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Millennium Harbourview Hotel XiamenMillennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen (my favorite Italian, Western Cafe, Japanese, Chinese, and the Noodle Master!)

Now that we regularly enjoy family favorites like
AFD Western Bakery and Restaurant (by Hungarian-Australian Alex and his wife Fuji), it's hard to believe that 20 years agAFD Western Bakery and Restauranto there was no foreign cuisine in Xiamen.Indiana Bill chowing down on chicken feet and octopus

In October, 1989, Xiamen's foreigners flocked to the Overseas Chinese Hotel to savor Amoy's 1st western food--a cheeseburger! It was just a thumbsized piece of meat on a dinner roll, with no cheese. When we protested the lack of cheese, they said it didn't need cheese. Hamburgers didn't have ham, cheeseburgers don't have to have cheese. The waitner finally brought out a tiny can of Parmesan, slapped it on the table, said, "Here. Cheese." And stalked off.

Today, Xiamen has cuisine from all over China, and from many countries as well.  We even have Tex-Mex cuisine at Coyote Cafe!  

Tex-Mex in Amoy! was thrilled when, about five years ago, I saw the poster for "Mexican" downtown near Zhongshan Rd.!  What a letdown to learn it was for a clothing store.  But thanks to Ron Underwood, we now have Coyote Cafe & Cantina.

One Stop Dining?  Try my favorite hotel, the Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen.  It has Portofino, my favorite Italian, the best Western breakfast buffet in town, excellent Japanese, Cuisine, and Loong Yuen, one of the best Chinese restaurants in town.  They are especially known for their fish, but also try their vegetarian dishes, which they developed for visiting Buddhist dignarities (their chefs attended special training at the monastery).

Pasta Magic at the Millennium!  While you
're at Loong Yuen, watch Master of Pasta, Dai Fankai, work his magic with dough--flat noodles, round noodles, fat Japanese oudong noodles, noodles thin enough to thread a noodle--you have to see it to believe iMagic Noodle Maker at Millenniumt!  I videotaped Chef Dai to show friends and they still don't believe what he can do; if I was half as good as him I'd be rolling in dough. :) 

The Xiamen Univ. Restaurant in the Yifu Building (amazing selection, good service, very reasonable). In Jimei, try the homebaked delights of Solomon's Courtyard Coffee House.

Try Sundance Kid for mutton 'n veggies and fun ambience. Javaroma, by Marco Polo, has the best Aussie burgers (cheese, egg--you need to try them) in town and great baked breads--wheat, rye, sourdough.

Indiano John's has awesome Indian cuisine. Yiyuan Hotel has great Western food (try the Sunday Lunch Buffet, which is held right after the Xiamen International Christian Fellowship). Youjian Xiaozhan--a Chinese small chain with great burgers or chicken burgers, fries, etc. (taste beats Western chains, for half the price; print the card below to give to taxis). Etc, etc!

Sundance Kid--Chinese and Western. Awesome seafood 'n rice, nice pizzas, and try the incredible mutton roasted with veggies (order 3 hours in advance). Michael (the Sundance Kid) only uses extra virgin olive oil, and no MSG. I could live happily on just his heavenly yeast rolls (he bakes them himself, on the spot). He serves up great specialty iced teas, coffees, cocktails. You'll also enjoy his broad assortment of music CDs, the library, and the live entertainment on weekends. Sundance is on the harbor at #252 Lujiang Rd. Print out the card to the left and show to Taxi drivers.Click Here for Fast Food  How to Wok Your Dog  Chinese Hot Dog?

Yiyuan Hotel Cafe SeasideChinese and Western Cuisine? A favorite Laowai hangout is the Yiyuan Hotel, just past Xiamen University on the Island Ring Road. Chef Matt (Luo Lun An), from Guangdong, spent ten years at the Xiamen Holiday Inn, working his way up from apprentice to Head Chef. Now he serves up great Chinese or Western food at Yiyuan. Try his chicken and cheese (Cordon Blue), cod, salmon, pizza, or hearty cheeseburgers 'n fries. And end the meal by a nice stroll up the beach, right across the street.

Pizza Hut 'Experts' say Chinese don't like cheese, but given the way they devour pizza they could have fooled me. And Chinese are master architects when it comes to constructing salads at Pizza Huts' one-trip salad bar. It is perfectly acceptable to use cucumber slices and tomatoes to extend the size of the bowl, and to cement layer after layer in place with salad dressing. Shannon is the master salad maker in our family, but even he can't compete with some of the Xiamen University girls who build salads so tall it takes two to carry them. And, somehow, they eat it all, and stay slim and trim. If I could learn their secret I'd be on Oprah tomorrow.

Try the Pizza Hut on the Seaview Building, 24th floor, near the Gulangyu Ferry, and get a tall salad and a taller view.

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