🍽️ Fuzhou Fish Ball

Fish-paste skin with meat filling, fresh and bouncy.

Fuzhou fish balls are a classic snack of Fujian's capital. Fresh sea fish such as shark or eel is deboned, pounded into a smooth paste, wrapped around a pork-and-scallion filling and rolled into balls. Cooked in clear stock and served with scallion and white pepper, the outer layer is springy and bouncy while a bite releases savory juice from the hidden meat core. Fuzhou locals eat them for breakfast or late night, a warming bowl from small street shops. Along with meat swallow wontons and bianrou, they form Fuzhou's snack trio and are an essential taste around the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, as well as a dish Fuzhou people miss most when away.