Shaorou Zongzi

Shaorou Zongzi in Xiamen has a long history, with the characteristics of sweet, tender and smooth, oily but not greasy, and exquisite workmanship. The color is red and yellow, and it is mostly made of mushrooms, dried shrimps, chestnuts, pork and glutinous rice. The wrapped zongzi should be cooked in a pot until the boiled water is boiled, and served with sand sauce, garlic, red and hot sauce, seasoning soy sauce and coriander. It is really delicious. Need to remind that the meat dumplings should be eaten while they are hot, otherwise the taste will be greatly reduced, so the roast meat dumplings are worthy of the name.

Recommended tasting place

①198 roasted meat dumplings; Address: No.353 Zhongshan Road, Siming District. ② Taiwan Province Awan feeds roasted meat dumplings; Address: No.28 Changqing Road, Siming District.

Fried spiced food

Fried spiced food is a famous food with special flavor in Xiamen, which is suitable for both food and wine. It is mainly pork with pork belly, cut into rectangular pieces, served with flat fish, shallots and water chestnuts cut into granules, evenly mixed with potato powder, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and spiced powder, then rolled into sticks with bean skin, fried into golden brown, fished out and cut into small pieces, and served on a plate. Dip in all kinds of spices, and the taste is fragrant, crisp and crisp.

Recommended tasting place

① Haoxiangqing Restaurant (Hubin Middle Road Branch); Address: No.85, Hubin Middle Road, Siming District.

② Jiawei Zaitian snack bar; Address: No.49 Datong Road, Siming District.

③ Keweifang; Address: No.41, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District.

Fried oyster

In Minnan dialect, it is fried oyster, which is a unique snack in southern Fujian. Delicate and delicious. The oyster tastes a little fishy. In order to remove the fishy smell, some chefs will mix eggs in the oyster. While covering the fishy smell of oyster, oyster frying also lost its soul. The method of this oyster frying is to surround the eggs around the oyster frying, keeping the original flavor of the oyster.

Recommended tasting place

① Kangjia leading oyster fried; Address: No.189, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District.

② Lianhuan oyster decoction; Address: No.4 Jukou Heng Lane, Jukou Street, Zhongshan Road, Siming District (near Siming South Road).

you cong Guo

it is also called wanzaiguo in Minnan dialect. In the seventh half of the lunar calendar, Xiamen has the folk custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors with salty rice cakes. According to legend, a family, when steaming rice dumplings, naughty children at home opened the steamer and stole the half-cooked salty rice dumplings, thinking that they were tasteless, and conveniently poured a bowl of shredded pork into the rice dumplings. After being discovered by adults, the raw rice has been steamed and cooked. When eating, adults find that this way, it tastes more diverse and tastes good. As a result, people followed suit and eventually evolved into a scallion.

Recommended tasting place

① Jinbao oil and scallion; Address: Park West Road, Siming District.

② Wu zaitian snack bar; Address: No.7, No.25 Meihu Road, Hexiang West Road, Siming District.

③ Fishermen's seafood snacks; Address: No.47, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District.

Xiamen fish ball soup

Xiamen fish ball soup takes grass carp as the main material, rape, carrot and celery as the auxiliary materials, and ginger, salt, sugar, pepper, starch, chicken essence and sesame oil as the seasoning. Slaughtering and cleaning grass carp, chopping into paste, adding starch and water to make fish paste, and making into small balls with a spoon; Wash carrots and cut them into pieces; Shred celery; Slice ginger; Light a fire in a pan, add clean water, add rape, carrot slices, celery and ginger slices after the water boils, add salt, white sugar, chicken essence and fish meatballs after the pan boils, add pepper when the meatballs turn white, and pour sesame oil on them. It is light and fragrant.

Recommended tasting place

① Yongfeng Fish Pill (Kaiyuan Road Branch); Address: No.143 Kaiyuan Road, Siming District.

frozen bamboo shoots

frozen bamboo shoots are a kind of frozen products made from special products. It contains gum, the main raw material is an annelid, the scientific name is starfish worm, which is two or three inches long. After boiling, the gum contained in it dissolves into water and condenses after cooling. Its meat is clear and delicious. With good soy sauce, northern vinegar, sweet sauce, hot sauce, mustard, garlic, jellyfish and coriander, shredded white radish, shredded pepper and tomato slices, it becomes a delicious flavor snack. It tastes refreshing and tender, and mustard is often used as seasoning.

Recommended tasting place

① Frozen bamboo shoots in West Gate of Tianhe; Address: No.33 Douxi Road, Siming District (near the west gate of Zhongshan Park).

(2) frozen bamboo shoots in Laoershikou (Xingfu Road Branch); Address: Shop 5, No.386 Xiahe Road, Siming District (Happy Road).

③ Anhai bamboo shoots jelly; Address: No.14 Kaihe Road, Siming District (near Kaiyuan Road).

Satay Noodles

There is a saying that sand tea originated in Indonesia and also came from Malaysia. Sand tea should be pronounced as "Sha Cha" originally, but it is called "Sha Cha" in the mouth of Xiamen people who drink tea. This "tea" is the "tea" in Xiamen dialect, which is homophonic with "Sha Cha" in Mandarin. With the popularity of sand tea, it has become the "sand tea" in Mandarin pronunciation.

the beauty of Satay Noodles is in the soup. The kitchen uses fresh pig bones, whole chicken and fish head to make delicious and mellow soup; Shacha, one of the main ingredients, is made of the first-class shrimp head, marinated with salt for more than two months, then ground, followed by boiling shrimp sauce and garlic sauce, deep-frying, cooling, adding spiced powder, curry powder, Chili powder and sesame seeds. Therefore, the soup in the kitchen is sweet, spicy and delicious, with a unique flavor.

Recommended tasting place

① Wutang Satay Noodles; Address: No.6 minzu road, Siming District.

② Satay Noodles; Address: No.49, Zhongshan Road, Siming District (Hefeng Street).

grass jelly

People ate grass jelly decades ago, mainly by cutting it into small squares, and then simply adding sugar water and crushed ice. With lentils soaked in sugar and black pearls with elastic teeth, it is cool and peaceful. But this food is taboo for pregnant women.

In summer, a bowl of ice-cold jelly of Xiancao can really remove all the sultry blood and gas in the internal organs, and of course, it is radiant with natural beauty, which is a sacred product for relieving summer heat. In winter, the hot grass is a dessert that makes consumers feel warm. When eating, add peeled peanuts, fine powder balls, beans, mung beans, red beans and other materials that have been fried or cooked in advance, add sugar and stir before eating. The grass jelly has the functions of reducing internal heat and beauty beauty, and is favored by women at present.

Recommended tasting place

① Miss Zhao's shop; Address: No.298, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District.

② Xiancao South Road (Siming South Road Branch); Address: Room 118, No.1 Siming South Road, Siming District (near Siming Cinema).

Xiamen Pie

Pie is a traditional food with a history of more than 1 years in Xiamen. Fortunately, it is made of fine materials, high-quality flour, second-layer lard and fine mung beans. The green beans that make the cake stuffing are steamed, shelled and finely ground, and the crust and crisp of the cake are fully oiled and kneaded properly. When baking, pay attention to the heat, so that the oil does not go away when it is cooked inside and red outside. The pie made in this way is fragrant, crisp and moist, and the pie filling is cold and sweet. Xiamen pie is famous for Gulangyu pie.