Loach Noodles are made by first boiling loach, then adding blanched high-quality noodles along with seasonings such as ginger, pickled vegetables, and red wine to the broth. The dish is prized for its tender, fragrant, soft, smooth, and fresh flavors, and has a light taste, making it a popular breakfast choice for many locals. …
A specialty snack from the Sanming area. Preparation method: Mix flour with a small amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, and water to form a dough that does not stick to the hands. Shape it into round cakes and stuff them with filling (such as lean meat, chives, and dried shrimp). Sprinkle sesame seeds on one side of the cake and press them down firmly. Then place an iron cage filled with charcoal fire into a vat, and once the vat walls are heated, remove the cage. Hold the cake by the side without sesame seeds...
Loach Noodles. Loach Noodles are a specialty of Sanming. From ingredient selection to processing, every step is meticulous. First, only live loaches caught from unpolluted paddy fields are chosen—farmed ones are not used. The loaches must be kept in clean water for 1–2 days to allow them to purge any muddy taste. One to two hours before cooking, a small amount of salt and liquor is fed to the loaches...
Ajia Wild Vegetables…
The Sanyuan Luyang Navel Oranges are a specialty of Luyang Village, Xinkou Town, Sanyuan District, Sanming City, Fujian Province. The Luyang Navel Orange base adopts pollution-free standardized management, ensuring high quality that has won widespread favor among customers. The average elevation of Luyang Village is 650 meters, and the village office is 18 kilometers away from the town government. Currently, all arable land suitable for fruit cultivation in the village is planted with Newhall navel oranges, and…
The production area of San Yuan Caoshanhu covers the current administrative region of Sanyuan District, Sanming City, Fujian Province. I. Source species: Caoshanhu (Sarcandra glabra(Thunb.) Nakai). II. Site conditions: The altitude within the production area ranges from 350m to 750m, in broad-leaved or coniferous…
The “Cuibi No.1 Flue-Cured Tobacco” specialty variety is independently cultivated by Sanming City and has been meticulously developed over generations by local tobacco professionals. It is one of only two flue-cured tobacco varieties in China that benefit from national price policy subsidies, and it is also currently the third tobacco leaf brand in the country to receive geographical indication protection as an agricultural product. With a current purchase volume of around 800,000 dan, it accounts for…
Peach-almond plum is a specialty of Datian County. The fruit is large, weighing 30–50 grams per piece; it is spherical in shape, with a soluble solids content of 13%, and boasts excellent quality. It ripens around the Dragon Boat Festival (mid-to-late June), and is highly resistant to storage and transport. It is one of the county’s best-selling and traditional export products. …
Yongxian Chicken is a unique specialty of Datian County. It is made by slaughtering and cleaning a tender local chicken that has been castrated and raised for over a year, then boiling it in clear water and chopping it into large pieces. It is served with a bowl of homemade red wine as a dipping sauce. The chicken has crispy skin, tender meat, a golden color, and an inviting aroma of wine, giving you the rustic experience of “eating big chunks of meat and drinking from big bowls.” …
There are many ways to prepare king prawns. This dish uses high-quality tea leaves from Pingshan in Datian, which are finely processed. The tea leaves from Pingshan in Datian are fragrant and rich in aroma. Paired with premium king prawns as the main ingredient, how could this not be a delicious dish?…
Hundred Flowers Dumplings, or Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Dumplings, are a delicacy rich in the flavors of the Jiangnan region. Northern-style dumplings take on a more delicate charm when made in the south. Ingredients include dried bamboo shoots, Shangjing cactus, Snow Mountain radish, celery, and wheat starch. The Snow Mountain radish and cactus, specialties of Datian, are sure to bring you a unique Jiangnan flavor.…
Big Field rabbit meat is a specialty of Datian County in Fujian Province. It is a China National Geographic Indication product. Known for its robust and compact build, as well as its “five blacks”—black fur, black skin, black eyes, black ears, and black claws—Big Field rabbit meat boasts tender texture, delicious flavor, unique taste, and excellent color, aroma, and taste. It is highly favored by consumers, and the product…
Fanglin Daylily…
Ramie was one of the important fiber crops in ancient China. It originated in the southwestern part of China. Some areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River had already cultivated it during the Neolithic Age. The earliest archaeologically unearthed ramie fabric and fine hemp ropes were found at the Qianshanyang Neolithic Site in Zhejiang, dating back over 4,700 years. China has the most diverse varieties and wild species of ramie...
Shangjing Cactus Noodles…
Daylily (scientific name: Hemerocallis citrina Baroni; English name: Daylily), also known as golden needle vegetable, lemon daylily, or forget-me-not flower, belongs to the order Liliales and the family Liliaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with nearly fleshy roots that often have spindle-like swellings in the middle and lower parts. The flower stems vary in length…
These soft, moist, and silky taro balls are a traditional folk snack from Yong’an. The main ingredients are taro and tapioca flour. The preparation involves boiling and peeling the taro after washing, then kneading it with tapioca flour until the dough reaches a soft yet firm consistency that doesn’t stick to the hands. This forms the taro ball base, which is then stuffed with a filling made of stir-fried lean pork, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, dried shrimp, soy sauce, and five-spice powder. The stuffed balls are boiled in hot water until they expand…
Yong'an Jade Shoots…
Clear Water Salted Bamboo Shoots…
Clear Water Bitter Bamboo Shoots…