Mastery of broths from mountain and sea
Fujian cuisine is celebrated for seafood and clear yet layered soups, balancing fragrance and depth with remarkable finesse.
Essential Fujian Cuisine recipes
Editorially selected Fujian Cuisine classics for home cooks who want both accuracy and atmosphere.
Lychee Pork
Litchi Pork is a classic signature dish of Min Cuisine. It is especially popular in Fuzhou and Putian, with a history spanning two to three hundred years.The dish gets its name because the fried pork chunks closely resemble lychees in shape, and it features a sweet-and-sour flavor profile.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
Fotiaoqiang (Buddha Jumps Over the Wall) is a traditional iconic dish from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. It stands as the pinnacle representative of Min Cuisine. The dish gets its poetic name from an old saying: "Even Buddha abandons meditation and leaps over the wall upon smelling its rich aroma", a tribute to its lavish assortment of premium ingredients and intensely fragrant broth.