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.

[@user-kx5gz4oh5m]

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.

[@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

[@user-qr3bx7wc4s]

@@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]

@@user-qr3bx7wc4s ，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. 🤣🤣

[@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.

[@arafsadventures]

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

[@arafsadventures]

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

[@arafsadventures]

@@HafiZzZzZz Ohhhhhh yessss 😂

[@arafsadventures]

@@HafiZzZzZz Haha more TAOOOBAOOOOOO to come 😏

[@ExpatNatt]

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

[@katiirabbi]

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

[@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!!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@LuckyGooseYA]

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

[@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.

[@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😁

[@BrianaisGoingPlaces]

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

[@etlens]

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

[@ryobestman]

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

[@cameronpepper6638]

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

[@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

[@benfarrow9498]

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

[@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.

[@nancynowitzki]

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?

[@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.

[@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.😍

[@xygog2408]

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

[@BryanCheong]

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

[@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.....

[@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。

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@MarieZh]

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

[@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

[@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～～～ ❤

[@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.

[@TheKZA]

Those noodles look great! Love your vids!

[@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... 😋😋😋

[@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.

[@wynnvip]

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

[@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 🍧! 😍

[@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 🙂

[@seansuper0909]

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

[@shiwang8989]

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

[@Robert-jb9zj]

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

[@mackwan88]

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

[@Runningbowels]

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

[@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!

[@johnzhu5882]

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

[@vivianma1462]

I miss Xiamen. Miss everything there.

[@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 😛

[@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).

[@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 :))

[@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

[@wt88.]

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

[@jennyohara4011]

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

[@karenli33]

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

[@Kanra951]

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

[@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.

[@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😭

[@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!

[@Heartadia]

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

[@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.

[@user-zi6hh6lh9m]

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

[@ttbrown9700]

Many of the cuisines popular in Singapore and Malaysia came from Xiamen

[@tweedy4sg]

.... and vice versa as some of the returning migrants brought the food back. Satay is clearly from Malaysia/Sgp.

[@camacamouflage]

Yessss I have been waiting!!!

[@YummYakitori]

Didn't know satay noodles were a thing in China as well, here in Singapore we have our own take which is called satay beehoon which is a thicker peanut sauce (usually the same thick, chunky dip served with satay) served on top of rice vermicelli noodles, squid and kangkong (water spinach); here our oyster omelettes are served with a more vinegary, spicy chilli sauce that is not sweet at all and more runny. Adding coconut milk to desserts is also such a Southeast Asian thing (similar to the dessert we have here called bubur chacha). Overall everything in the video is so familiar! Waves of migrants have left the region of southern Fujian and Guangdong since hundreds of years ago and it seems that there is definitely a frequent cultural exchange which has gone on between these parts of China and Southeast Asia; some economic migrants to Southeast Asia in the past went back to China in the end, whereas some of us (like my family) just settled and stuck around here in Southeast Asia for many generations now. To my knowledge some Malay words like the word for 'money' (lui in our dialect which is a loanword from Malay 'duit') have even found their way back to China together with satay sauce. Interesting!

[@BenjiSun]

IIRC, the satay in Fujian/Chaozhou area is also known as Shacha sauce. it's a lot less sweet, but still quite oily and has a really mild spicy kick. i regularly have satay + fatty beef slices on hor fun from my local noodle shop alongside some watercress with fermented tofu paste and some assorted fishballs/beefballs/fishcakes (chiuchow-ish style).

[@s._3560]

Not just bubur chacha. Usually in Singapore/Malaysia, you will have honeydew balls/taro/ puréed mango with sago in coconut milk as a dessert in Chinese restaurants. But not so commonly available in coffeeshop or hawker centres.

[@YummYakitori]

@@BenjiSun Shacha is just the Mandarin pronunciation of the two words used by Min Nan Chinese rendered to mimic the sound of "satay". The English word "tea" and its associating words throughout Western Europe is a loanword from Min Nan / Hokkien "teh", whereas much of the rest of the word uses the loanword from northern China "cha" (also modified into "chai"). In ancient Chinese characters the Min Nan / Hokkien word "teh"would be written 荼 but nowadays the corresponding word has been modified to 茶 just for simplicity sake.

[@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

[@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.

[@kibblesnbitsparttwo]

Keep on being you. Love the videos !

[@boyiyelcham2630]

Oh god welcome to beautiful Xiamen!

[@WatchYourMother]

Great video! I live in Xiamen and it's so nice to see our city getting some attention like this. Keep it up!

[@yiyang8374]

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

[@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.

[@lifeisamiracle5015]

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

[@lydiaalhassan4127]

I absolutely love and adore this amazing girl 😍😍

[@AhDee1023]

我才剛剛吃過午飯，可是看到你的影片，肚子又餓了！沙茶麵看起來好好吃！

[@cybourne5910]

Must try the Xiamen fried rice noodles! Your Vlog is making me hungry!

[@xinrenchen7466]

Amy, recommend to try "瘦肉羹" in Xiamen.

[@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.

[@derektoronto1]

Congratulations in getting out of your quarantine!

[@lexij2398]

Excited for this new video!

[@JunnyBello]

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

[@cuibin1636]

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

[@aldoshimabukuronakahodo4348]

amazing videos everytime

[@sharmelsnotes2503]

I love your videos Amy!!!

[@AmelieZh]

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

[@kinw5548]

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

[@Brick-Life]

Awesome Xiamen!

[@mysmilesarah]

I love oyster pancake! Tried it when I was staying in Quanzhou.

[@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.

[@HuntingYourKidney]

終於在YT 看到閩南的蚵仔煎，而不是台式的粉皮煎啦！閩式才是真正的蚵仔煎！台式只是偷工減料的粉皮！ 加新鮮白蘿蔔絲會更好吃！

[@VincciWincci]

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

[@brianko5720]

My home town!!!

[@vacalepic6768]

@2:15 “everything under the sun” = everything on earth “Under the sun” is used to emphasize large number of something “Under the sun” 是指于很多东西的时候。比方说失散多年的朋友，他们相见的时候有很多东西去谈。”They discuss every topics under the sun when they meet for the first time” Or “this candy store has many different type of candy under the sun”

[@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

[@YonexGong11]

welcome to Xiamen, my lovely hometown

[@_MANASYt]

Been living in Xiamen for 11 years (Jimei district). Best city in China! 😜

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Nice, oyster pancakes. Was in Xiamen right before the pandemic in 2019, really wish I could be back there...

[@chuenyeelau]

Love your videos. So entertaining and hilarious. Cheers from Canada

[@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.