Yiwu plates up the world

Japanese restaurants may be modest in size, but they pay close attention to authenticity. Thick-cut salmon, sweet shrimp sashimi, eel rice and sukiyaki all reflect the precision and refinement of Japanese culinary culture.

Besides its international offerings, Yiwu is also home to regional Chinese cuisines from across the country: Sichuan restaurants serve maoxuewang (a spicy boiled mixture of duck blood, pork and bean sprouts) and spicy boiled fish; Hunan restaurants offer fish head with chopped pepper, and stir-fried yellow beef. Cantonese restaurants attract diners with shrimp dumplings, roasted goose, and clay pot rice.

Yiwu's night market is equally lively, filled with local street snacks: paper-thin Donghe meat patties, grilled oysters and scallops. Flavors from every region come together here, creating a rich and grounded "taste of China".

Yiwu is not only a "global supermarket", but also a "world food capital" without borders. Here, cuisines from around the world are welcomed, shared, and woven naturally into everyday life.