Travel with me #32 : Lets try some Xiamen Nightmarket food

Walk with me into Zhongshan road:

This road was established in 1925, however it has existed for several hundred years constantly being rebuilt. Today, it doesn't look too archaic and fit's the fast growing economy of Xiamen.

These are dried meats with Sesame seeds. I believe they're similar to what the west would called Jerky's. The little bowls are for tasting before you buy. I thought they actually tasted really nice so I bought myself a large pack.

Like in most places in China, there are many people who produce their own fruits and sell them on street stalls. Carrying them on their shoulders must be quite tiring!

Since Xiamen is located at the very south of China, the weather and temperature is very good all year round. As such, the exotic fruits are particularly juicy and are available all year.

The steam of these roasted meats being cooked on the sidewalk can be smelt from far away. Don't they just make you salivate?

The host of this barbecue kebab stall brought along his friend to help setup his stall. Isn't it adorable? With such a cute co-host, there were many people who came along just to pay it a visit. Business must be quite good with the cute dog around!

This must be an example of Earning a living with your face. Except in this case it's a dog!

As expected the queues for this stall were very long. Me and my friends joined in the party and had 3 or 4 kebabs each. They were actually really tasty, juicy and flavoursome.

To 'spice' the kebabs up, we added a little Chilli powder. Makes it very fragrant!

And just like that, we devoured one kebab followed by another. It really was like "Once you pop, you can't stop".

Barbeque Roast Squid

As you can see, the road is not too busy. This is because we visited during the weekdays. During the weekend, the road would be full to the brim with people, all jostling for their share of the delicious food.

Like a shot from the 90's, we have stalls selling kids toys in a rainbow variety of colours.

At the front of many stalls, you'll often see mini statues of Guanyin (Bodhisattva of Compassion) or the god of wealth. This of course is a superstition believed to help bring business and prosperity to the owner.

Owing to the warm climate of Xiamen all year round, exotic flowers are in abundance here, as such, they are often used as decoration on store fronts as well as inside. People here really do like their flowers.

Sipunculid worm jelly is a produce very well known in the Xiamen, Quanzhou prefecture. These little seafood snacks are actually made from a kind of sea worm. These worms naturally produce a sort of gelatinous matter which is what the jelly is made from.

I coughed up some bravery and tried a piece of this Worm jelly, and added plenty of soy sauce, vinegar and minced garlic. It actually tasted alright. Unfortunately, I only found out about this Worm jelly being worms after I ate it.

Wide variety of exotic fruits.

These are various tea's made from the petals of Xiamen's exotic flowers.

Of course, there were also desserts such as these cute Ice creams and the Candied fruit snacks.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed my adventure to the Xiamen night-market, there are actually many more stalls I would like to share in a future post.

If you were given the opportunity to try the Worm Jelly snack, would you be daring enough to eat it?