Xiamen Food and Restaurants
There are 4 valuable cuisines as the core cuisines in Xiamen: crab, shrimp, fish, and shellfish. Its flavor treat Taiwanese flavor as the main body. Some flavor is from Taiwan and Chaozhou style.
On the basis of inheritance, Xiamen Cuisine’s features get some charateristics from other cuisine. In order to cater to the taste of most people, Xiamne Cuisine gets rid of the greasy, instead of fresh and mellow. Its cuisine pays more attention on steamed, fried, braised, stewed, leavened, and other techniques.
Color, smell, taste, shape are the most important elements in developing Xiamen Cuisine. During any kinds of Cooking Competition, you will find that Xiamen Cuisine always get high praise.
Local Famous Restaurants:
Weiza Chen North Guy Biscuits:
North Guy is the meaning of the northerners. North Guy Biscuits are the biscuits originated from the north and then come to Xiamen and welcomed by Xiamen People. After developing in Xiamen, it has been catered to Xiamen Citizen’s taste. Tightly wrapped around minced scallions, wet cake package is attached to the furnace wall for a good baking.
Address: 302# Dragon Head Road
Babycat private Royal Pie:
Gulangyu pie is the traditional cuisine in Xiamen, but really good pie is from Babycat private Royal Pie. The moment you send the pie into your mouth, the pie will be attached in your mouth and your tongue, which is like that you will eat our your own tongue.
Address: 143# Dragon Head Road
Hours: 9:00 ~ 21:30
Gaoshenme Mingtang:
Gaoshenme Mingtang is a local restaurant with Taiwan flavor. It is located in Hexiang West Street. The restaurant is very attractive not only from the shop name, but also from the young clerk. They will shout while your passing, “Welcome to be particular about food, welcome to pick up the tea”, the same meaning of making troubles.
Tel: 0592 -3859969
Add: 44-54#, Hexiang West Street
