Apolo Plaza , at the eastern end
of Bayi Lu. There's a good, inexpensive
food court on the first floor here, with
a full range of local snacks for you to
order by pointing.
Chaozhou Caiguan , Wuyi Dong
Lu. Big, mid-range southern Chinese
restaurant specializing in seafood.
Fast Food , Chezhan Lu,
opposite the train station - look for
the sign in English. Long canteen
serving light meals, noodle soup, spiced
meats and pickles, and everyday baozi
and shuijiao by the plateful.
Fire Palace There are at least
two branches of this riotously good
restaurant: on Shaoshan Lu (bus #7, #202
or #104 from outside the train station),
and Wuyi Dong Lu. The original on
Shaoshan Lu is the best, and a busier,
noisier, and more thoroughly enjoyable
place to wolf down Hunanese food would
be hard to imagine. Get an order card
off the waitress, request some dark
Baisha beer, and stop trolleys loaded
with small plates of goodies as they
pass - you could eat here a dozen times
and not get through the selection - or
order larger dishes direct. The Wuyi
Dong Lu branch has an artistic range of
dumplings for breakfast at „2-12 a
plate, but stay off the ą la carte
menus and neither restaurant is
expensive.
Juyuan Jiujia , eastern end of
Wuyi Dong Lu. A friendly restaurant
specializing in river food, but also has
some original meat dishes - try "Wuxiang"
(Five-spiced) beef, where thin slices of
meat are stir-fried with garlic, chilli,
ginger, onion and whole cumin seeds.
Maojia Fandian , Wuyi Dong Lu.
A tea house and restaurant of most
interest for the opportunity to eat in
what is virtually a temple to the late
Chairman - there's even a shrine,
complete with statue and smouldering
incense, in the lobby.
