The blood clams from the Lieyu production area are a high-economic-value marine shellfish, also known as "wavy blood clams" or "flower clams." Their flesh is tender and nutritious. Fresh clams can be sold directly on the market or processed by shucking and freezing to extend shelf life and expand the sales market. Highly favored by both domestic and international customers, they are not only popular in markets within and outside the province…
Seaweed has long been regarded as a delicacy among seafood. It is a delicious and highly nutritious marine edible algae, known for its benefits such as resolving phlegm, softening hardness, clearing heat and promoting urination, as well as nourishing kidneys and heart. During the Song Dynasty, Liutao seaweed was already listed as an imperial tribute. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican period, it was exported to Southeast Asia. The large-scale artificial cultivation of Liutao seaweed began in the mid-1960s...
Zhangzhou “Baobao Inkpad” was first created in the 12th year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty, boasting a history of over 310 years. At that time, Wei Changan, the owner of “Lihua Zhai” in Zhangzhou Prefecture, carefully selected eight precious ingredients — musk, pearl, monkey date, agate, coral, gold leaf, plum blossom extract, and amber. After grinding them into powder, he added aged oil, fuchsine, and mugwort wool, then employed...
Huitian Pineapple Yunxiao County Huitian Town Rural Economic Service Center The Fengzhu pineapple from Huitian is renowned for its crisp texture, abundant juice, fragrant taste, minimal residue after eating, and rich nutrition. For many years, it has enjoyed widespread fame both locally and in surrounding areas. Although over 2,000 acres of the fruit are cultivated across the town, it remains in high demand every harvest season, generating an annual output value of more than 7 million yuan…
Huotian Jujube The Huotian Jujube, produced by the Rural Economic Service Center of Huotian Town, Yunxiao County, is known for its high quality, strong yield, and quick returns. It is one of the characteristic industries of Yunxiao County. Currently, the total planting area in the town exceeds 8,000 mu, with an annual output value reaching over 50 million yuan. By Wang Yixiong and Yang Wanyi | Text & Photos…
Water spinach, commonly known as hollow vegetable, water convolvulus, tube vegetable, bamboo leaf vegetable, tube greens, stem vegetable, vine vegetable, tendon-relaxing vegetable, among many other names. According to the "Yunxiao Hall Annals," the entry for "water spinach" explains: "Its stem is hollow and nature is cooling. The 'Dunzhai Casual Readings' states: It originally grew in the ancient country of Gulong in the East Barbarian lands; foreign ships carried its seeds back in jars, hence the name 'jar vegetable'; locals (Yunxiao people) sometimes wove reeds into rafts, made small holes in them, floated them on the water’s surface, and planted the greens on top. The stems and leaves flourished, and eating them could counteract various poisons."
Zhangjiang oysters are a specialty of Yunxiao County in Zhangzhou, Fujian. Yunxiao is located along the southeastern coast and features a South Asian tropical maritime monsoon climate, with year-round spring-like weather, abundant sunshine, and a pleasant climate. The area has a well-developed water system, ample freshwater resources, and rich marine fisheries, yielding high-quality aquatic products such as blood clams, carpet clams, razor clams, and large oysters (oysters)...
Introduction to Three-Shrimp Tofu: Ingredients: 500g tender tofu, 5g dried shrimp, 50g shelled and deveined shrimp, 15g shrimp oil marinade, 25g cooked bamboo shoots, 250g cooked lean pork. 15g Shaoxing wine, 2g scallion segments, 2.5g MSG, salt to taste, 250g clear broth, 50g wet starch, 25g cooked lard. Features: …
Longwen Salted Chicken is a specialty snack from Longwen District, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. With a long history, it is renowned for its rich nutrition, tender and fragrant meat, unique efficacy, and distinctive flavor. Longwen Salted Chicken originated in Chaoyang Village, Chaoyang Town, Longwen District, commonly known as "Chaoyang Salted Chicken," and is a well-known traditional flavor snack in both Longwen District and the broader Zhangzhou area...
