Fuzhou Specialty Food and Snacks

Although Fuzhou, the banyan city (called the capital in ancient times) is not a popular tourist city, this city combines Lingnan culture and Western style, and the pace of life Very slow, perfect for eating and shopping.

Today I will tell you what special delicacies you must eat when you come to Fuzhou? Let’s find the most authentic Fuzhou old taste together!

1. Xianshi (Chinese regional snack)

Xianshi is one of Pingtan’s traditional snacks, and is also a famous snack in Fuzhou and a popular folk delicacy. This snack is eaten during at least five solar terms every year. When making salted rice, steam the sweet potatoes, put them in a stone mortar, sprinkle some sweet potato powder, mash them with a wooden hammer until they become pureed, and then knead them with your hands or roll them into a skin with a short wooden stick. The fillings are fried at the same time. Shrimp, crab meat, squid, pork, and seaweed are made into seafood fillings, wrapped into balls, steamed or cooked and eaten.

Xianshi originated in Pingtan and is one of the traditional delicacies in Fuzhou. It has been rated as one of the top ten famous snacks in China and one of the top ten famous snacks in Fujian.

2. Meat Yan (China’s Gold Medal Tourism Snack)

Meat Yan is a famous specialty snack in Fuzhou. Fuzhou people eat it during festivals, weddings and funerals, and when relatives and friends get together. eat. Meat swallow skin is made from refined meat with starch and other auxiliary ingredients. Because it is derived from the auspicious meaning of "Taiping" and "Peace", it is called "Taiping Yan".

Pork swallow is one of the traditional delicacies in Fuzhou. It has been rated as one of the top ten famous snacks in Fujian and a gold medal tourist snack in China.

3. Tai Chi taro paste (China’s gold medal tourist snack)

Tai Chi taro paste is a special traditional snack in Fuzhou, Fujian. It is made from betel nut taro, which is abundant in Fujian, and added with sugar and lard. Steamed. Fuzhou area celebrates auspicious occasions, and many such sweets are served at banquets.

Tai Chi taro paste originated in Fuzhou, Fujian. It is one of the traditional delicacies in Fuzhou and has been rated as China's gold medal tourist snack.

4. Fuzhou fish balls

Fuzhou fish balls are one of the traditional snacks in Fuzhou, Fujian. They are made of minced eels, sharks or freshwater fish and mixed with potato starch to make the outer shell. It is stuffed with lean pork or shrimp and shaped into pellets. Fuzhou people are so fond of fish balls that there is even a saying that "no dinner is complete without fish balls". Fuzhou fish balls have thin and even skin, white and shiny color, smooth and crispy texture, and the soup is meaty and not greasy. Seven-star fish balls are made from eels or horsetails plus high-quality nutritional flour. They are white in color, elastic but not greasy, have fragrant and loose fillings, and have a sweet and smooth taste. Yonghe fish balls were selected as one of the "Top Ten Famous Snacks in Fuzhou" by the Fuzhou Catering Association.

5. Fuzhou noodles

Fuzhou noodles are one of the traditional snacks in Fuzhou City. They originated in the Tang Dynasty and are also called "soup cake noodles" and "Huai cooking". It is famous for being "as thin as hair, soft and tough, and not mushy when put into soup". It is a custom in Fuzhou to eat noodles with two duck eggs on a birthday, which is called "Taiping", which means peace and longevity.

Fuzhou noodles are one of the traditional snacks in Fuzhou City. They belong to Fujian cuisine and are deeply loved by local people.