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A taste of Guilin and Yangshuo

Da Shifu Gold Medal Beer Fish (West Street main shop)

大师傅金奖啤酒鱼(西街口总店)

The most-visited beer fish house in Yangshuo, at the top of Ctrip's local must-eat ranking, with several branches around town.

¥60–80≈ US$8.94Ranked first on Ctrip's Yangshuo 美食必打卡榜Yangshuo, head of West Street (西街)

Why come here

A place worth making time for

No. 1 on Ctrip's Yangshuo must-visit food list, rated 4.7

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Signature beer fish (招牌啤酒鱼)
  • Stuffed Li River snails (漓江田螺/酿螺)
  • Yangshuo stuffed vegetables (阳朔酿菜)

What it actually tastes like

The fish is cooked whole with scales and skin on and the skin is meant to be eaten — this is the single biggest surprise for foreign diners. Lots of small bones. Stuffed snails are river snails with the meat picked out, minced with pork and mint, and pushed back into the shell; you suck them from the shell.

Allergens in this kitchen

fishshellfishsoygluten/wheat

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.