
First Market Seafood
Tianya, Sanya
Buy it live, cook it your way: Sanya's legendary seafood market-and-dinner ritual.
Sanya's First Market is a sensory gauntlet: tanks of grouper, crab, and lobster, vendors shouting prices, and upstairs kitchens that will cook whatever you carry up for a small fee.
Bring your bargaining face, weigh everything twice, and pick your cooking style - steamed with ginger for the fish, stir-fried with chili for the shrimp. A feast for two rarely exceeds a few hundred yuan.
Best for: The freshest seafood in Sanya, chosen and cooked by you.
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