EPIC Xiamen food adventure | Satay noodles, oyster pancake and MORE!!!

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[@innaminute523]

No one can consistently deliver the good vibes like Blondie in China.

[@帅陈-i1j]

She describes the depth and the true taste of chinese foods objectively as no one has done before. As a chinese, I have to say her videos are real.

[@BlondieinChina]

Aww!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@9064peterpan]

@@BlondieinChina How can you eat again immediately after a huge bowl of Xiamen noodle ? BTW have you checked your cholesterol levels

[@ipfreak]

what i would like to know is how she is able to stay in such great shape, while she has been eating so much, so many different types of food.

[@oldtrek]

for sure

[@joaowust]

Xiamen is one of my favorite cities in China, food is great, environment, beach, people, sightseeing, all nice. Thumbs up

[@eamoncat]

Except some of the tourists really don't have the sense of responsibility.

[@benfarrow9498]

Lived in xiamen for five years, nice to see the city again after being away since the pandemic

[@merdufer]

Fun fact for how satay became "sha cha" in Chinese. The character “茶” is pronounced "cha" in Mandarin Chinese but "teh" in Min Chinese (That's why "cha" is called "tea" in English). When the Min Chinese brought back satay, they wrote it as "沙茶", which is pronounced "sa teh" in their language, but "sha cha" in Mandarin Chinese.

[@chongleongchua4059]

Now, that's really a surprise for me because I never thought of it before. I'm actually a Hokkien Chinese from Malaysia, now that you mentioned it being transliterated from Malay into Minnan dialect (Hokkien), it suddenly makes sense.( 沙茶 Sha Cha ) is pronounced as Sa Teh in Minnan ，thanks for the information.🙏

[@xwjube5774]

On that topic: it's actually fascinating how these two different pronunciations of the same character later got derived and absorbed into different languages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_tea

[@胡建来]

@@chongleongchua4059 在漳州（也许在厦门或者泉州也有）你还可以看到SATAY的另一个更古老的闽南语版本“沙嗲”或者沙爹。

[@chongleongchua4059]

@@胡建来 ，东南亚的华人确实是以华语（普通话）音译成沙爹。

[@maxdc988]

News to me. I thought "sha cha cheong-Cantonese" is a Western sauce, instead of satay sauce because the taste is totally different from Malaysian satay sauce. I'm a Malaysian Cantonese btw. 🤣🤣

[@BrianaisGoingPlaces]

Watching as I prep for my Xiamen trip! So excited for all the food to try!!

[@BadmintonBecky]

I've been living in Xiamen for the past 8 years and I really love it. Glad you are introducing the city to a whole group of people who may not know about it. While it would be the second largest city on America (based on population) it's considered a "small" city by chinese standards so not many people know about it and I think it needs more love. Glad you enjoyed your visit!

[@scotttan6377]

Looks like the places Amy visited doesn't have very many, if any, Western foreigners. Great to see Amy not only shares her food experiences , but also supports the small family shops. Always in awe how Amy embraces the textures , smells , and flavors.

[@etlens]

I just so very much appreciate your true passion towards "冰粉“. so genuine so moving.

[@katiirabbi]

So happy to see you doing street food videos in China again!! Love your energy and excited to see what's next!

[@ExpatNatt]

Satay Noodles gave a special place in my heart. I really hope to go to Xiamen soon! So much culture! 🥰

[@TheKZA]

Those noodles look great! Love your vids!

[@arafsadventures]

I love the food in China! I'm glad I'm living here 😁

[@arafsadventures]

@@2_Rupee_Bharat_Bot There's so many things to see and do here 😊

[@arafsadventures]

@@2_Rupee_Bharat_Bot Ohhhhhh yessss 😂

[@arafsadventures]

@@2_Rupee_Bharat_Bot Haha more TAOOOBAOOOOOO to come 😏

[@ryobestman]

O.M.G! you came to hometown finally! I wish you enjoy your travel in Xiamen!

[@jordanyang2368]

Big congrats on enduring 10-day quarantine n finally get to enjoy the coastline city! Looking forward to seeing more of your fabulous food adventures!!!!

[@Vntoronto]

Wow Amy! Those Satay soup noodles 🍜 and Oyster pancakes looked sooo good!🦪AND look at those jelly mixed soup dessert… OMG! I really wanna tag along with you!!! Also, I am amazed at how you just hopped into a taxi to enjoy the sun and beaches! Love the architectures too! Enjoy the rest of your foodie adventures and looking forward to seeing more vlogs soon!😄😋🤤🎉🙌🏻👋🏻

[@tweedy4sg]

not mixed soup, more like non-alcoholic fruit punch where coconut milk in place of syrup/soda.

[@Heartadia]

You know what, I think this girl is going to become famous one day.

[@estherzhang5809]

Hi Amy, so nice to see you again, not only back in China but out of quarantine as well. I have been to a lot of parts of China, but Xiamen I still have not yet been. You made me wanting to go there on my next trip to China. Thank you Amy for all the videos you have made. They are so good.

[@BryanCheong]

Xiamen is one of my favourite cities anywhere. Full of so many charming streets and shops and gentle people. Enjoy your trip!

[@cameronpepper6638]

have been watching this channel for ages and it will forever be my fav youtube channel, keep it up blondie

[@yudonghui]

Wow, Amy, you make me feel homesick.I was originally from Fujian and graduated from Xiamen University.Everything you introduced in this video is familiar to me. But I cannot go back because of the pandemic. Thank u for appreciating Xiamen, the city I like the most.😍

[@arcturus2333]

I come from Quanzhou, the city nearby Xiamen. I have to admit that oyster is fried so nice. It’s authentic and classic while some fried oyster in Fujian and Taiwan is nearly a fiasco that it just looks like an egg pancake with oysters.

[@seansuper0909]

I love Xiamen, almost 10 years, I want to be back again, thank you Amy

[@murrymu4632]

时间过的太快了！ 又到Amy寻找美食的时间了 1:07 好多配料，都好吸引人1:43 小姐姐好熟手 2:03 这么多配料才30元一碗，太超值了。 6:29 为司机大哥点赞！ 7:37 就只是看着已经觉得很好吃，我觉得我可以天天吃。 8:27 哈哈哈哈，可爱的Amy 9:38 又是配料丰富，太难选了 厦门又美又有很多美食，真棒！ 福建有很多好玩的地方

[@LuckyGooseYA]

I visited Xiamen 10 years ago, beautiful city and amazing food

[@CLONDONH]

Really felt your joy of getting out of quarantine there Amy!!! LOL Oh my gosh, the oyster pancake, the shatay noodle, AND the dessert look amazing (and gets my mouth watery as I watch ur video). BUT the sandworm jelly thingy .... I can't handle it 我实在吃不下去。。。。艾米你加油喔～～～ ❤

[@tigerroar649]

That Oyster omelet looks delicious, You're one of the food teasers ever, so jealous of you mate. Can't wait for the next episode.

[@captainaustralia4181]

I have been watching every episode and desperately want try all those delicious food you showed us. When you meet up with your boyfriend, please set up a tourist company so that we can join your foodie tours to eat all the delicious food in all your episodes. Please help us to realise our dreams mate.

[@elaine_qqliu8506]

Oh my God, I'm thrilled to see another new video posted. I went to XiaMen when I was a little girl, definitely wanna travel back again in Xiamen to try their local food.Yummy

[@SiRasputin]

You can really tell where a lot of South East Asian foods came from by watching this vlog. That desert is so typical in Thailand and other SE Asian countries. The oyster pancake is almost exactly like hoi tod in Thailand. Xiamen food seems very similar to Chaozhou food. Good to see that the fujianese merchants brought back satay from SE Asia as well

[@mackwan88]

Great work Amy. Good to see you back in China and making videos! Keep bringing that positivity

[@wildcat5625]

You are making my mouth watering. I have been following just about all your contents on your channel. Thanks for sharing your experience in China.

[@LungFai76]

Coming out of quarantine with a hunger for food adventure leaves table etiquette at the door 🤣 You know Blondie is enjoying herself when there is food flying out of mouth and onto tables 😛

[@praphankulvanich5297]

The Oyster Pancake is also called "Oh Chien" in Penang, the same dish in Penang, Malaysia,maybe it was brought over by the Chinese in Xiamen years back

[@hanchen3932]

malaysia and xiamen。influence each other

[@hugeariel95]

most chinese ppl in indonesia, malaysia and Singapore came from fujian, china. xiamen is in fujian province

[@lauzukie]

That is exactly how we call it in Xiamen local language😁

[@wynnvip]

Love your videos!! Always bring a smile on my face and my stomach hungryyy

[@RespectOthers1]

Amy coming out of quarantine is like releasing a caged Lyon with a big appetite! :D Oh, and that dessert😋😋😋

[@mikel4690]

Geez are you ever off-line? :). Btw it's "lion" - Lyon is a city in France my friend. Happy surfing.

[@RespectOthers1]

@@mikel4690 One advantage of being continuously online is you’ll get to know Amy’s surname. Oh, and I live in Europe so should know Lyon is in France, thank you.

[@jamesjiao]

I see what you did there 😏

[@michaelz5497]

I must say that I appreciate your beaming with positive energy in the comment section. Nice to meet you here and everywhere comrade. If I don't see you again, I will you a good morning good afternoon and good evening from China

[@davidtang2549]

Imagine how jealous I get just every food in this video is exactly my favorite in Xiamen! Tears from a Xiamenese studying in the US😭

[@Razear]

For 5 bucks, both dishes seem pretty economical. Fills you up without having to worry about breaking the bank. I guess there's something to be said about port cities not having to pay a premium for locally sourced seafood. Something that you can realistically afford to eat every day. "He wasn't lying when he said it was a lot bigger." Man, the innuendos write themselves. XD

[@danlovesayu]

That's because labour in China is low and rent is cheap for medium size cities. Asians basically work 12-14 hours a day. We work hard and smart plus still get to enjoy life. USA, Aust, NZ and Europe have some the highest wages in the world and work much less hours. Hahahaha.....

[@internationaldaily9820]

Amy is such a lovely person. Always so positive, so cheerful. You really light up our lives! Err... but we are hungry watching your delicious food vlogs... hahaha... 😋😋😋

[@wannago905]

I am from Taiwan. The Taiwan version of oyster pancake has more starch and because of that, all the ingredients stay together as one piece and it does look more like a pancake. We have also a variety of the Siguo Tang in Taiwan. We call it Siguo Bing as there is always shaved ice on top.

[@carrom]

我们泉州的蚵（仔）煎也是更多淀粉，较少蛋，这个菜有点难度，不同人做出来的差异蛮大

[@wannago905]

@@carrom 看來廈門版的是異數：) 台灣版的底下還會墊一層青菜，不知泉州的是否也是如此？我住美國，家裡隔一陣子就會自己做蚵仔煎解饞，除了樣子沒有外面賣的好看，味道其實可以很接近了。

[@cosmo1106]

@@wannago905 可能每一家不一样，但是我家吃的时候是会垫一层青菜，四果汤也可以来泉州尝尝，秉正堂的四果汤也有百年历史，物美价廉。

[@applethief326]

福州也有海蠣煎, 牡蠣的數量和廈門的比較接近

[@oomboo7648]

我来总结，厦门正宗的海蛎煎是闽南话区域（包括台湾，无关政治不要过多解读）最好吃，因为它是用炒的，但是注意！不要去景点吃，不要去景点吃。

[@wptan00]

The 冰粉 like jelly is 石花凍（or 石花膏）added with fruits and toppings. 石花凍 is natural jelly made from a type of seaweed called 石花菜(it is raw material of agar agar）, it has a very refreshing taste of the sea. 石花凍 is very popular in coastal areas of China like Shantou, Xiamen to Qingdao

[@johnzhu5882]

So happy to see you back to China and produce excellent videos! Completely enjoyed your show!

[@cuibin1636]

啦啦啦，One morning to shoot so much content, the sun, the beach, the building, three food, efficiency is really high!

[@jiaqiwu1319]

OMG I grew up in Xiamen and the worm jelly is my all time favorite street food!! Miss the satay noodle and oyster pancake too!! Thanks for making this video :))

[@Kanra951]

The elevated rail tracks and roads with the climbing vines looks so nice, very solarpunk.

[@longfeizhang2586]

I am from Sanming, a small city close to Xiamen. And I worked in Xiamen for half a year in 2016, the environment is very nice, lots green trees. I miss Xiamen.

[@simplelife6294]

Yummo, another great video Amy. I love a good oyster pancake! Oh that dessert looks like “Che thai”, a dessert us Viets have with different toppings. I like it with lots of shaved ice 🍧! 😍

[@Robert-jb9zj]

my mouth is watering from beginning to end as Xiamen is my favourite city for food in China.

[@xygog2408]

OMG the oyster omelette is just my faves. The portion is very generous to compared to what I can find here.

[@JunnyBello]

I can’t get enough of your videos! So glad you showed up on my FYP on Tiktok

[@jessiegoodman9380]

So many regrets I had to cut short the trip in Xiamen couple of yrs back over a business issue. So much food that I haven’t explored. But Xiamen is always on my bucket list for sure.

[@jvp9703]

When I was a kid we used to pick cockles from the beach in Liverpool. And the juicy freshness is just something you cannot experience from buying them frozen from the supermarket. This brought back some nice childhood memories. 😊

[@pauloferrara5893]

Cockles in Liverpool? Are you sure it wasn't Moreton?

[@jvp9703]

@@pauloferrara5893 This was a long time ago. The local authority bans the picking of seafood once every while to enable stocks to recover. Have no idea where Moreton is.

[@pauloferrara5893]

@@jvp9703 never known cockles in Liverpool only beaches here are in Crosby to the North of the city. Moreton is on the Wirral and is where I used to go to pick cockles.

[@jvp9703]

@@pauloferrara5893 I have relatives in Liverpool and went there often about 25 years ago. Wouldn't know the geography as I live in Manchester and barely know the locales of outside where I live!

[@MarieZh]

Blondie in China has such a good energy! Glad you made it out of quarantine 🥳🥳

[@Bünyamin-k4j]

You ,a foreigner, are really know about the history of satay.

[@wt88.]

Thank you. Can’t wait for this when I visit 💕👍

[@lifeisamiracle5015]

You are so positive and cheerful, just love your videos.

[@violetviolet888]

This is the most underrated foodie channel on KZbin.

[@lydiahunter7650]

I'm happy that you are back home in China,but will miss your parents, please do more with your neighbors cus we love them too

[@Runningbowels]

Anything with coconut milk and shaved ice is heaven. Nice choice!

[@youtubeanz]

that slurp from the shachamien was ASMR for the soul!

[@yilunliu4900]

Great video. Amy, it would be quite helpful if you can put together a video on how you manage to keep such an upbeat mindset amidst all the uncertainties/quarantine

[@jacobrocks7]

Welcome back ! Hope you are well rested and ready to gorge on food ! That food looks amazing for 30 rmb

[@VincciWincci]

Yum! My dad travels to Xiamen often but I've never been myself. Thanks for sharing this video!

[@lydiaalhassan4127]

I absolutely love and adore this amazing girl 😍😍

[@jennyohara4011]

Blondie has the best Chinese Food vlogs.. always give her a Thumbs up..

[@vivianma1462]

I miss Xiamen. Miss everything there.

[@StevenRayW]

Taiwanese American here. In Taiwan, we also have our own version of the dish with fewer oysters but more potato starch mixture, and it actually looks more like a pancake/omelet.

[@wyling3109]

Absolutely love how enthusiastic and natural she is. She is by far the most charismatic foodie KZbinr I have watched. Her reactions and facial expressions are not OTT and are so cute and natural ❤. She deserves more subscribers

[@omni3670]

Omg! The food you had are so familiar to us Malaysian Hokkeins. The oysters with scrambled eggs what we call "Oh Chan" and the bingfen like stuff we call "bubur cha cha" (actually Malay name) . Not surprising as many of our forebears came from Fujian province and the diaspora have had an influence in Xiamen cuisine and vice versa. You seem like someone just out from months of solitary detention with the joy your face is bursting with hehehe😂😂😂

[@BenjiSun]

蚵煎 is also known as o-a-tsian 蚵仔煎 in Taiwanese Hokkien or or-luah 蠔烙 in Teochew/ho-lok in Cantonese.

[@puga4202]

Xiamen will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first city my first girlfriend and I travelled to. Lol god, I miss 17 old me.

[@bamboohistorypodcast5250]

Noice video about Xiamen's food. It's heaps interesting considering Xiamen is in the Minnan (闽南) region and there are clear influences e.g. the satay noodles is because many Chinese in SE Asia originate from the Minnan region and there is also a dish in Taiwan, the o a jian, that looks real similar to the second oyster dish, and makes sense considering a lot of ethnic Chinese in Taiwan migrated from Fujian 🙂

[@kibblesnbitsparttwo]

Keep on being you. Love the videos !

[@yilia9714]

I am from Xiamen and I am surprised Amy can find the right places to eat these traditional xiamen food.They are hiding in small streets.

[@NancyC8]

我快十年没回去了，莲欢店面竟然装修得这么整洁干净了😂

[@maxdc988]

She is a China foodie and she has tons of friends/fans on Chinese social media. 😂

[@KVSulinom]

What is the address of oyster omelet shop?

[@daisea2859]

Hi Amy ! I've become a huge fan of you and your content way back since at 2018 when you first started , and every time you post, you truly make my day! As a huge food enthusiast, watching this video brought back many childhood memories of my trips to Singapore and south-east Asia. The various plates of food here looked absolutely delicious, and I just wanted to comment on how similar these two cuisines seem to be in so many ways! Even though you are in Xiamen, China, which is far from tropical regions around the equator, all three of the foods you had today surprised me because they are all similar to regional Singaporean cuisine. In fact, I want to comment on how the oyster pancake you had there at first looked almost EXACTLY LIKE an iconic Singaporean delicacy called the oyster omelette commonly known as 蚝煎。It appears to be the same golden brown coating of the eggs scrambled with the same little oysters, and singaporeans also serve it with much the same sweet and spicy tangy sauce. It's really remarkable since the jelly you had got me thinking of the chendol cuisine from Malaysia and Singapore! The chendol is a light dessert that is served along with it. It is composed of the same delicious enjoyable jelly, glutinous and nut toppings, and it is topped with a flurry of shaved ice and a coconut milk sauce. This idea is precisely the same as the jelly you received, and it is noteworthy that the woman serving you asked for a shaved ice topping instead of the more usual replicating. Last but not least, take a look at those amazing satay noodles you had! This really reminded me of and had connections to the popular laksa of Singapore and Malaysia since it had a flavour that was so reminiscent to a hot bowl of and appeared so highly comparable. In a nutshell, the cuisine of Xiamen is really quite similar to Singapore's rich and fragrant flavour profile, not to mention that many of their meals resemble one another practically identically. Geographically speaking, Singapore and Malaysia are both coastal nations, giving them easy access to the same marine ingredients. Given that Singapore is a very new country and that these east Asian nations are largely made up of immigrants from mainland China, it is noteworthy how interesting and distinctive it is that foods from various cultures have been integrated. What a fascinating world we inhabit where the same simple ingredients are used , perceived , combined and integrated differently worldwide with each cultures own interpretations ! Love from New Zealand ❤️❤️❤️

[@yiyang8374]

I like the rhythem of your video, it is quite enjoyable to watch, informative, full of content (干货)。

[@shiwang8989]

Miss China so much, wish she opens her border coming fall when i will be in Vietnam 😃

[@LiveGood88]

Love your video, I had to admit is really level up 😊

[@jerometsowinghuen]

You are feeling positive after the quarantine, Miss Amy. Anyway, despite I seldom eat oyster pancakes (due to being allergic to shell seafood), the satay noodles are tasted like heaven, along with other foods in Xiamen (廈門).

