In Chinese cuisine, there are many foods from Mongolians, such as barbecue and mutton hot pot. It seems that when people mention Mongolia, they have a feeling that Mongolia loves meat too much.
In fact, the Mongolian diet is divided into two seasons, summer and winter. Summer is from April to October and the main food is dairy products. Meat is eaten less during this period. The main reason is that meat is needed in winter to fatten up against the cold.
Hohhot is located in the hinterland of the northern fortress of China. In ancient times, it was a way for northern nomads to migrate. The nomads had no concept of farming, lived by water, had a single diet, and often ate meat and dairy products with plenty of energy.
To this day, it still influences the diet of the Shanxi and Hui people living here. Halal, Mongolian and Shanxi cuisine have become the most distinctive types of dining here.
What to eat
Hand-roasted meat
Mongolians are used to eating meat early in the morning so that they can have the strength to do the day's work. Hand-roasted mutton is a large piece of mutton boiled in white with bones. It is held in one hand and chopped with a Mongolian knife.
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"The Most Popular Chain of Mongolian Cuisine"
?il'ama (Xilin North Road Branch)
Address: Inner Mongolia Television Station (near Mongolia Television Station)
Per capita: 76 yuan
Gele'ama is a very popular Hohhot restaurant chain in Hohhot. There is original Ximeng Mongolian milk tea here, and the lamb here comes from the beautiful and ancient Ximeng grasslands. The waiters are 100% Mongolian, and the store is large and decorated in a Mongolian style.
Shabu Shabu
Legend has it that Kublai, the commander-in-chief of Yuan Shizu, was on a mission to the south, and a hungry Kublai was waiting for mutton. He ordered his troops to advance and shouted, "Mutton! Mutton!"
Knowing that he was short-tempered, the cook, in a moment of haste, used a flying knife to slice off a dozen thin pieces of meat and put them into boiling water and stirred them a few times. When the meat changed color, he immediately fished it into a bowl and sprinkled it with fine salt. This is the original origin of shabu-shabu.
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"A century-old restaurant with its own pasture"
Erton Traditional Shabu Shabu (Gongyuan West Road)
Address: 20 meters south of the intersection of Zhongshan West Road and Gongyuan West Road (next to the south side of the Haidi KTV)
Per capita: 108 yuan
The famous 100-year-old locally owned restaurant is very popular, and it's the most famous of Hohhot's hotpot chain. It has its own pasture and meat source, so the quality of lamb is pure and guaranteed. The appearance of the store looks small. After entering the store, I found that there is a dry Kun inside. The decoration is very high-end and upscale, and also incorporates a literary small fresh style.
Since it is a hot pot, of course, the main event is a variety of beef and mutton. The kitchen is semi-open, through the glass window you can see the chefs cutting lamb. The store uses a traditional charcoal round fire boiler with illustrations of Mongols and totems in a grassland style.
Roasted Whole Lamb
Roasted whole lamb is the traditional local flavor meat product of Mongolian diet, the most national characteristics of the big dishes, is the traditional delicacy formed in the nomadic life for thousands of years, is the traditional famous dishes of Mongolian people to entertain VIPs.
Roasted whole lamb is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and greenest food in the current meat diet. Roasted lamb is golden and oily on the outside, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, tender on the inside, and the lamb is fragrant, quite palatable, and has a distinctive flavor.
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"Come here to experience the Mongolian flavor"
Bayandelehai
Address: No. 75, Xincheng East Street (opposite the Bank of China)
Per capita: 127 yuan
The environment here has a strong Mongolian flavor, and the walls are carved with the Genghis Khan's statue on the wall, hidden in the corridor, and yurts in the backyard. Mongolian food is very authentic, tender and tasty meat, not fat; milk tea is smooth, rich and mellow, and a bowl of it can definitely relieve fatigue. If you have a party, you can also invite performances to entertain you. You are not afraid of not enjoying yourself.
Sheep blood sausage
It is estimated that many people look at this black mass early in the morning can not eat. Despite its unappealing appearance, the flavor and nutritional value cannot be underestimated. This is because sheep plasma is infused into the large intestine and processed into delicious sheep blood sausage.
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"Experience a new and interesting Mongolian meal"
Mong Catering Mongolian Love Fashion Restaurant (Zhonghai Yulongwan Branch)
Address: Zhonghai Yulongwan Gothic Emperor No. 20, at the intersection of South Fengzhou Road and Riverside Road
Per capita: 125 RMB
< p>As the city's first trendy Mongolian restaurant, this one really has a good thing going for it. There are not only scattered tables, but also elegant rooms to satisfy the needs of different diners. The concept of Monk's Meal is the main course, the décor is of the trendy restaurant type, and the utensils used for dining are slightly different from the traditional Monk's Meal.