The top ten special food snacks in Xiamen are original Xiangkou fish balls, seafood dinner, meat dumplings, fried oysters, frozen bamboo shoots, Ye's sesame paste, grass jelly, peanut soup, fried spiced and taro buns.

1. Original Xiangkou fish balls

Original Xiangkou fish balls are one of the four famous local snacks in Xiamen. Nowadays, many fish balls are made by machines, and the process requirements of truly handmade fish balls are very strict.

"Yuanxiangkou" Fish Pill Shop originated in 1821. Its signature dish, Shark Pill Soup, has authentic soup head, strong skin, crisp and delicious taste, fragrant and juicy stuffing, and is civilized overseas with its excellent taste. It is a century-old shop with rich cultural connotations and truly represents Gulangyu local specialty snacks.

Among them, the processing of fish is unique. Fresh fish with good meat quality and high nutrition, such as sharks, are peeled and deboned, then hammered, beaten, kneaded, squeezed and made into round balls. Chen recorded in detail the whole process of making fish balls and handed them down from generation to generation.

After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Chen began to sell homemade fish balls. Until 1925, Chen Jushu (1883-1957), the fourth descendant of Chen, turned his ancestral home into a shop and listed the Xiangkou Fish Ball Shop to start the business of fish balls with soup, which was already a very famous local food at that time.

2. Frozen bamboo shoots

Frozen bamboo shoots are frozen products processed and cooked with seafood "bamboo shoots" (called "earthworms" by Xiamen people), which are fresh, crisp, crystal clear, cool and refreshing, and become a famous point with unique flavor.

When eating, you should dip in some seasonings such as mustard Chili sauce, sesame sauce, black vinegar, garlic velvet, seasoning soy sauce, etc. (Xiamen) Bamboo shoots jelly is a kind of frozen product processed by unique products.