Hainan
Ā bo pó (阿卜婆) means ‘grandma’ in Hainanese, though we’d also translate it as ‘best chicken ever'. Indeed made by a 70-something grandma, the chicken here…
Must-see restaurants in Hainan
Hainan
Bo'ao’s most famous restaurant is surprisingly un-flashy, cobbled together from driftwood and with a courtyard full of weathered old fishing junks. The…
Hainan
For a fresh seafood dinner with lots of noise, smoke and toasting, head to the hectare of tables at the Banqiao Seafood Market, known island-wide. First…
Hainan
This marvellous colonial arcade is the repository of many of the street vendors swept off the street in the clean-up campaign and is easily the best place…
Sanya
Sanya’s most popular market is ostensibly a place to bargain for and buy locally grown produce, but its real appeal lies on the fringes, where food…
Sanya
Right in the heart of the action around the No.1 Farmers Market, this colourful place has all the Hainanese classics: bàoluōfěn noodles (抱罗粉; ¥12, choose…
Sanya
A jaded traveller might pooh-pooh the thought of finding top-notch Italian in a Chinese resort town. But they’d be wrong. Casa Mia has truly divine pizzas…
Hainan
This moody, lantern-lit villa down an alley in Guomao is where you’ll find Haikou’s cool kids sampling fiery Chongqing-style street food (refined to…
Sanya
Dine on Thai classics such as curried crab, green papaya salad, and basil pork at this hushed and elegant restaurant in the Anantara Resort, a spa-like…
Hainan
This Haikou institution in Old Town does a brisk business in scalding bowls of wonton soup. A ‘small’ is plenty filling. There’s a picture menu.
