Wenquan Goose 温泉鹅
Wenquan Goose is featured among the local specialties of Hainan.
Wenquan Goose (温泉鹅) is a goose raised by farming households along the Wanquan River (万泉河) in Hainan (海南). It is mostly eaten white-cut (白切), that is, poached plainly and chopped into pieces.
Where it comes from
The Hainan provincial government portal (海南省人民政府网) describes Wenquan Goose as a local cross-bred goose kept by households on the banks of the Wanquan River. The birds are raised in two stages. While they are growing their frame they range free outdoors and live on wild grasses and plants. For fattening they are moved into coops and cram-fed with coarse feed such as bran.
Flavour and how it is served
The Hainan provincial government portal lists its qualities as nourishing, rich without being greasy, light and true to its natural flavour, and fragrant and pleasant to eat. The portal illustrates it as white-cut Wenquan Goose and gives white-cutting as the way it is mostly eaten.
Questions before you order
How is Wenquan Goose fattened?
After a free-range growing stage on wild plants, the geese are kept in coops and cram-fed with coarse feed such as bran, according to the Hainan provincial government portal.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-24. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.