Snacks are an important part of Xiamen food customs. This is not only because Xiamen snacks reflect the imagination and creativity of Xiamen people. Its variety is rich and diverse, which is rare in China; Not only because of the unique flavor of Xiamen snacks, it is unforgettable; Moreover, for Xiamen people, snacks can be snacks, meals and even banquets. There is not a person in Xiamen who doesn't eat snacks. It has been deeply dissolved in Xiamen people's eating customs and has become a preference, a habit and a folk custom. For Xiamen people, the "roasted meat dumplings" called in the streets late at night and the fried beans with "smelly ten" (acetylene) lights riding downstairs by the roadside are unforgettable impressions of their hometown. It can be said that if you don't understand the snacks in Xiamen, you can't not only understand the food customs in Xiamen, but also understand the people in Xiamen.
According to the survey conducted by Xiamen Folklore Society in recent years, there are about 2 kinds of snacks in Xiamen at present, and there are more than 2,6 stalls, restaurants and restaurants that make and sell snacks on the island alone, not counting many mobile vendors that appear after dusk. For such a huge number, only the most representative snacks can be selected, and the most prestigious stalls and restaurants are briefly introduced.
The most famous and popular Xiamen snacks are: Frozen bamboo shoots, barbecued pork dumplings, spiced, taro buns, leek boxes, taro dates, octopus, fried scallions, marinated bean curd, marinated duck, oyster porridge, batter, fried dates, sugar scallions cakes, pancakes, Satay Noodles, fish balls, fried oysters, sesame seeds, tribute squid, "pan-fried" dried bean curd, and seasoning.
The frozen bamboo shoots are made of a kind of invertebrate mollusk named "Tuqiu" which grows on the beach. It is crystal clear, flexible, tender and crisp, fresh and sweet, especially when it is stained with various seasonings, and it has a unique flavor. It is said that the "black soil Qiu" for making frozen bamboo shoots is only found in coastal beaches in Xiamen, Haicang and Anhai, and the quality produced in Baigu Port of Xiamen is the best. It's a pity that the reclamation of land from the sea is no longer a port, and now the frozen bamboo shoots only rely on Gaopu, Haicang and Anhai to provide raw materials.
Five spices are also extremely delicious. It uses a special bean skin, wrapped in chopped lean meat, water chestnuts, onions, etc., wrapped into strips like spring cakes, then put down the oil pan and fried to brown, cut into several sections, and dipped in seasoning to eat, which is fragrant, crisp, crisp and fresh.
Oyster fried is "pearl oyster" with black ears and white belly (the stronger the contrast between black and white, the fresher the description), mixed with green garlic, leek and sweet potato powder, spread in an oil pan and fried thoroughly on both sides. Pay attention to it, but also after the pot, spread the scattered eggs and fry them together. After cooking, sprinkle some pepper, put a few leaves of coriander, and dip it in mustard, hot sauce and fragrant cool when eating, so that even your tongue will swallow it.
the main ingredient of shrimp noodles is shrimp noodles, but the beauty is not shrimp or noodles, but soup. First, shell the shrimps and cook them in water, then pick up the shrimps, and then boil the shrimps with this soup. After boiling for the first time, filter out the shrimps, mash them, and mix them with crystal sugar before cooking. Then, with the pig bone soup that has survived on the table, sprinkle chopped green onion and minced garlic to become the head of shrimp noodle soup. When eating, stir the noodles until they are cooked. In a bowl, put a few cooked shrimps and slices of pork, add a spoonful of onion oil and a little garlic paste, then scoop in the boiled shrimp soup and sprinkle with pepper. The taste is delicious and unforgettable.
In the past, there were many vendors carrying burdens along the streets to sell, but now they can only eat them in the "Haoqingxiang" restaurant. It is made of a special small spring pancake skin with a diameter of about five or six centimeters, wrapped with a short piece of specially refined oil onion sugar, sour radish, onion, garlic, hot sauce and mang spicy. After the entrance, sweet, sour, pungent, spicy and salty are all available, and the appetite is greatly stimulated.
Satay Noodles is the most popular snack in Xiamen today, and it can be found almost everywhere, no matter in downtown or deep alleys. The beauty of Satay Noodles is also in the soup. A good Satay Noodles soup is made of pig bone soup with sand tea hot sauce, peanut butter, etc. It is fresh, spicy and has a unique taste.
taro paste, taro dates and taro buns are steamed and mashed, then wrapped with meat and bamboo shoots, and steamed in a steamer to make taro buns. Nothing, just add sugar, knead into granules such as jujube, and then fry, that is, taro jujube. If you add sugar and fry in oil, it will become taro paste. After the taro is boiled, there is more oil on the surface, and it will not smoke soon, but it is very hot inside. If you don't know the details, you will suffer. There are also salted taro paste, such as the "fragrant paste hidden treasure" of Nanputuo vegetarian dishes, that is, the apple paste is wrapped in various dishes, steamed in a whole dish or bowl, and some crispy and delicious shredded green vegetables are sprinkled on the side, which is very delicious.
