival. Chefs from famous restaurants will take part in a cooking competition.
Visitors vote for their favorite dishes and the most popular 10 will be designated Jinshan's Top 10 Seafood Dishes. Recipes will be published after the festival.
In September a matchmaking party will be held on the beach.
From September 30 (the Mid-Autumn Festival) through October 6, visitors who drive to the festival can get gifts at the fishing village's tourist center and a free tour of the village's old street.
The street is lined by buildings in the style of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, flanked by old fishermen's residences, teahouses, specialty shops and a fishing gear museum. Local snacks and fishing curios are sold. Fishermen's families run small eateries and part-time fishermen sell fresh catch on the street, cheaper and frsher than in the wet markets of the city center. On offer are dried and cured fish, shrimp, bottled and salted huang ni luo snails that are often gulped down with a bowl of congee in the morning.
Visitors can go out on ocean fishing boats from September through October.
How to get there:
Tip: Driving is simpler and more direct than public transport.
By car:
Take G50 or S4 highway. Take G15 (toward Ningbo). Get off at Tingwei Road and then drive south to Huhang Road. The seafood street is along the beach on Huhang Road.
Public transport:
Take Metro Line 1 to Jinjiang Park; walk a minute, then take Bus Line Shimei (from the Meilong Bus Station to the Shihua Bus Station); then take Bus Line Xiwei to Jinshanzui; walk three minutes to the seafood street.
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