Sand tea originated in Indonesia, but also from Malaysia. Sand tea should be pronounced as "Sha Dad" originally, but it is called "Sha Tea" when it comes to the mouth of Xiamen people who drink tea. This "tea" is the "tea" in Xiamen dialect, which is homophonic with the "dad" in Mandarin. With the popularity of sand tea, it has become the "sand tea" in Mandarin pronunciation at present.
Introduction to Satay Noodles:
Satay Noodles (sa-de-mī) is a famous soup pasta snack widely popular in Southeast Asia. In Satay Noodles, China, it is divided into southern Fujian sand tea and Chaoshan sand tea in Guangdong. Its beauty lies in the production of sand tea sauce, and the soup head is made with sand tea sauce. Among them, Satay Noodles in Xiamen is taken as a model, and Wang Daquan, the only apprentice chef and technician who teaches the Satay Noodles formula of Mr. Yang Jibo, a master of southern Fujian cuisine, inherits the tradition and carries it forward. The main ingredients of sand tea sauce are dried shrimp, dried fish, onion, garlic, ginger and so on. It is made into sand tea sauce by frying and grinding.
Origin of Satay Noodles:
Fujian is the earliest coastal area opened to the outside world and one of the main ancestral homes of overseas Chinese. There are many foreign products in people's lives in Fujian, and sand tea is one of them. Sand tea originated in Malaysia, but also from Indonesia. People in southern Fujian drink tea, so sate, who speaks Malay, translates into sa-te in southern Fujian.
Satay Noodles's practice is very simple. Put the alkaline oil noodles into a boiling pot under the filter and cook them, then fish them into a bowl. Add accessories such as pig heart, pig liver, pork loin, duck tendon, duck blood, large intestine, fresh squid, dried bean curd, etc. according to your own taste, and finally pour the soup that has been boiling in the cauldron, and a bowl of noodles can be served within one minute.
At present, Satay Noodles is recognized as having the most complete and popular taste in southern Fujian. It should be located in Shima Town, Longhai City, Zhangzhou. There are nearly 100 Satay Noodles shops, large and small, on this 5 square kilometers of land. Since the end of last century, Satay Noodles here has been divided into two schools: spicy and fragrant, with a large number of passengers every day, and the story about Satay Noodles in the old street has been passed down from mouth to mouth. The taste of Shima Satay Noodles and Xiamen Satay Noodles can be described as the difference between heaven and earth, and Xiamen Satay Noodles studied here. However, the principle of sand tea, which is simple and refreshing, has changed again and again, becoming a thick soup style with strong flavors such as peanut butter and garlic. If you want to taste the noodles in Satay Noodles, you must go to Shima Town to taste the authentic source fragrance of Satay Noodles, and you will definitely enjoy it.