Restaurants in Shāndōng
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Night Market
Wumaci Jie turns into a huge night market in the evenings. Look out for sellers of jiānbǐng guǒzi (煎饼裹子), a steaming crepe-like parcel of egg, vegetables and chilli sauce.
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Meida'er Barbecue Restaurant
Sooner or later, Qīngdǎo's legendary kebabs will require your undivided attention, and where better to start than on Taishan Lu - the local Barbecue Street. Allow this trusty chain restaurant to thrust a thirst-quenching beer into one hand and scrummy lamb (羊肉串; yángròu chuàn), pork (猪肉串; zhūròu chuàn) or seafood kebabs into the other.
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Xiao Wangfu Roast Duck Restaurant
Excellently located just north of the Crowne Plaza, this small and homely corner eatery is easily spotted for its traditional portico, red lanterns and white tablecloths drying outside. The duck is recommended and there's a range of pre-prepared chilled dishes just inside the door that makes ordering a breeze - just point, take your seat with a bottle of Tsingtao stout and wait.
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Post Hotel Restaurant
Equipped with an English menu, this clean restaurant has pricey tourist items, such as Kong Family Beancurd, but go instead for the much better-value mápó dòufu (麻婆豆腐) or jiǎozi (饺子)- zhūròu (猪肉; pork) and yángròu (羊肉; lamb).
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Ajisen Ramen
A chain that has the nation hopping must be doing something right. Ajisen's noodles - steaming blasts of chilli-infused flavour ferried to the table by black-attired staff - truly hit the spot. Flesh the meal out further with fried dumplings, potato balls or deep-fried shrimp. Pay as your order.
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Chūnhélóu
Dating back to 1891, this unremarkable-looking restaurant remains very popular. Downstairs is a busy help-yourself-to-as-much-as-you-can-eat type diner, with a smarter option upstairs.
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CBC
The local variant of KFC is CBC , adjacent to a useful branch of Liánhuá, a well-stocked supermarket.
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Yù Shū Fáng
With private 2nd-floor rooms overlooking the Confucius Mansions, this is a fantastic place to take a breather after having successfully navigated several kilometres of courtyards. Recharge with some divine oolong tea (铁观音; tiě guānyīn) – cup (杯) from Y10, pot (壶) from Y30; or splash out for a banquet meal where nine (!) Kong family dishes are served in quick succession. No English spoken; enter by the door staffed by qipao-clad ladies beside the 1st-floor furniture store (the owner is a woodcarver).
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Wángjiě Shāokǎo
Sooner or later, Qīngdǎo's legendary meat skewers will require your undivided attention, and where better to start than to join the throng outside this street-side stall. Squeeze your way to the front and order lamb (羊肉串; yángròu chuàn; Y2), pork (猪肉串; zhūròu chuàn; Y4) or cuttlefish (鱿鱼串; yóuyú chuàn; Y10). Stand with the rest of the punters by the side of the road, finish your meal and toss the skewers into the bucket by the side. There's a sit-down restaurant by the side for the more civilised.
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Sheng Tao Yang Coffee & Tea
The ivory baby grand piano beside the toilet may be overkill but the comfy couches, eager staff and huge 36-page menu are lovely. Yummy pizzas. There's also steak, spaghetti and Chinese dishes with rice. Chinese menu with lots of photos.
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Měidá'ěr Barbecue Restaurant
This trusty local chain restaurant just off Beer St serves up lamb (羊肉串; yángròu chuàn), pork (猪肉串; zhūròu chuàn) or seafood kebabs. If you want cold beer, you might be out of luck. Service is patchy too. There's a branch in the old town along Zhongshan Lu.
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Lǔxī'nán Flavor Restaurant
The place to sample Shāndōng cuisine. Try down-home classics like sautéed Chinese cabbage (sweet-and-spicy cabbage with glass noodles; Y16) and sliced lamb served fried, boiled or sautéed (from Y38), accompanied with sesame cakes (Y1) – not rice – and wash it all down with beer (Y9). BYO facemask – the cigarette smoke in the restaurant can be overwhelming.
