Dried pork floss or (肉松) ròu sōng

Once in a while, we enjoy the barbecued pork by Bee Cheng Hiang , a Singaporean company with a prominently red and yellow brand, now visible on Xiamen's public buses.

Little did we know that Xiamen has its own brand of barbecued pork too - long lines of tourists would supposedly form outside the original shop on Gulangyu Islet.

Anyway, we stumbled upon one of its outlets in Zhongshanlu and bought a few packs to try.

Here's the packaging and logo, which I think proclaims its reign as an established brand ("old brand")

Here are the 3 colourful packs of dried meat floss we got:

1. The GOLD pack is probably their signature product, which is dried pork floss. (肉松) ròu sōng is kinda like dried pulled pork?

Mmm...we appreciated the lower price compared to Bee Cheng Hiang but we found this to be a bit on the sweet side.

2. The PINK pack contained "oil-free" dried pork floss, which we felt lacked flavour. If you're gonna eat the pig, you might as well take the fat, right?

In China, if you go around asking for "fat-free" (wu you) pork, then you're definitely going to encounter food scandals like the one revolving the lean pigs. 

The only way to get any decent food in China is to encourage traditional, pre-Mao farming practices or organic farming practices. 

la wei niu rou liu (辣味牛肉榴)

***Our favourite*** is the RED pack, spicy (辣味) là wèi beef floss which is unique to the Xiamen brand, since Bee Cheng Hiang sells only dried chicken floss and dried pork floss.

The dried beef floss was flavorful with a hint of spiciness that made it a nice snack to chew on while you're reading and etc. If you enjoy beef jerky, you will love this too!

The dried beef floss came in vacuum-sealed, zip lock bags, which were clever since we could conveniently seal it up again after a bout of snacking.  

Here's a glimpse of the spicy dried beef floss - it's really good. Give it a try!