Fish maw, also known as fish bladder or fish stomach, is a delicacy produced and processed along the Fujian coast. It is made from the swim bladders of fish such as yellow croaker and eel. Fish maw is highly nutritious, rich in protein and fat, and is used to treat boils, swelling and pain, unexplained swellings, skin ruptures, malignant tumors…
Zhangzhou Lu Mian is a long-renowned dish. It is made by stir-frying ingredients such as shredded pork, bamboo shoot strips, egg strips, mushrooms, squid, dried shrimp, and daylily in a hot wok, then boiling them in pork bone broth. A suitable amount of MSG, sugar, salt, and sweet potato starch is added to create the savory sauce. When serving, the noodles are topped with chopped leeks, bean sprouts, and poured over the savory sauce, along with...
Features: Prepared using a unique method, it boasts a rich aroma, golden color, crispy skin, and tender meat, along with nourishing benefits. Served with sand ginger-infused oil and salt, it has an exceptional flavor. The bones and meat are fragrant and delicious, making it a popular dish at banquets. Note: The salted chicken from Yundongyan in Longwen District, Zhangzhou, has a distinctive taste and is often…
The so-called "tofu pudding" refers to soy milk coagulated with a small amount of brine or gypsum, resulting in a silky, tender curd that remains unshaped, hence commonly called "tofu pudding." Salty tofu pudding is served with vermicelli boiled in pig trotter bone broth, topped with soy sauce, MSG, dried radish bits, satay sauce, and cilantro. Customers can also choose their own toppings...
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Changtai Ming Jiang is not only a premium tea accompaniment but also valued for its medicinal properties, and has long been renowned both in China and abroad. It comes in various forms such as ginger slices, strips, grains, and cubes. The finished product is clean, bright, and refreshing, with a frost-like appearance. It helps regulate digestion, relieve nausea, dissolve phlegm, calm wheezing, dispel wind and cold, and invigorate the spleen and stomach. It is exported to various countries in Southeast Asia. (Zhangzhou)…
Haicheng Shuanggao Run is one of the traditional, well-known cakes, boasting a history of over 170 years. It is meticulously made from white sugar, glutinous rice flour, lard, along with winter melon, chestnut paste, and scallion oil. Its characteristics include a jelly-like texture, fragrant aroma, sweet taste, and a pure consistency that is not sticky. (Zhangzhou)…
A specialty of Pinghe with over 400 years of production history, Pillow Cake is meticulously made from refined flour, high-quality lard, winter melon, starch noodles, maltose, tangerine peel, fried chopped scallions, and other ingredients. Shaped like a pillow, hence the name “Pillow Cake.” It is novel, delicate, and aromatic, often used as a gift. (Zhangzhou)…
Oysters, commonly known as "蚵 (ke)," "蚝 (hao)," or "蛎黄 (lihuang)," are a type of bivalve mollusk. With their snow-white, tender flesh, rich nutrition, and incredibly delicious taste, oysters are often referred to as the "milk of the sea" abroad. They are believed to have various health benefits, such as softening hardness and dissipating nodules, resolving phlegm, nourishing yin and subduing yang, calming the nerves, and consolidating essence and fluids. Xiamei oysters belong to the species of folded oysters…
Scallops are a type of marine bivalve mollusk, with over 60 species found around the world, among which the Chlamys nobilis (also known as the noble scallop) is considered the finest. This species is large in size, with shells reaching a height of eight to ten centimeters and a fan-like shape. Scallops are delicious and highly nutritious, making them a prized dish at banquets. The adductor muscle, the thickest and most flavorful part, becomes the premium dried delicacy known as dried scallops when processed. Dried...
A Fujian snack. Hand-pulled noodles get their name from the way they are made by wrapping flour dough around fried bean curd and then grabbing and eating them with your hand. When eating, you must spread a variety of condiments on the noodle wrap, such as mustard, sweet sauce, garlic vinegar, satay soy sauce, or peanut sauce with chili. These sauces can be mixed and matched according to personal preference, combined and eaten by hand—fragrant,…