Gongbei Seafood Street (拱北海鲜街)

The seafood streets around Gongbei are the first stop for any Hong Kong visitor crossing the Zhuhai border on a food mission. Rows of tanks full of live swimming crabs, tiger prawns, razor clams, oysters, and geoduck line the pavements; you pick your seafood live, negotiate a price (CNY 80-200/kg for crab), and the kitchen cooks it to order — steamed, garlic-fried, or in a ginger and spring onion sauce. Dianping rates the cluster of restaurants on Yingbin Road 4.2-4.5/5 and reviewers note the pricing is 40-50% cheaper than equivalent quality in Hong Kong. Budget CNY 100-180 per person; avoid 12-2pm weekend rush hours.