Most Popular Food Streets in Xiamen

Xiamen is a coastal city in southern China. It is known as one of gourmet city in the country. For most of tourists to Xiamen, exploring cuisine here is also the fun of Xiamen trip. But do you know what most popular food streets in Xiamen are? Here TCT would like to introduce some best places to enjoy your gourmet trip in the city. Hope it helps.

Zhongshan Road

Zhongshan Road, or also known as YatSenRoad, is a popular street to look for local gourmet and shopping. It is sited in the southwest of Xiamen Island with a length of 1.2 kilometers. Along the street are arcade buildings in Minnan-style. It is also at present the only business street leading to the sea directly.

Along this street are all kinds of stores, offering various food and tourist souvenirs, such as Huang Zehe Peanut Soup Store, Haoqingxiang Restaurant, Datong Duck Porridge, etc. So it is suitable for dinning and shopping
Zhongshan Road

Longtou Road on Gulangyu Island

Longtou Road on Gulangyu Island is the main commercial street there for dinning and shopping. There are many small featured shops along the both sides of the road. There are much cuisine for you to try, especially street snacks, such as Ye’s Fried glutinous pudding, fish balls, Wang’s pasties, Pureed noodles, Fried sea oyster, etc.

With the development of Gulangyu, many craft stores are opened on both sides of the road, selling local arts and crafts, pearl embroidery, painted sculpture, painted porcelain, etc, also antiques, jade, calligraphy and painting, porcelain, etc. from all over the country.


SM Food Court

SM Food Court is a specific place for dinning in Xiamen City. Here is home to not only local snacks, but also cuisine from over the country. Most the stores inside are stalls with open indoor seats. The environment is a little bit crowded and noisy, especially in national holidays and weekends.

Food Court on the 5F of Xiamen Railway Station

If you take trains to arrive or depart Xiamen, Food Court on the 5F of Xiamen Railway Station would be a great place to enjoy your gourmet trip in the city.