As for cuisine, Min dishes are one of the famous eight styles in China. They're noted for well-chosen ingredients, beautiful color, fresh seasoning and strict operation during cooking. The most famous one is "Fo Tiao Qiang" (Buddha jumps over the wall). It contains dainties of more than 30 kinds: Shark's fin, sea slug, chicken breast, duck, pig's trotters, dried scallop, mushroom, abalone, pigeon egg. with other condiments. It's said that after the dish is cooked, the air is heavy with a strong fragrance, even Buddha can not resist the temptation and jumps over the wall to try to taste it. That's the origin of its name. Juchunyuan Restaurant in Dongjiekou is famous for the dish.

Local flavors are: Taiji smashed potato, fish balls, Fuzhou thread noodles, etc.