Quanzhou Feature Food
Chefs in Quanzhou are very particular about the ingredients they use. Most of the local dishes have a light tast and mixed flavoror sourness and sweetness. Representative dishes are the "Chichen with Pineapple and Balsam Pear", "Lamb Braised in Brown Sauce", "Cattle Tail and Chicken Soup","Soup of Garlic and Silver Carp", "Home-Style in Brown Sauce" and "Cruipy Sausage with Pickled Chili". Local snacks come in beautiful shapes and taste refreshing. Better known ones include "Beef Cake", "Glutinous Rice with Meat Stuffing", "Fried Oyster", "Chongwu Fish Roll", "Fish Ball", "Yuanxiao Dumplings", "Mung Bean Cake", "Bowl Cake" and "Orange-Red Cake".