Jia Wei ZaiTian XiaoChi

This shop is now considered a popular check-in shop. It has the characteristics of the old-fashioned state-owned snack bar. You buy a meal ticket first and then use the ticket to eat. If you can't finish it, you can return it. I bought fish balls and rice dumplings, both of which were delicious.

Located on Datong Road in the old city of Xiamen, the "Jiawei Zaitian" restaurant is one of the few remaining time-honored restaurants in Xiamen. During the National Day holiday this year, there was finally a queue again, and the hall was full of diners. This restaurant was founded by Mr. Wu Zaitian, and mainly sells various local snacks in Xiamen, such as taro buns, shacha noodles, scallion cakes, salty cakes, and five-spice strips. You can find all the snacks you can think of here at affordable prices. It's just an old store, old service, and a mediocre environment, full of fireworks. It's worth a try when you come to Xiamen for tourism.

This old brand on Datong Road is well-known to everyone in Xiamen. It was originally called Zai Wu Zaitian, but due to some changes in the family, it was renamed Jiawei Zaitian Snack Shop. You can eat almost all Xiamen snacks here. The way to order food is still the most primitive way to buy with tickets. You can tell the dishes you want to eat at the reception, exchange money for tickets, and then use the tickets to pick up the food in each dish area, and finally take it to your seat to eat. I like taro buns the most. The outer layer is made of taro paste, and the inside is full of fillings, including diced meat, diced bamboo shoots, diced tofu, etc. It is soft, glutinous, fresh, fragrant and not greasy.

It is a place of nostalgia for old Xiamen people. Although it has gone through the name dispute of Wu Zaitian, the taste remains the same as before. In the era of soaring prices, you can still eat the taste of braised noodles, vermicelli soup, and meat dumplings for four or five yuan. It is not a tourist restaurant, but mainly serves local diners. The waiters are all elderly aunts, and there are neighbors speaking Minnan dialect everywhere, which is particularly friendly. The environment is not good, but it is clean. You have to go to the service desk to exchange the receipt first, and then go to the stall to pick up the food.

Xiamen time-honored shop, Xiamen authentic snack shop, locals come to eat more, the price is cheap, Xiamen special snacks can be eaten in this shop, the snacks are rich in variety and taste good. Recommend the taro buns here, the taste is salty, can be sticky with sweet sauce, salty and sweet delicious. Shacha noodles have a rich soup and sufficient fillings. All snacks are substantial, large in quantity and cheap, recommended to try.

This is a time-honored brand in Xiamen. It was originally privately owned, but later became publicly owned. It is located on Datong Road near the ferry. The store is very large and crowded. There are rows of food cabinets at the door. The food is cooked and eaten right away, and you can see the whole process. This is basically a collection of all the famous snacks in Xiamen. It is said to be delicious and not expensive. You can eat as much as you want for 20 yuan. I only had taro buns as a snack this time, and it still tasted the same. It was good! I also bought a piece of radish cake and cut it at home to go with tea. I will try other varieties next time. I will miss it if I don’t eat it for a long time...

Jiawei Zaitian, located on Datong Road, is a comprehensive local snack shop in Xiamen with a few years of history. Speaking of comprehensive, it is because they have a rich variety of local snacks in Xiamen, such as shacha noodles, vermicelli soup, shrimp noodles, etc. For tourists, there is no need to go to each alley to find them one by one! However, this shop has been open in Xiamen for many years and is located in the old city (near Zhongshan Road, in the alley opposite the ferry terminal), so most of the diners are locals. The store is quite large, and the ordering is still old-fashioned. After you have decided on the variety, pay at the cashier and exchange it for food stamps, and then go to each stall to choose the food you want. I came here one afternoon and ordered fried five-spice and taro buns, paired with Xiamen's unique sweet and spicy sauce, which was salty and delicious. The prices are also very affordable, and most snacks are only a few yuan.

It is a place of nostalgia for old Xiamen people. Although it has gone through the name dispute of Wu Zaitian, the taste remains the same as before. In the era of soaring prices, you can still eat the taste of braised noodles, vermicelli soup, and meat dumplings for four or five yuan. It is not a tourist restaurant, but mainly serves local diners. The waiters are all elderly aunts, and there are neighbors speaking Minnan dialect everywhere, which is particularly friendly. The environment is not good, but it is clean. You have to go to the service desk to exchange the receipt first, and then go to the stall to pick up the food.