Says Kao, "It's just that jiguang cakes, unlike seafood products, have a nice, clean taste that doesn't make you feel like vomiting when you eat them aboard ship." At restaurants in Fuzhou they like to split the cakes down the middle and put various fillings inside.
高明中笑著說沒那麼誇張，只是因繼光餅麵味清爽，沒有腥味，搭船時當乾糧不易嘔吐。福州餐館的吃法則是夾菜吃，稱「馬祖漢堡」。