4 Best Restaurants in Ji'nan, Beijing to Shanghai

This comfy vegetarian restaurant specializes in dishes that look and taste remarkably like meat or fish. If sea cucumbers made from textured soy protein sounds like a gastronomic step too far, fear not: the delicious vegetable dumplings, braised mushrooms, and hearty tofu dishes are sure to satisfy.

This long-standing eatery is a well-liked spot to sample Jinan lu cai, a variation of one of the eight famous cuisines of China. The signature dish is jiu zhuan da chang (literally "nine turns intestine"), chewy braised spirals of pork chitterlings, but if that sounds extreme, try the sweet-and-sour fried carp, or their decent local take on roast duck with pancakes.