Must-eat recommendation: Satay Noodles
If you can only try one snack in Xiamen, it must be Satay Noodles. Satay Noodles is to Xiamen what Regan Noodles is to Wuhan, Lamian Noodles is to Lanzhou and Chongqing. Therefore, Satay Noodles is almost everywhere in Xiamen where people are concentrated. Many Xiamen people who have been away from home for many years miss Satay Noodles most when they go home.
Recommended store: Wu Zaitian Tea Noodles
Address: (near the Blue Sky Clinic) I also forgot the specific address
Business hours: 7:3-22:
Recommended reason: Satay Noodles, an old brand, is frequented by Xiamen locals. There are a wide variety of Fujian-Taiwan specialty snacks and ancient Nanyin among alleys and neighborhoods. Although the store is relatively small, the business has always been very good, and there are no branches.
Must-eat recommendation: taro buns
There is a famous traditional snack in Xiamen called taro buns, which are filled with taro. Taro buns are a must for the older generation of Xiamen people in the New Year, just as northerners must eat dumplings in the New Year. When it comes to Xiamen taro buns, no one can stop their delicious taste, especially the freshly steamed taro wrapper is thin, and it seems that the stuffing inside is going to break through the skin. Although the steamed taro package is very hot, you can't help but take a bite, and it's a big bite.
Recommended store: Yubaowang Minnan Tea House
Address: No.27, Dayuan Road (diagonally opposite to the 141 food stall)
Business hours: 7:-22:
Recommended reason: the fragrant taro buns are famous, and this is the fourth generation of the taro buns family. It is mainly made of taro buns, and there are complete authentic snacks in southern Fujian: tribute sugar cake, roasted meat dumplings, spiced, peanut soup, fish ball soup ... all of which are very ancient and popular with local people. Taro bag stuffing is fragrant, taro is full of flavor, stuffing bag is rich in ingredients, and stuffing is full!
Must-eat recommendation: Ginger Duck
Ginger Duck is an authentic Minnan cuisine in Fujian. It can not only tonify qi and blood, but also has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. The medicated diet in delicious food is nourishing but not greasy, warm but not dry, and is suitable for autumn and winter.
Recommended store: Fried Crab with Ginger Duck
Address: Room 78 -1, Siming East Road (8 meters east of Siming Cinema)
Business hours: 11:-:3
Recommended reason: A store that became popular because of a dish, Fried Crab with Ginger Duck, the name of which comes from the signature dishes, and this store is not only the name of the store. Ginger duck is a delicious food originated in southern Fujian, which is delicious and nutritious, and is widely loved by people in southern Fujian.
Must-eat recommendation: frozen bamboo shoots
It is not a plant, but a gray, fat, link-like worm that looks a bit like an earthworm. Because it grows into a cylinder, it looks a bit like a "mini bamboo shoot", and Xiamen people call it a bamboo shoot. Because this kind of bug grows in shallow sea and tidal flat, Cantonese people call it "Mud Ding" with a realistic attitude. After bamboo shoots are dug out of the sediment, they should rest for a day to spit out the impurities in their bellies. Then, the bugs were cruelly crushed to remove their internal organs, washed repeatedly to remove mud impurities in their bellies and began to cook. After three or five minutes, the gum overflows, and the soup can be scooped up and packed in small porcelain bowls.
Recommended store: Ximen Tucumun Frozen
Address: No.33 Douxi Road (near the west gate of Zhongshan Park)
Business hours: 8:-22:
Recommended reason: Ximen Tucumun Frozen, which is widely known, has now been replaced by a shotgun, and its facade is several times larger. Frozen bamboo shoots are divided into three types: large, medium and small, and the prices are 3 yuan, 2 yuan and 1 yuan respectively. Sprinkle with homemade garlic sauce, and add pickled sour radish slices, which are tender and crisp. In addition, their boiled octopus is also a must, very fresh, and it tastes a little sashimi, but the price is also more expensive. At the same time, their family also sells a kind of barreled blood clam, which is absolutely fierce. Blessed are those who are good at it.
Must-eat recommendation: Spring rolls
Spring rolls in Xiamen generally refer to this kind of thin-skinned rolled vegetables, also called pancakes. The location of this spring roll stall is relatively easy to find, just at the alley mouth of Jukou Street on the side of Zhongshan Road. The extremely thin dough roll is covered with stuffing made of steamed cabbage, carrots and dried beans, then sprinkled with some peanut crisp powder, coriander powder and shredded seaweed, and finally brushed with a layer of sweet and spicy sauce ~ sweet and fragrant, Very delicious ~ per capita 3 ~ 5 yuan
Recommended store: A Qing Spring Roll Tangyuan
Address: No.8 Jukou Street
Business hours: 7:3-22:
Recommended reason: the taste is good. Every time I go to the Women's Street, I have to eat a roll of 5 yuan, which is at the entrance of the Women's Street. Now Zhongshan Road has been redecorated, and the surrounding area. There are still so many people, the taste of Xiamen, which contains tribute sugar, seaweed, vegetables and carrots. They are fragrant and tender when they go downstairs, and they don't like coriander. Ask the boss to make a roll without coriander!
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