The story
Xian Xiong Qi is a seafood restaurant at 29 Houjiangdai Road in Siming, Xiamen, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in 2026 for good quality, good value cooking.
The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, which gave it 1 Diamond in 2026, traces the restaurant to 2009, when it opened as Shang Qing Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant. In the Minnan dialect, "Shang Qing" means the freshest. The owner has lived by the sea since childhood and loves fishing. He sends seafood from his own fishing boat straight to the table.
The kitchen follows the Minnan method. The aim is to show the original freshness of the seafood and keep its natural taste. For a Xiamen seafood kitchen, that means the catch itself leads the cooking.
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