Travel Notes | From Delingha to Lhasa, two different poets are all singing with tears ~
Travel Notes | Lhasa to Linzhi, Ba Songcuo and Bahe Fish are not as beautiful as the big moon in Linzhi!
Travel Notes | I didn't meet Ryan in Lulang, but I saw the most beautiful peach blossom in Bomi ~
Travel Notes | What will happen if I drive along the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon?
instead of challenging the 41-hour train, Lhasa got off at Lanzhou and flew back to Beijing from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport the next morning.
Let's talk about Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport first. The distance between the airport and downtown Lanzhou is just like that between Beijing and Tianjin. It will take off at 8 o'clock the next morning, so it is necessary to arrive near the airport for accommodation that night. After careful calculation, we have about 2 hours to visit Lanzhou.
Lanzhou is really not too big, and it is generally regarded as a transit city for tourism. But it is also the central city in the northwest, with a very important traffic position, reaching Dunhuang in the north, Gannan in the south, Xining in the west and Yinchuan in the east. The same is true for going to Tibet. Due to the soaring direct air tickets to Lhasa, many people will choose Lanzhou or Xining for connecting flights. This is the same routine for our trip to Linzhi, Tibet.
It's impossible to go to Lanzhou Museum to enjoy its treasure, the flying swallow, or to the top of Baita Mountain overlooking the Yellow River in two hours at night. Perhaps eating a bowl of authentic Lanzhou Lamian Noodles in the streets of Lanzhou is the best choice.
The real Lanzhou Lamian Noodles mentioned on the Internet pays attention to one clear, two white, three red and four green, that is, clear soup, radish white, chili pepper oil red and coriander green ... However, after eating too much Lanzhou Lamian Noodles with no meat or only a few pieces of cicada-thin meat in the mainland, I have long lost interest in this kind of noodles. When going to Lanzhou noodle restaurant or Muslim restaurant, I would rather have a few kebabs and a barbecue.
after studying the raiders, it is found that the famous food in Lanzhou is not just Lamian Noodles. There is also something called milk and egg mash. This is unheard of before, and even the standard pronunciation of the word mash can't be read. The most famous mash in Lanzhou belongs to Laoma's family, just like going to Xi 'an Huimin Street to eat paomo and looking for Lao Sun's family and Lao Bai's family, Zhengning Road in Lanzhou is as popular as Huimin Street in Xi 'an.
The train arrived in Lanzhou at 18:36 on April 6th. As soon as we got off the train, we went straight to Zhengning Road Night Market.
When we arrived at Zhengning Road, the first impression was that it was crowded. The narrow street was filled with all kinds of snacks in parallel. To sum up, it was nothing more than fermented milk and eggs, mutton bones and sheep's head, hot and sour powder, baked potatoes, beef and mutton barbecue, and so on. There were also chicken wings, rice, stinky tofu and other essential foods in the snack street.
The second feeling is authentic. Although all the mash sellers will add an old horse's house to their stall names, there is an old man with a Hui hat and a long beard behind each stall.
The first place we met was Laomajia mash, and we were so excited. Isn't this the Laomajia mash recommended by Mahoneycomb/public comments? Yes, the photo on the Internet is this long-haired old man. He went in and ate for a while, and then went out to continue shopping. When he walked to the front, he found that there were nearly 11 companies selling Laomajia mash. There was a bearded old man in front of each booth, and the name of the booth would try his best to be related to Laomajia, just like Beijing.
At the end, I found that everyone had lined up in the crowded crowd for more than 11 meters, but it was also for the sake of Laoma's mash. I feel that this is the most authentic Laoma's mash! It tastes just like rice wine, eggs and yogurt. It doesn't matter if it's true or false.
Apart from fermented grains, we are most interested in mutton offal. Although mutton and mutton offal are indispensable in the mainland, when we arrive in Lanzhou, we will feel that this is the most authentic mutton in the world when we see the Muslims wearing white hats, so we all want to experience mutton bones, sheep hoofs, sheep heads and mutton offal soup.
In the gap between eating mutton offal in the second stall, I met a local uncle, ordered a sheep's head, ate it skillfully, murmured, saw us sitting opposite, and asked me if the mutton I ate was good. I said no, and he was right. Almost all the sheep here are beach sheep, that is, the sheep on the Gobi Desert, which is different from the sheep often eaten on the grassland and the goats often eaten in mountain villages.
this is the reason why he can't explain it. I think it has something to do with people's taste. I don't feel so bad eating sheep from the mainland. Uncle thought we were students of Lanzhou University. Alas, I still look immature. Every time I go out to travel with a bag, I can be mistaken for students.
when it comes to food, I have to say a few more words.
In Lhasa, if you want to eat some local delicacies or find some local products to take home, you will naturally have to go to Barkhor Street.
when we first arrived in Lhasa on April 1, we walked in a hurry, but we didn't know exactly where Barkhor Street was, but we did see the Guangminggang Qiongtian Tea Shop with excellent online reputation. I also went in and experienced it. The people sitting with you are authentic local Tibetans, but they have quite local characteristics.
When we returned to Lhasa again on April 5th, we got a few hours' gap, so we went to Barkhor Street again.
Walking along the navigation into the depths of the alley, all kinds of things to sell are dazzling, just like walking into the depths of Beijing's hutongs.
come to chongsaikang market.
people who sell vegetables, meat, and go to the Jokhang Temple to worship ...
People are crowded, which makes this place very lively. Foreign tourists may not be very good at coming here to squeeze the market, but more local people. Every city should have such a market with various stalls, where local citizens gather to bargain and choose their favorite goods.
We went shopping in a hurry and found many feelings of catching up with big episodes when we were children.
On April 5th, on the way back to Lhasa from Linzhi, we had lunch in a town in Gongbu Jiangda County. As other restaurants were rather empty, we chose a Huimian Noodles. In a small shop, the proprietress was actually from Henan, and a woman from Henan ran to the foot of the snowy mountain thousands of miles away (below the Milla Pass at an altitude of more than 5,111), which was very similar to the bridge in the novel.
On the way to the Grand Canyon the day before, we had lunch in a town and heard someone selling vegetables on a tricycle outside. We found that the other person was from Henan ... In such a remote place, it was still full of people from all cities, not just the big city like Beishangguang.
The woman who opened a Huimian Noodles in Henan at the foot of Milla Mountain settled down here to follow her husband in Lhasa and opened a noodle restaurant. The prices of tourists' restaurants next door were sky-high, so we were lucky enough to give up those menus and eat this Huimian Noodles in Henan. His price is not high, mainly to supply the workers who dig tunnels nearby.
As for the young man in the village or town in Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon who sells vegetables with three wheels, we don't know his story. Maybe he fell in love with the scenery here, maybe he fell in love with the people here, or maybe he was careless and lost in the journey.
Extended reading:
Travel Notes | From Delingha to Lhasa, two different poets are all singing with tears ~
Travel Notes | Lhasa to Linzhi, Ba Songcuo and Bahe Fish are all less beautiful than the big moon in Linzhi!
Travel Notes | I didn't meet Ryan in Lulang, but I saw the most beautiful peach blossom in Bomi ~
Travel Notes | What will happen if I drive along the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon?