Come to Xiamen, if you say a must eat snack, it must be sand tea noodles, sand tea noodles are the snacks of southern Fujian, belong to the cuisine of Southeast Asia, sand tea is Indonesia's sand ta, is brought back by overseas Chinese returned from Nanyang, Minnan dialect "嗲" and "tea" homophony, so it is called sand tea noodles, Xiamen sand tea noodle houses are all over the streets and alleys, we found a sand tea noodle restaurant that has been on fire for nearly 20 years.
This shop is the old store after the demolition of the moved over, although the place has changed, but the taste is still the original taste, many old customers are still chasing to eat, the location is next to a small commodity market, there is an outside swing area at the door, put a lot of small tables, the interior seems to be a little crowded, every day many people eat a lot, many local old residents are regular customers.
Shacha sauce came to Xiamen also made improvements, from coconut milk to milk, originally sha ta is not spicy, here also added pepper, noodles are oil alkali noodles, very good boiling, there are some garlic on it, there are pork liver, fish balls, squid, sand tea noodles are served in paper bowls, it looks full of color, very appetizing!
Shacha noodles pay attention to the soup, the soup entrance is very rich and sweet, there is a very heavy peanut butter taste, drink up a little bit of milky smell, noodles eat very soft glutinous, not a little chewy, eat to the mouth of a light bite on the disconnect, fish balls look like handmade, the shape is very irregular, the entrance is particularly smooth and tender, tofu should be fried, fried with the sand tea soup together, too flavorful!
In Xiamen, the sand tea of each shacha noodle restaurant has an exclusive secret recipe, all things are supporting roles, the most important thing is shacha sauce, because shacha sauce boiling has twenty or thirty kinds of spices, mainly some dried fish, dried shrimp, peanuts, milk, honey, and many other spices.
Shacha noodles as a local special snack, there are many foreigners are not accustomed to the taste of sand tea noodles, sand tea noodles pay attention to the material is more, soup more, noodles less, Xiamen a variety of sand tea noodles are also a lot, Silisha tea noodles for the old Xiamen people can be regarded as more classic, to eat are near the neighborhood, the taste is absolutely authentic old taste, even if now moved to the new store, the old Xiamen people still chase to eat!