Dunhuang is a famous historical and cultural city. There are not only the world-famous Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring and Ya Dan Ghost Town, but also unforgettable snacks.

Dunhuang in ancient times was a nomadic place for ethnic minorities. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China culture and nomadic culture gradually merged, and so did food culture, which made Dunhuang's special cuisine complement its historical and cultural background.

Walking on the streets of Dunhuang, you will find that this desert city is actually a paradise for food. In particular, the night market and snack street in Dunhuang have concentrated all the special foods in Dunhuang.

Hu stewed mutton cake with unique flavor is made by cutting fresh mutton with bones into small pieces, frying with peanuts until golden and shiny, adding water, adding onion, ginger, garlic, red pepper, fragrant leaves, pepper and salt, adding thin round cakes, covering the pot and stewing for a few minutes, stewing noodles until cooked, and sprinkling fragrant lai, so as to obtain a pot of delicious food with all colors and flavors. Mutton soup poured on bread tastes soft and delicious, so delicious that chopsticks can't stop.

As the saying goes: "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground". Dunhuang special cuisine donkey meat noodles are yellow and gluten-free, slender and symmetrical, and poured with thick soup made of diced mushrooms, diced carrots, diced tofu and diced donkey meat. With a plate of fresh donkey meat in sauce, it tastes soft and long. I want another bowl after eating one.

Special snacks soaked in oil cakes. This is made by the traditional folk method in Dunhuang. The cake is wrapped with fillings such as brown sugar, sesame seeds and peanuts. After frying, there is a layer of dense pearl-like bubbles on the surface, which are fluffy as yarn and golden in color. It tastes crisp and soft, sweet but not greasy. How can it taste "fragrant"?

A bowl of mutton powder is served, and the delicious noodle soup is crystal clear, with thin mutton slices on it, and fungus, radish slices and shredded red pepper are added to the soup; Add chopped green onion and coriander, it is fragrant and nutritious, and it is delicious just looking at it.

Dunhuang stuffing skin is made of flour, glittering and translucent as jade, colorful stuffing skin. Cut into strips, squares or diamonds according to personal preference, pour bright red oil and spicy seeds, and mix with balsamic vinegar, mustard and garlic to make it spicy and refreshing. It is an appetizer in summer. Paired with it is apricot skin water, also called apricot skin tea, which is Dunhuang's signature drink. It is made of local Li Guangxing and dried apricot peel. It tastes sweet and sour, and it is an excellent drink to quench thirst and relieve summer heat.

Northwest people love to eat pasta. In the fragrant snack street in Dunhuang, you can eat all kinds of special pasta, such as noodles, pimples, apricot skins, roe balls, Daoxiao Noodles ... with all kinds of cooking, they are all delicious. Zhajiang Noodles, noodles, beef noodles, casserole noodles, casserole jiaozi, special wonton, mutton horse history and so on are all available.

Handmade noodles are a traditional food in Dunhuang. Noodles are soft and tender, like leek leaves. Saozi is diced with pork or mutton, radish, potato, mushroom, carrot, bean curd and tomato, and made into soup with seasonings such as green beans, chopped green onion, fragrant lai and minced garlic, and then the cooked noodles are picked into the soup, which is really smooth and smooth, and the gluten soup is fragrant and delicious.

If you come to Dunhuang in winter, you can choose to roast whole sheep. This special food has a bright and crisp skin, soft inside, and an aromatic mutton. When eating, you can sprinkle salt, Chili powder, cumin powder and other seasonings according to your own taste. In the cold winter, family or friends sit around and share delicious food, and then have a bottle of highland barley wine and a drink, which really warms the heart and stomach.

In addition, there are mutton casserole, beef casserole, chicken casserole and assorted casserole. And there are dozens of casseroles alone; Mala Tang, hot pot mutton, spicy incense pot, etc. It's also mouth watering.

When night falls, the rosy lights flow quietly, and the barbecue in Dunhuang night market is full of regional customs. Here, there are hundreds of barbecues waiting for you to taste: roast lamb chops, kebabs, roast lamb feet, grilled fish, baked potatoes, scones, roasted tofu, teppanyaki ... Sprinkle with barbecue ingredients such as salt, cumin and Chili powder, and the taste is really "this thing should be in the sky, and it is rare to taste on earth"!