Delicacy of Sanya, Soft, Sweet and Glutinous

A soft, glutinous and hot sweet dish offered is often a good way to arouse people's appetite and bring them a sense of satiety and happiness on cool days, and this kind of food is countless and almost can be found everywhere in Sanya.

01 Buǎ

Bua is both a common and special local snack in Sanya. The common point is that it can be found everywhere in Sanya, and the special point is that it is a typical dish served at major events, such as weddings and birthday banquets, and the host will make the barley Bua to serve the guests.

Bua is a series of delicacies made from glutinous rice, including barley and glutinous rice cake with a soft and smooth wrapper, glutinous rice cake shaped like chitterlings, coconut glutinous rice cake wrapped with coconut shreds, etc. Each kind of Bua has the sweetness of glutinous rice and the aroma of coconut shred, and the fillings are various including crushed peanuts, coconut shreds, sesame, brown sugar, etc., with abundant fillings, as well as soft sweet and glutinous taste.

02 Alkaline Buns

Alkaline buns are also called greywater buns, named after the material. Alkaline water is greywater, and ash refers to plant ash left by the burning of wood in the home. People get rid of the impurities in the alkaline water by separating the filter mesh and sprinkling water on the ash. Then they mix the glutinous rice flour into a paste and put it into a large disk to steam it with water. Then they get a soft, sweet and glutinous alkaline steamed bun.

Color of the buns depends on the color of the alkaline water, there are dark yellow or light orange, and so on. The steamed bun is pliable and gives a slight force, the steamed bun will be cut neatly, and then poured into the brown sugar juice, which is sweet, soft, tender and refreshing.

03 Fevervine Pasta

It may make people keep away from it after hearing its Chinese name. Fevervine is a kind of wild plant, with the efficacy of clearing heat and relieving internal heat or fever, with a unique fragrance. Grind the fevervine leaves and rice with a pestle, add water, knead and rub it into different shapes like strips, short strips or round beans, and then serve it with ginger sugar water, red dates, wolfberry, etc. It would be refreshing and elastic, sweet and healthy. Vinasse or coconut milk can be added to it, making the good taste linger in the mouth with an endless aftertaste.

04 Brown Sugar Rice Cake

Brown sugar rice cake is synonymous with the flavor of New Year for the Hainan people. Every year before the Spring Festival, local people will prepare a brown sugar rice cake, by homonym to get good fortune.

The fresh-out aroma of brown sugar rice cake with soft waxy taste can be eaten directly. Moreover, fried rice cakes have an excellent flavor. When the brown sugar rice cake is placed to be harder, the rice cake will be cut into small pieces, then wrapped in egg mixture and fried in a hot pan until it gets brown. After frying, the brown sugar rice cake has a crisp skin and soft fillings, and it is sweet but not greasy. The brown sugar glutinous rice fragrance and egg fragrance are fit just right.

05 Salted Yolk Pork Rice Dumplings

When it comes to glutinous food in Sanya, there must be salted yolk pork rice dumplings. The locals usually stuff the glutinous rice dumplings with salted yolk and Kurobuta pork. The salted yolk is fragrant and oily, the Kurobuta pork is fat but not greasy, and the gravy is mixed with grease, giving an attractive sheen to the glutinous rice. Giving one bite, you will know how tasty and delicious glutinous rice dumplings are. The soft yolk paste and the salty and delicious but not greasy flavor are a perfect match, lingering in your mouth.

Sanya has numerous glutinous delicacies that stimulate taste buds and warm the heart. A delicious soft glutinous food can not only create a moment of pleasure, but also carry the beautiful memories of people in Sanya. If you had the change to visit here, you must try the local soft glutinous food.