the kung fu of oyster porridge or crab porridge is that the rice should be "clean" and not boiled. Mainly drink porridge soup.
traditionally, a snack is always associated with the name of the store or owner of a most popular stall, such as peanut soup with Huang Zehe, roasted meat brown with "good fragrance", fish ball farm with "touching" and "really delicious", shrimp noodles with "Zhang Ji", beautiful pancakes for sister Ji in Guanai, oyster fried by Cheng Ashu in Siming North Road, and Chen Hanshu in Ershe Temple.
as time goes by, few of these time-honored brands from decades ago can survive to this day. But rising stars emerge one after another. Especially since the 198s, the Eight Immortals have crossed the sea, showing their abilities and pushing snacks to a new climax.
one trend is to "feast" popular snacks, represented by "delicious" restaurants. Like "Kowloon Plate", it is quite ingenious to combine nine kinds of snacks into a delicious plum blossom platter by means of a complete set of tableware. At the same time, the snacks such as taro buns, meat dumplings, scallions and cakes will be miniaturized and refined, so that people can taste a variety of snacks at a snack banquet. Snack Banquet, Twelve-course Dishes and Daodao are all flavor snacks that can be seen in the streets and lanes of Xiamen, but they are more exquisite and have better flavor than those small stalls.
Another trend is to make snacks "homely". Like jujube, braised duck, spiced, dried bean curd, salted gizzard, etc., there are many stalls in various vegetable markets, which specialize in bringing home home home-cooked meals for customers.
No matter the "banquet" or "homely" of snacks, it shows how deeply Xiamen people love snacks. I believe that snacks in Xiamen will develop further, becoming more colorful and unforgettable.
A complete collection of snack addresses in Xiamen
Take bus No.2 or No.48 from Xiamen University West Village and get off at Zhongshan Road Station on Siming South Road, next to Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street.
Go shopping from this end of Siming South Road ... As shown in the picture, the first branch road on the right hand side is Jukou Street where the legendary snacks gather, with the famous A Qing pancakes, Hong Jide's Beizai cakes and fish-flavored steamed buns. (Suddenly, I found that most of the famous foods along Zhongshan Road are distributed in the right branch in the picture.)
Before we reach Jukou Street, there is a small alley called Jukou Cross Lane. At first, I mistakenly thought it was Jukou Street, and No.1 Hengxiang was a Xiamen pancake. The boss was a pretty eye-catching glasses JJ. She said that A Qing was in Jukou Street next door. Let's try her first, and then compare it with A Qing.
The pancakes of both families are from 1.5 yuan/piece, just like our spring rolls.
glasses JJ's seems to have put sweet and spicy sauce, which tastes heavier; A Qing's family put seaweed, which has a special fragrance and is quite abundant. I prefer the former.
It's a pity that I didn't find Hongjide in Jukou Street ... When I turned around, I saw a cart with Ye's sesame seeds on the opposite street, but when I saw the younger brother selling sesame seeds, I always thought it looked unprofessional, so I decided to wait until I got to Gulangyu.
Further on, I saw a cart selling ice cream, known as "ice cream made by Europeans", with six flavors. I admit that I was attracted by handsome foreigners, and spent 6 yuan to buy a small peach-flavored ice cream ball. Alas, it was really ordinary ...
When I walked to Dazhong Satay Noodles, I saw many signs ... it seemed that there were two. I didn't go in to eat, so I took a photo and left ~ ~
Chen Jia dessert is at No.65 Zhenbang Road (I can't see this one on Zhongshan Road). I have to go in a little (see the food map in detail). I heard that this one is good, so I took a photo specially, but I was not interested at that time and didn't go in.
I haven't solved my lunch yet, so I rushed into Huang Zehe, the people mountain people sea near the ferry ... I finally found a place to sit down, and suddenly I didn't know what to eat, looking at all kinds of food and crowded people. I started with a bowl of peanut soup (1.5 yuan/bowl) and a curved turtle (1.5 yuan/one).
Peanut soup is too sweet to finish. It's as sweet as the one I had here five years ago! ! !
Ququ turtle has a strange name and a strange appearance. It's a dark lump, and it's filled with peanuts and sesame seeds, which I have forgotten now. In short, it's very sweet!
Maybe I haven't ordered the best food yet. I think yellow is just so-so.
by the way, if you want to buy food, you have to buy a ticket first. It's really troublesome. I'm extremely tired of this way, and so is Wu Zaitian.
Yuehua Satay Noodles is at No.78 Zhenbang Road, which is diagonally opposite to Minli Primary School.
Be sure to look at our lovely bread and say that mm's special food map for me is ~ ~ ~ extremely lovely.
The noodles taste not bad, but not as good as expected. It's a pity that I didn't try the black sugar Satay Noodles in the end this trip to Xiamen.
someone said, this is yellow noodles. Don't finish eating, save room for something else.