The special cuisines in Quanzhou are as follows:
1. Meat dumplings:
Meat dumplings originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and are a characteristic traditional food in southern Fujian, Taiwan Province, Southeast Asia and other regions, as a food custom for the Dragon Boat Festival. Its exquisite selection of materials, diverse ingredients, fine production, long history, sweet taste, oily but not greasy, bright red and yellow color, with a unique flavor, renowned at home and abroad.
2. Noodle paste:
Noodle paste originated in Quanzhou, Fujian, and is a local snack in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province. The dish is mushy and made of fine noodles and sweet potato powder.
3. Fish porridge:
Fish porridge is a special snack in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, which belongs to Fujian cuisine. According to legend, the dish originated in the Tang Dynasty. This porridge is tough and moist, delicious, mellow and delicious, cheap and easy to cook. It is deeply loved by Quanzhou people and is known as the "open hearth at sea".
4. Pot rice:
Pots, that is, pottery pots, are almost the same size as those stewed in Shaxian. Pot rice is rice made by pot. Huzai rice and Majia soup are two of the most famous snacks in Shenhu, a coastal town in Jinjiang, Quanzhou.
5. Braised pork rice:
Braised pork rice is a famous traditional snack in the south of the Yangtze River. Its main raw materials are pork belly, quail eggs, rice, etc. It is fat but not greasy, sweet and salty, and fragrant. Braised pork with a heavy taste is served with a bowl of steamed rice that is neither soft nor hard, and every grain of rice is soaked through the black and red soup.