Chaoshan Collection Premium Aged Salted Plums

The ingredient Teochew cooks won't skip. Suan mei (酸梅) — salted plums — have been cured in the Chaoshan coastal region for centuries, treasured not just as a snack but as a cooking ingredient that defines an entire flavour profile.

This version is aged: whole plums slowly salt-fermented until the skin wrinkles, the flesh concentrates, and the salty-sour tang deepens into something rounder and more layered than fresh or quick-pickled alternatives.

That intensity is exactly what Teochew steamed fish requires — a plum or two tucked under the fish as it cooks, releasing a brine that balances tomatoes and salted mustard greens into the dish's signature sharp-savoury broth. Beyond steamed fish, use them to brew suanmeitang (sour plum soup) for a tart, naturally sweet drink that cuts through a rich meal, or add one to a braise for a quiet lift of acidity that rounds out the soy.

Product Name: Chaoshan Collection Premium Aged Salted Plums

Ingredients: Plum, Salt, Sugar

Manufacturing Date: As Printed

Expiry Date: 12 Months

Storage Instructions: Store in a cool, dry place

Product Origin: China, Shantou (Chaoshan Region)

Net Weight: 320g