When you arrive in Xiamen, the first thing you want to eat is sand tea noodles. The tea in sand tea is the homophonic pronunciation of "dia" in the southern Fujian dialect for "cha" and "嗲". It is a condiment. The sand tea noodles have a sweet and spicy taste, with a hint of sweetness in the spiciness.

Yuehua Shacha Noodles is an old shop with a sense of history in Xiamen, and it is a well-deserved time-honored Shacha Noodles shop. For more than 30 years, Grandma Yuehua, who is in her 80s, is still in charge of cooking the sauce. Whether the Sha Cha Noodles are delicious depends on the taste of the soup base. The soup base of Yuehua Sha Cha Noodles is thick, fresh, sweet and spicy. If you don’t know what ingredients to order, you can just order the classic version, which comes with four kinds of side dishes and has a first-class taste. Their store is only a dozen square meters, but it is bustling with people every day. In the past, only regular customers came to eat in the store, but now more and more tourists come to check in.

Haoxiang Pork Skewers

When traveling to Xiamen, friends who like to eat skewers must try it. An old store that has been open for a long time. The store is small, but there is an endless stream of people queuing up every day. They only sell meat skewers, with spicy and non-spicy flavors. The tenderloin meat is very tender. After being marinated with a secret sauce, the skewers are freshly fried on the same day. It is normal to wait in line for more than 20 minutes.

The price is 3 yuan per bunch. The boss is very willful and only accepts cash. Remember to prepare change in advance.

Golden Tofu Bag

The address of this store is about 100 meters away from Jukou Street. The storefront is small, but the signboard is more conspicuous. The tofu bag is made by hollowing out the middle of the tofu fried until golden brown, stuffing it with meat and pickled pickled radish, cucumber and other side vegetables, and then pouring the soup on it. When you bite it, it has a particularly rich texture. The tofu is crispy on the outside but soft on the inside. It’s worth a try!

Aqing Spring Rolls and Rice Balls

This shop is located at the entrance of Zhongshan Road Women’s Street. The shop is about 3 square meters and has been open for many years. It is truly a time-honored snack shop in Xiamen. As its name suggests, the shop mainly sells glutinous rice balls and spring rolls. Spring rolls are called bo biing in southern Fujian. The spring rolls are all made by my mother-in-law on the same day, and her hand speed is super fast. There are mushrooms, snow peas, carrots, cabbage, shredded bamboo shoots, pork belly, etc. The ingredients are very rich, and a spring roll only costs 5 yuan.

Ah Rong Sea Oyster Cake and Shrimp Cake

This shop does not have a branch. The boss sets up the stall at five or six o'clock every morning and closes the stall when it is sold out. Whether you can eat or not depends on your luck. . In front of the stall, there is a long queue every day, waiting to eat an oyster cake or shrimp cake. The seafood they put into their cakes is super fresh and the portions are generous. The oyster cake is full of oysters, and there are seven or eight shrimps lying flat on the shrimp cake. When you bite into it, the juice will flow out. Don't miss it if you like seafood.