Chinese vendor cooks grilled squid on the beach in Weihai, Shandong, China. I love Chinese street food, but this is Chinese BEACH food! Feel the sand under your feet and the salty sea breeze in your hair as you enjoy this short video about cooking and eating squid on a stick.
Since I still had a couple weeks until the school term begins, I traveled to Weihai, a couple of hours north of Qingdao by bus. My girlfriend’s family has a seaside home here, and they were kind enough to let us stay here for a week. That means I had plenty of time to enjoy beachside grilled squid on a stick after taking a dip in the Yellow Sea.
Every day the vendors arrived at four o’clock in the afternoon, and to many beach-goers, they had grown to become expected. The whole operation was run by one guy and his dad. They set up a tent, a few low tables and chairs, and fired up the grill. Next, dozens of people poured in from the beach to enjoy savory, chewy squid.
The squid’s texture could best be described as chewy, but the tentacles brought a nice crunchiness. This isn’t the first time I’ve tried squid on a stick. Street food stalls all over China, not just by the sea, sell this tasty treat, and it always seems to have that same spicy seasoning that all vendors in Shandong use.
Top Comments:
- Kevin Cook Awesome video man! Your street food vids are epic and making me hungry. I’m going to have to go find some seafood now to make up for the fact that I can’t eat that awesome squid you just ate.
- That grilled squid is legit! It’s probably my favorite street food in China. In fact my avatar is a picture of me eating it in Qingdao lol.
- I love squid but I’ve never had it quite like this on a stick. Nice video from Kevin Cook
- 6 months later, i accidentally saw this video again, and i still want to say, this is super super super super good.
- lmao im fucking shocked that theres no idiots here saying they were going to end up grilling the dogs for dinner or some other non sense lol. I scrolled down expecting to see comment after comment about it and i havent seen one. Its a miracle lol.
- Although I live in Australia right now, I really wanna go back to try this amazing grilled squid.. Can’t wait to go back to try this amazing food!
- So cool! Have been watching your videos for a while and love them all 🙂 And Im surprised youve been so many places over China!
- Hanging out on a beach in an unfamiliar country like that, drinking a bunch of beer warm or not and what looks like some really delicious squid, cute dogs everywhere that Id honestly probably want to adopt all of them, sounds like a lot of fun to me
- I had some street food in Hong Kong when i was there in the spring. They were doing squid on a stick, but i opted for the squid in crispy batter which was real good.
- I LOVE squid and octopus! Don’t think I’d need the seasoning they put on it, just plain grilled with just a little salt and pepper is fine. I need one of those presses, wonder if a tortilla press would work.
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