Originally Posted by
tiblot
All I know is that I ate literally everything when I visited in April and didn't have an issue. However, I was pretty careful with water and only had bottled water.
Not sure if I was lucky but we ate at a wide range of places, including street vendors to high end restaurants.
Bottled water could be just as dicey.
I'd always try to get one directly from a new container/package or at a hypermart such as Carrefour.
Also, I'm not sure how real estate agencies are in the rest of the country, but in Shenzhen, they usually have water coolers, in case you're looking to "rent." Hunan 木桶饭 (mutongfan) restaurants do too.