In Tai'an, there are a lot of delicacies, which are sorted into snacks and feasts. The local snacks are in great variety. Among them, the most famous ones are Tai'an Pancake, Jiang-bao-gua (a snack wrapped by melon peel with the lettuce, cucumber, melon seeds and candy as the filling), Jiang-mo-qie (made of the pickled eggplants), Yazao (a kind of Chinese dates) and Fried Red Phosphorus Fish. As for the feasts, the Beancurd Feast and the Wild Vegetable Feast have quite a long history. In Chinese ancient times, the emperors who came to the Mount Taishan wanted to eat something vegetarian and they liked those two dishes very much.

Where to eat
Every year, there are a great many tourists in Tai'an. Naturally, more and more restaurants appear in the streets and lanes there. Besides the local food, you can taste Chuan cuisine (the cuisine of Sichuan Province), Cantonese cuisine (the cuisine of Guangdong Province) and others.

The local flavor
Taishan Restaurant
The service is not so good, but it offers many different tasty dishes and the price is moderate.
Recommended food: Taishan Beancurd
Location: In the middle section of Hongmen Road, Tai'an

Taishan Hotel
Compared with the Taishan Restaurant, the service is much better, but the dishes are more expensive.
Recommended food: Taishan Sanmei
Location: No.26 Hongmen Road, Tai'an (just opposite to the Taishan Restaurant)

Cantonese Cuisine
Weige Abalone Seafood Restaurant
It is a restaurant offering Yue dishes. The dishes are quite delicious and many people like to have a dinner there.
Recommended food: Seafood dishes
Location: No.15 Dongyue Street, Tai'an (the first floor of the Overseas Chinese Hotel)

Chuan Cuisine
Shu Zhuang
Shu is another name of Sichuan Province. Obviously, this is a Chuan-cuisine restaurant.
Recommended food: Hot pot, Chuan cuisine
Location: Daizong Street, Taishan District, Tai'an

Western food
SPR Coffee
It provides coffee and western food.
Location: No.32 Dongyue Street, Tai'an

Daoxiangyuan
It's a chain bread shop, providing mainly various breads and desserts.
Caiyuan Branch
Location: No.32 Caiyuan Street, Tai'an
Keshan Branch
Location: No.137 Dongyue Street, Tai'an

Snacks
Beixin Snack Walking Street
This is a street only for pedestrians and various snacks can be bought there.
Location: Near Tai'an No.1 Middle School (117 Qingnian Road, Tai'an).