Recommended food and snacks in Quanzhou 1) Shishi sweet fruit Shishi sweet fruit is the top grade among rice cakes.

According to legend, Shishi began to produce this kind of rice cake during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Its main ingredients include winter glutinous rice, white sugar, honeyed winter melon, kumquats, spices, etc. It can be stored for fifteen days without becoming moldy.

Put it in sugar in winter and cooking oil in summer, and it can keep for four or five months without deterioration.

Overseas Chinese returning home always take some Shishi sweet fruits with them overseas as gifts to their relatives and friends.

2) Chongwu fish roll Chongwu fish roll is a famous dish in southern Fujian. The main raw material of the authentic Chongwu fish roll is high-quality fish that is abundant here, including mackerel, eel, shark, etc. The best ones.

The hand-refined fish paste is rolled into a round shape, placed in a steamer and steamed over a high fire. The uniformity of processing, degree of fermentation and cooking temperature are all very particular, making it a must-eat.

3) Dehua famous wine "Daiyun brand" Shiquan Datong wine, ginseng champion wine and material three whips.

It is brewed with high-quality rice as raw material, the famous Daiyunshan mineral water in central Fujian, selected tonic and precious medicinal materials according to traditional prescriptions, and using traditional craftsmanship and advanced technology.

It has the characteristics of mellow wine quality, strong medicinal aroma, appropriate alcohol content, and significant functions.

The products have won the first China Food Expo and the Fujian Province and Quanzhou City Quality Product Awards for many times, and are sold well at home and abroad.

4) Shihua gypsum Shihua gypsum has a history of hundreds of years in Quanzhou and is still very popular today.

Lithops is made from the natural plant Lithops that grows on the seabed, and it is extremely difficult to pick.

It looks like jelly and can be eaten in hot weather to cool down the heat.

When eating, the shop owner uses a tool similar to a planer to quickly scrape the solid gypsum plaster block, scrape the gypsum plaster into even thin strips, put it in a bowl, add red bean paste or taro paste, etc., and scoop a spoonful of honey water.

, is a refreshing snack in summer.

There are many kinds of ingredients for Shihua paste, such as lotus seed soup, red bean paste, mung bean paste, white fungus, jujube cake, grass jelly honey, diced taro, fresh fruit diced, etc.

We recommend the "Bingzheng Shihua Gao Four Fruit Soup" shop near Tianhou Temple in Quanzhou.

The "four fruits" of your choice can be watermelon, pineapple, cantaloupe, red beans, taro, pea yellow, coix seed, grass jelly honey, white fungus, pearls and lotus seeds cut into small pieces, and of course it can also be gypsum -

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, 5) Noodle paste with fried dough sticks. Noodle paste with fried dough sticks is one of the traditional breakfasts in Quanzhou.

Its main raw materials are delicious and fresh seafood such as crab meat and shrimp, boiled with large bones in soup, and then boiled with noodles to make a paste, but it should be mushy but not messy.

When eating, you can choose to add crab meat, shrimp and other seafood or large intestine, small intestine, duck tendon, pork liver, vinegar pork and other ingredients according to your personal preference, and then sprinkle with coriander, pepper, minced garlic and wine for seasoning. The taste is delicious.

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Guo Tsai Food Restaurant in Shuimen Food Street is famous for its noodle paste and pig blood soup. When Quanzhou people talk about these two snacks, they all praise this snack restaurant.

6) Halal beef hotpot Halal beef hotpot is a snack that is popular among the Hui people in Quanzhou.

Use refined flour to make dough, add beef and ginger, and mince it into minced meat for filling. When made into dumplings and placed in a pan, they are golden in color, crispy on the bottom, delicious in meat filling, and smooth in the mouth. It is a famous halal snack.

7) Prawn rice noodles can only be enjoyed in Chongwu, Hui'an. The Southern Fujian rice noodles are not boiled, plus local fish rolls, shredded radish, and fresh prawns as thick as two fingers.

There’s also tender and lean meat, so you won’t be able to get enough of it in just one bowl!

8) Jinjiang Ginger Duck There is one thing you must try when you come to Jinjiang, Quanzhou, and that is the ginger duck made in a very special way.

The bottom of the sand bowl is filled with a thick layer of ginger slices, topped with fresh wild duck. The shiny oil color is like chocolate, and the smooth taste must be no less than that of "Hong Qigong" beggar's chicken. The fragrance is far away

There are no words to describe its alluring deliciousness.

Ginger duck costs about 40 yuan each. The most famous one is the "Huangji Ginger Duck" in Quanzhou Food Street.

There are also two or three old ginger duck restaurants in the direction of the Shishi and Jinjiang expressway exits. Among them, the authentic Zhanglin ginger duck at the Jinjiang entrance of the expressway is highly praised, and many people drive there specially.

9) Beef soup Quanzhou’s beef snacks have a very long history, and the most famous one is beef soup.

Beef soup, the mellow beef aroma is contained in the soup, as well as the thin shreds of ginger in the soup. When the two aromas are mixed, it is fragrant but not greasy, and the taste is even better.

Beef soup can be divided into soft soup and hard soup. The biggest difference is whether the beef is minced or sliced.

Quanzhou beef soup and West Lake beef soup are both soft soups. The beef is minced and the beef soup is light red.

Fujian Jinjiang beef soup and Shishi beef soup are both hard soups.

For beef soup, there are Dongxing Beef Shop on Daxi Street, Haochengcai Beef Shop on Tumen Street, and "Dongjie Meat Brown Shop" on East Street. The beef soup is also good.

10) Hong Lai Chicken Feet is a specialty of Nan’an, Quanzhou. The specific preparation method is said to be a secret, and it is absolutely delicious. Pete Q, in addition to salty taste, there is also a sweetness, and even the bones can be eaten for a special taste.

11) Quanzhou meat rice dumplings are made from mushrooms, dried shrimps, taro grains, chestnuts, pork (or chicken), glutinous rice, etc., mixed with marinated soup and onion oil, stir-fried in a pot until dry and loose, and then braised in braise

Stir the pork and raw chestnuts evenly, wrap them in bamboo leaves and cook until soft.

Meat dumplings should be eaten while hot. They are even more delicious when eaten with Shacha sauce, minced garlic, red chili sauce and other seasonings.

The most famous meat rice dumpling shop in Quanzhou is Hou Apo Meat Rice Dumpling Shop on East Street.