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Lǎoyú Lāmiàn
This popular joint runs 24 hours so you'll never go hungry. Grab a seat and join the rest of the patrons slurping down noodles. The menu is in Chinese so you'll have to order by pointing at what the people at the next table are having; or you can always go with the niúròu lāmiàn (牛肉拉面; beef noodles).
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Lánzhōu Lā Miàn
No-frills noodle restaurant run by a family of Chinese-Muslims. Noodles are all handmade on the premises and service is quick and efficient. Order the hearty beef noodle soup (牛肉面; nǐu ròumìan) or just point at what the next person's having. You can't go wrong as it's all cheap, cheerful and pretty good. Bottomless refills of soup and raw garlic (that we don't understand) accompaniment if you want it…just don't forget your breath mints.
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Jiāngníng Road Food Street
A small hole-in-the-wall passageway (below an archway that has a plaster motif '1902') off Zhongshan Lu opens up to a small warren of food stalls. While the whole place is rather 'made up', you can get everything from pancakes to barbecued skewers to live seafood cooked anyway you like. Prices are mostly labelled and many joints have picture menus.
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Huángdǎo Road Market
A frenetic and fabulous street market chock-a-block with stalls selling raw produce, vegetables and other delights. Every other stall sells food: fried chicken, pancakes, bread, cooked dishes…it's all cheap, so just stop when something catches your fancy. The neighbouring Zhifu Lu has several sit-down kerbside joints serving food and Tsingtao (locals buy it in large plastic bags to takeaway – you can have yours in a glass).
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Food Streets
A little over 1km south of the main train station is Dàguān Gardens, a popular area with modern eateries marked by a large archway. The alley next to it, Wei Er Lu (纬二路), is a messy strip of food carts offering up fried noodles, skewers of grilled meats and seafood, lamb soup and pancakes. Y2 for a beer? Who's complaining?
For lamb kebabs and fresh noodles, head to smoky Yinhuchi Jie (饮虎池街) in the Muslim Hui minority district east of the mosque. Hawkers toss loads of satay-style skewers on charcoal grills which run for metres along the street.
In the east of town, along the main shopping strip of Quancheng Lu, is Furong Jie (芙蓉街), a pedestrian street…
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Cafè Yum
Sometimes, you just need a good old burger, or a pig-out-fest at an all-you-can-eat joint. This place in swish Shangri-la in the business district ticks both boxes. Sure, it's a little pricey but service is good and the spread is a veritable feast. As always, we recommend leaving room for dessert. Oh, did we mention the all-you-can-drink beer?
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Brazil Barbecue
The Chinese take on Brazilian churrascaria means that you'll get pork slathered in garlic, slices of ox tongue and chicken giblet – all served from long skewers. The all-you-can-eat buffet spread gives you one more reason to delay that diet. Staff offering grilled meats come round once only, so don't feel shy to call out if you want more.
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Bǎolóng Hǎixiān Chéng
Enter the special seafood-filled room by the entrance where the squirming, crawling and swimming creatures are on display. Vegie and cold dishes have marked prices per serve. Seafood is charged by jīn and weighed in front of you. Order what you want and the kitchen will cook it up. Beer is only Y2. Limited English spoken.
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Bellagio
Swish Bellagio serves up excellent Taiwanese cuisine late into the night. There are two equally popular branches in Běijīng, so it must be doing something right! Try the three-cup chicken (三杯鸡; sān bēijī) and save room for the range of delicious sweets. Picture menu. Near the corner of Donghai Xilu (parallel south to Xianggang Xilu) and Shandong Lu.
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Ā Dōng Jīa Cháng Cài
This handily located, clean restaurant fills you up with shuíjiǎo (水饺; dumplings), including lamb (Y24 per jīn – half a jīn is enough for one) and vegetable (Y18 per jīn) fillings among other choices. There's also a wide range of regular Chinese dishes.
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