Xining local specialties are cordyceps, barley wine, Qinghai old yogurt, Huangyuan vinegar, yak meat jerky and so on.

1, Cordyceps

Cordyceps is one of Xining's specialties, and Qinghai Cordyceps is even more famous for its high quality, produced in Qinghai Province, thanks to the high altitude, clean climate, soil, altitude, light, temperature, humidity and other natural conditions.

2, barley wine

Barley wine is Xining's specialty wine, but also used to send friends gifts for New Year's Eve. The northwest region is rich in barley resources, the local people will be barley as the main raw material to brew wine. Local people will be inherited for 300 years of ancient brewing formula combined with modern scientific methods blending, so that the brewing of barley wine flavor mellow, bright and transparent, especially after heating the taste is more unique.

3, Qinghai old yogurt

Qinghai old yogurt is one of the specialties of Xining, has a long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, when Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, there were records of yogurt. Yogurt can be bought in Xining supermarkets and has a rich taste and long aftertaste. Traditionally, old Qinghai yogurt is fermented in a porcelain bowl, with a layer of milk skin floating on the top, and can be flavored with sugar when drinking. Qinghai old yogurt is so popular in Xining that tourists eat a box of it almost every day.

4, Huangyuan vinegar

Huangyuan vinegar is one of the famous specialties of Qinghai, which has a history of at least 200 years. It takes barley and bran as the main raw material and adds more than 100 kinds of Chinese herbs to make it. Huangyuan vinegar has the characteristics of pure sourness, sweet fragrance, thick texture, good color and aroma.

5, yak jerky

Yak jerky is one of the specialties of Xining, known as the "crown of beef". Yak jerky is adapted to the alpine ecological conditions, and the growth process is primitive and natural, which makes yak meat especially low in fat.