Xiamen is not only a beautiful city, but also a paradise for delicious food.
Probably because it is a special economic zone and a tourist city, Xiamen's food consumption is not lower than that of Guangzhou. For example, a bowl of noodles costs about 5 yuan, and seafood is not much cheaper.
There are quite a few time-honored brands, many of which are concentrated in the main commercial street Zhongshan Road and the side alleys. You need to be leisurely and patient to find them slowly.
On Gulangyu Island, stores selling time-honored food all have gold-painted signboards with the five characters "Chinese Time-honored Brand", probably to match this popular tourist attraction.
Visitors to Xiamen can taste the local specialties one by one as long as they follow the introduction below.
Fried noodles are a unique and famous dish in Xiamen, created by the original "Quanfulou" and "Shuangquan Restaurant".
The cooking method is: use high-quality noodles (also called noodles in some places) and fry them in a 70% hot oil pan until they are reddish-yellow. Remove them to a plate and scald them with boiling water to remove the greasiness and set aside; use lean meat and winter bamboo shoots.
, shiitake mushrooms, and garlic sprouts are used as ingredients, cut into shreds and fried, drain flat fish and shrimps, add Shaoxing wine as appropriate, and then mix the fried noodles with the ingredients before frying.
When eating, use Shacha sauce and red chili sauce as condiments.
Soil bamboo shoot jelly Soil bamboo shoot jelly is a frozen product processed from unique products.
It contains colloid and is an annelid. Its scientific name is sandworm. It is two to three inches long. The bamboo shoots are caught from the sand. They are left for a day to spit out the debris and then boiled in a pot because they look like pig skins.
It also has a high degree of collagen, so it will make a pot sticky. After it is poured out and allowed to cool naturally, it will solidify into a bowl of frozen bamboo shoots.
After boiling, the colloid contained in it dissolves into the water and condenses after cooling. Its meat is clear and delicious.
Paired with good soy sauce, northern vinegar, sweet sauce, chili sauce, mustard, minced garlic, jellyfish and coriander, shredded white radish, shredded chili peppers, and tomato slices, it is a delicious snack with good color and aroma.
Ximen Bamboo Shoot Jelly is said to be the only authentic one in Xiamen, located next to the west gate of Zhongshan Park.
"Currently it is run by a couple surnamed Liao. This local bamboo shoot jelly was started by the Liao family's father carrying a load and has a history of more than 70 years. It is said that in the early days, the Liao family's father often rested in Ximen, and many people who were addicted to eating often went there.
I found him there and habitually called his local bamboo shoot jelly "Ximen local bamboo shoot jelly". When he got old and opened the store, he naturally used this title as the name of the store. Now it is run by a husband and wife, two of them work in shifts, and one of them works at home.
The homemade bamboo shoot jelly is sold in the store, and more than 100 kilograms of it are sold every day. This bamboo shoot jelly retains the original flavor, using cucumber, ginger, peanut butter, and good soy sauce, with a pungent flavor.
The mustard and local sweet and spicy sauce. The frozen bamboo shoots are kept in a box with ice. It tastes cold, spicy and spicy. The price is very reasonable at 5 yuan a plate. "
The shrimp noodles have a very special taste and are Xiamen's signature snacks. Wu Zaitian is the only one in Xiamen that can make it to this extent, so not many people know about it.
What's special about the soup is that it is "an opera tune and a chef's soup". It uses a kind of small shrimp called "dog shrimp". The shells are removed and the meat is cooked. The soup for the noodles is made from chopped shrimp shells and heads.
Boil it with pork bones and filter out the residue with gauze.
The ingredients are quite simple: small shrimps and lean pork slices.
The whole bowl of noodles must be added with minced garlic and leek segments. This is the absolute finishing touch, which enhances the aroma and removes the fishy smell. It ensures that you will have a feeling of "sweetness flowing through your teeth and cheeks" every time you eat it.
You will feel that Master Kong’s/Tongyi’s shrimp noodles, which are the best in instant noodles, are simply incomparable to Wu Zaitian’s shrimp noodles. “The cowhide is not blown, and the train is not pushed.” Wu Zaitian’s shrimp noodles were famous in China in 1999 and 1998.
It is a famous snack in Fujian, but few outsiders know about it.
But be warned, inland students may not be used to the overly fresh shrimp smell, and not everyone can accept the smoky smell of garlic.
Duck porridge Have you tried the duck porridge opposite Datong Primary School?
It's on Datong Road near the ferry end. If you don't know, you can get there by taking the ferry station to Datong Primary School Station. It's only one stop.
The store is not big. No matter if you go there at noon or at night, you can see many customers inside, and there are people of all ages.
Duck porridge is light and cheap, suitable for old ladies and children. The salty porridge and ingredients are sold separately. If you can chew it, you can add duck meat and duck neck. If you can't chew it, add oysters and fish. In addition, there are
Lots of miscellaneous toppings to match.
Noodle paste is a soup made from delicious and fresh seafood such as shrimps, oysters, razor clams, and mussels, and is boiled with noodles to form a paste.
When cooking, the heat should be controlled well so that it is mushy but not messy and mushy clearly.
In addition to seafood as ingredients, you can also add duck blood or pig blood or a large bunch of pig intestines into the noodle batter to make the fat blend into it and the intestines are well cooked. Then add fried dough sticks, fried green onion and pepper.
Used as seasoning, the smell is more intense and delicious.
Shacha Kebab Kebabs can be found everywhere on Zhongshan Road, but the most famous one is the Shacha Kebab in Yapo.
Yapo Coffee Shop is the first place to drink coffee in Xiamen. It is said to have a history of several decades. The store is small and the decoration is very ordinary. It looks a little old. There is a mezzanine inside and it feels very low.
The old back-to-back tables and chairs from the 1980s feel like they have never been replaced with new styles since I was a kid.