🍽️ Dianbai Seafood

Dianbai harbor seafood, caught same day.

Dianbai Seafood refers to the fresh marine catch from the Bohe fishing port area in Dianbai, Maoming, western Guangdong. Bohe is a major fishing harbor, where fish, crabs, shrimp and shellfish come ashore on the same boats that caught them, in astonishing variety: lobster, flower crab, tiger prawn, squid, abalone and every kind of shellfish. The local cooking principle is simply freshness, and dishes are mostly steamed, briefly boiled in plain water, steamed with garlic, or simmered into congee, preserving the natural taste of the catch. Open-air stalls sit right by the shore, and customers pick their own ingredients before ordering. Dianbai seafood is the calling card of Maoming's coastal food culture, embodying the western-Guangdong fishing life of living off the sea, and many visitors come precisely for this taste of freshness.