Peanut Soup (Huashengtang) 花生汤

Spring Roll (Chunjuan) 春卷

Tu Sun Dong 土笋冻

Meat Zongzi (Shao Rouzong) 烧肉粽

Stir-fried Noodles (Shao Mixian) 炒面线

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Peanut Soup (Huashengtang) 花生汤
Peanut Soup can be eaten as a soup or as a dipping sauce for breads and rolls. Large buckets of peanuts are first boiled to strip them of skin and shell then simmered over a low flame until they are fragilely soft. The mushy soup is then seasoned and served.

Huangzehe Peanut Soup Restaurant
Established in October 1949, the same month as the People’s Republic of China, Huangzehe specializes in sweet peanut soup and more than 20 other deserts.
Add: 22-24 Zhongshan Lu, Xiamen
Tel: 0592-2024670

Spring Roll (Chunjuan) 春卷
Even those foreigners who are not fond of Chinese food can appreciate the spring roll. What’s not to like?  Paper-thin dough is wrapped around strips of vegetables, noodles and meat then deep-fried, leaving it crispy and ready to dip into a tangy sauce. Xiamen spring rolls (chun juan) are some of China’s best, and are often eaten as a traditional festival and holiday snack.

Tu Sun Dong 土笋冻
Culinary adventurers will have many an opportunity to try Tu Sun Dong, a dish made from xing chong, or “sea worm”, as it has become a common feature on Fujian tables. The preparation of Tu Sun Dong involves boiling several sea worms for ten to twenty minutes, then collecting the gelatin produced by this process and pouring it into molds. The resulting worm jelly is served with garlic, vinegar, radishes, and other pungent spices. As with all creepy-crawlies, this translucent ocean treat is rich in natural vitamins and minerals.

Meat Zongzi (Shao Rouzong) 烧肉粽
Zongzi, a triangular rice dumpling wrapped in a bamboo leaf, can be found all over southern China; but Xiamen is famous for adding meat to its dumplings, an ingredient which is rarely seen in the rest of the zongzi eating world.

Wuzaitian Restaurant
Wuzaitian was established in 1959 and continues serving traditional Xiamen snacks, such as Meat Zongzi (烧肉粽) and Spring Roll (春卷), to this day.
Add 49 Datong Lu, Xiamen
Tel：0592-2022357

Stir-fried Noodles (Shao Mixian) 炒面线
This dish has garnered fame in the West under the name “chow mien”, and is often considered a staple of Chinese dining. Though ever-delicious, these stir-fried noodles may not taste quite the same way they do back home.

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