EATING ALONG THE SWEET | XIAMEN

I have mentioned that seafood is one of the highlights on Gulangyu Island; it’s famous by the big size, fresh taste and good price. But to backpackers to be always alone, it’s a challenge for one person to have one complete big conch as snack, so I recommend trying street grills, and it’s also a good choice for a little group of visitors.

先前已有提過鼓浪嶼島上的海鮮是一大亮點，不但體積巨大，價格相宜，同時也是惹味誘人，但對於backpacker想要一人解決一大隻烤響螺，似乎有些太具挑戰性，於是我選擇了淺嘗級別的路邊燒，已單隻來賣，絕對是少數人的選擇！

Cannot handle garlic, I order grilled oyster without garlic, which looks much less attractive than the normal garlic version, however, the BBQ guy gives me a little sauce to make up the too-much fair taste. Luckily, oyster is super fresh and well grilled by the young guy; the oyster shell totally turns black while oyster on it has not even a little change in color. To send the white oyster into my mouth, it’s just like slipping in; the warm oyster releases by the slightly stress put on it when I close my mouth, you can feel the whole mouth is full of seawater-taste sauce and the oyster is like never been grilled, because the texture is just too fresh and soft. Personally, I do like to have grilled oyster without garlic, coz sometimes garlic is too strong and thus overtakes the original taste of oyster which should be slightly sweet and just fresh.

不吃蒜的我點了烤生蠔（走蒜），送上來的時候的確賣相比起原版的蒜香生蠔要遜色的太多，店家給我上了些蠔油填補少了蒜泥之後略顯寡薄的口味。幸好，生蠔本身新鮮非常，小夥子燒烤的技術也頗為嫺熟，生蠔殼幾乎黒焦透了，生蠔肉依然白嫩嫩、水撲撲，鏟下一整隻“滑”入嘴中，溫熱的生蠔在上下顎擠壓的瞬間迸發出充滿海水味的汁水，整隻生蠔實則上好似唯有加熱過一般，口感猶如生吃那般鮮嫩！個人更喜歡這樣無蒜泥的吃法，去掉了蒜的濃重口味，反倒能更好的品嘗生蠔鮮甜的原味。（依稀記得是十蚊人民幣一隻吧，再平價不過了！）

 

Then it comes to grilled scallop, still non-garlic. The water in scallop and BBQ oil is merged together when it’s being heated; you can see the edge turns a little yellow. The edge is the only part that gives you a taste of crispy and chewy, and then the other part is all an express of soft, fresh, water, and sweet! Compared with oyster, the central part of scallop is chewier that satisfy you with more realistic experience.

再來是烤扇貝，依然是無蒜版。高溫的烤制使得扇貝肉里蘊藏的水份與燒烤時淋上的油分融合在一起，扇貝肉的邊緣略微變黃，吃的時候也正是這圈“裙邊”最為脆口而有嚼勁；白色部份的扇貝肉則是保有原有的鮮嫩，入口滑溜水潤，略微帶甜，比起生蠔扇貝的中心肉質則更為厚實些，肉感與嚼口則更突出，好吃程度亦不輸給先前的烤生蠔！

Don’t misunderstand all street food on Gulangyu Island is grilled stuff, actually the next half part I’m gonna introduce you some fresh fruits. The most interesting and special fruit is the one I have forgotten the name of… I only remember it’s sold by moving locals; two to three pieces strung with a wooden stick, very cheap. The funnel-shape fruit is pink outside, but transparently white inside. They do look cute! It tastes similar to pears, soft but a little tough; it’s very juicy like a small water warehouse; it’s not sweet but a little sour, you can describe it fairly tasting, but it’s super fresh and good for thirsty people!

不要誤會了路邊串也是燒烤一類，實則要介紹的是島上的流動鮮果攤。這一串串粉嫩的東東，我已不記得叫什麽名字了，只記得是島上流動商販串起三兩隻，置於泡沫盒中，擺攤與大街小巷來叫賣，售價也不過十蚊左右吧。漏斗形的鮮果通體桃紅色，讓人看了便覺得可愛，咬一口裏面的果肉是白色的，口感大體軟中帶粗，水份特別多，有些似鴨梨那般；口味則更特別，不甜略酸，爽口的緊要！

There’s always fresh fruit juice selling point in several steps. With a simple machine, you will have a cup of 100% fresh-made juicy in couple of minutes in a little expensive price ($15-20/cup), but they are all made by order and without any additional; besides, you will grab the opportunity to try carambola juicy which is rare. Along with greased fruity juice, you can also choose coconut drink by just buying a complete coconut with a hole on the top. Of course, it’s not tasty as those coconut drinks you have in the city; it’s less sweet and less milky, but the natural taste with fresh feeling can never by copied by artificial ones!

沒走幾步，又是各式即場現製的鮮果飲品，略顯簡陋的機器不消幾分鐘就有一杯100% 的果汁飲品，售價當然那會稍稍貴些（大約15-20人民幣一杯）但始終是親眼看到的無添加；更何況還能一嘗平日裡不太吃的到的楊桃飲品！同時鮮果汁的攤頭通常也隨帶售賣整隻椰子，即場為你鑿開個隆，插根吸管便有的飲；天然的椰汁當然不必街頭買來的“椰果飲品”那般香甜的厲害，但那份自然甜與清涼爽口之感確是人造飲品怎麼都模仿不來的！

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