[@爸爸-g7m]

Welcome, I'm in Xiamen too, hope you enjoy your trip

[@yourenodaisy2391]

OMG Yum! So cheap and that coconut fruits and jelly drinks you can get that at Cabramatta Sydney for $7 with 8 choices. I'm getting in my car and go there now.

[@mikew7559]

You are killing me watching you eat the oyster pancake. I love that dish.

[@jjstarbugjj5896]

A fantastic place for local food~ You love them, so do the viewers!!!

[@aldoshimabukuronakahodo4348]

amazing videos everytime

[@akiraea8247]

Although adapted from satay, shacha (沙茶) is actually very different from satay (沙爹）which has more of a peanut/nutty and creamy flavour, and is slightly sweet. Shacha doesn't contain peanut so it doesn't have the nutty flavour, and is salty instead of sweet. It's also slightly spicy (just a hint) and also contains seafood. They actually taste completely different!

[@jarek5217]

I highly recommend Gutian county, it’s not too far away from Xiamen, like 2 hours of high rail, we have so many delicious food that maybe you have never heard of, like 米烧兔 rice smoked rabbit, 青草吃补汤 some sort of grass/herbal soup that comes with varieties of meats, and 芋头面 taro noodle, 平湖鱼汤 pinghu fish soup, and so many many more

[@jarek5217]

Also this county is very famous for their edible fugues

[@biodomesan]

The first thing I noticed is how similar the food is to South East Asian chinese (Singaporean, Malaysian) food! Being Malaysian chinese, I grew up eating a variation of the noodles and oyster omelette. Even the dessert in coconut milk, we have a version here too. Thanks for the video! If not I would never have known how connected these foods were to my heritage.

[@Woodland26]

Of course la! Malaysian Chinese were mostly from this region

[@steilacoom]

@@Woodland26 yes, they are from same families

[@nanyanguo1]

seriously , watching you eat the yummy oyster omelette make me keeping swallowing n gulping in my mouth . These xiamen dishes you tried are my fav street food. Love the fact they are generous with ingrediants n toppings. . You cant get this much ingredients anymore in south east asian even if you pay double the price.

[@karenli33]

I miss Chinese authentic food. My mouth is watering while I am watching your video.

[@elliezh3711]

Amy is the first and the only KZbinr that I would click like button 👍 before watching a video🤩🤩 Xiamen is such a amazing city to holiday😍😍

[@xiaogu00fa]

This oyster pancake is definitely much better than I had in Xiamen. Mine was just large chunk of potato starch with a little bit tiny teeny oysters.

[@camacamouflage]

Yessss I have been waiting!!!

[@evens1262]

So happy to see doing street food videos again. Keep up the good work!

[@zhenshan2271]

I went to Fujian fuzhou one time. The oyster pancake is oily. Overall food their are oily and full of shancha sauce. I might went to the places not that good, but Amy's video really make me want to visit Xiamen and try food there

[@Sharon-ym3ko]

Looks great, can't wait to see you and Derk videos

[@derektoronto1]

Congratulations in getting out of your quarantine!

[@jessexi]

So envy you Amy can try different delicacies in Xiamen. I’m still in a cold freezing Sydney winter ❄️ just hoping there won’t be too much rain.

[@kinw5548]

Omg I had this oyster pancake in Singapore, it taste so good. Addictive dish.

[@WENJILIU]

看你的视频真的很开心很治愈，爱你❤

[@AmelieZh]

Love watching ^ your vid before work but will watch it again at work =]

[@cshaocn]

one of the best channels on KZbin

[@shinelikeasunflower1627]

Welcome to my homwtown AMY😊 Wish I could go back eating all these delicious food. Enjoy your time in Amoy!