Food recommendation ① Hand-grabbed mutton
Hand-grabbed mutton is a classic way to eat mutton in northwest China, while Lanzhou must be equipped with salt and pepper and raw garlic as standard.
As the saying goes, "if you don't eat garlic with your hands, the taste will be reduced by half."
Walking into any hand-grabbed rice shop, there will be new garlic on the table all year round, no matter when. What if it's not? Go out and change.
Grasping mutton by hand generally uses the position of sheep ribs and neck, and pays attention to it, and will also name Dongxiang sheep in Linxia.
Hand-grabbed mutton is made of mutton ribs and neck, which can be eaten while it is hot, that is, sliced and steamed in a cage, dipped in three heavy oils or salt and pepper; You can also eat it cold and dip it in refined salt directly after slicing; Or eat while frying.
Gourmets who can eat generally choose cold food, which can retain the flavor of mutton to the greatest extent and of course test the meat quality of mutton.
Bearded mutton-a century-old shop, there are also branches outside Lanzhou.
Address: Floor 2, Wansheng Garden, Dongkou, Dingxi Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
Ma Dahuzi is an old ethnic shop in Lanzhou. As long as it is a sheep, it will not miss.
This shop is very famous for its hand-grabbed food. It is mixed with garlic, pepper and vinegar, or sprinkled with a little salt and pepper. Many people who don't live nearby will also eat it specially.
The Chinese grasp the king-the time-honored brand grasps the "star shop"
Address: No.0/58, Shangxiyuan/KLOC, Qilihe District, Lanzhou
Many Lanzhou people hold the first mentality and can eat hundreds of sheep a day, which shows that business is good.
Their home has two floors, and the corridor is full of photos of the boss, various stars and leaders, and a proper star shop.
Hand-grasping seasoning is relatively simple. Full fat meat is wrapped in chewy lean meat, which is tender, smooth and refreshing, fat but not greasy.
② Braised mutton
If eating mutton by hand pursues the original flavor, then braised mutton eats heavy seasoning.
Braised mutton is made by adding ingredients such as onion, ginger and garlic to mutton, stir-frying in a pot with high fire, then simmering with low fire, and finally adding side dishes such as vermicelli, potatoes and peppers.
Vermicelli is the staple food and the key to delicious food. Must be accompanied by Dingxi potato vermicelli and soup, never tire of eating!
After a series of frying and stewing processes, mutton is very tasty, salty and fragrant, fat but not greasy.
It is estimated that for Lanzhou people, the love for braised mutton is second only to beef noodles. A pot of braised mutton, a cup of three-bubble table, Lanzhou people everywhere.
Arcia Restaurant —— Lanzhou "Little Dubai" at the level of food city.
Address: 7 km from Dashaping 109 National Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou.
The first stop for many people to eat sheep in Lanzhou, Assia used to be a sheep restaurant in Jingyuan, but it has been expanding, and now it has become a Muslim food city that can accommodate nearly a thousand people at the same time.
Because it's close to expressway, you can eat it in the car or on the way to the airport, and there are specialties to sell, so you can take them home together.
Because compared with other sheep-eating shops, the decoration in Arcia is more luxurious, and it is called "Dubai in Lanzhou".
However, the consumption is still good, and the per capita consumption is about 80 yuan, which is not much different from that of the shops outside.
Centennial Mutton with Horse Mushroom —— A Centennial Brand with Blind Spots
Address: No.0/08, Gannan Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
Lanzhou is an ancient Muslim restaurant with authentic taste and many benefits.
There are many restaurants in Gannan Road and its vicinity, and the mushrooms in them still look quite high.
Although some old customers are not as delicious as before, the confidence of the century-old shop is still there.
In addition to braised mutton, century-old mutton and mushroom hot and sour sand is the signature of the store. Mutton is fat and thin, tender and crisp, which is very good.
Malaoliu Muslim restaurant-stable time-honored chain store
Address: No.0/7, Tongwei Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City
Although there is no horse mushroom for the New Year, Ma Laoliu is also an old brand with a good reputation and has opened a chain store.
There are many kinds of dishes in their family, and the weight is large enough to eat all kinds of snacks in the northwest.
Ma Laoliu's braised mutton is a must, with a three-bubble table with unlimited refills.
③ Mutton offal
Mutton chop suey is a polarized food, but for the vast majority of Lanzhou people, eating chop suey and sheep's head is an indispensable part of the daily table.
Small shops selling mutton offal are usually very inconspicuous, with a large pot of thick soup burning and two low tables in front of them. The environment is simple and grounded.
Authentic mutton offal pays attention to "three ingredients", and the main ingredient is also called "three reds". Dice the heart, liver and lungs and put them in a pot; Accessories are also called "three whites", and intestines, stomachs, heads and hooves are usually cut into strips.
Season mutton soup with salt and monosodium glutamate, sprinkle with a pinch of garlic and pepper, and order Lanzhou pie. Delicious on earth!
Muslim Rotten Incense-Old Lanzhou people have been eating chop suey specialty stores for 20 years.
Address: East Gate of Family Courtyard of Welfare Road Waterworks, Xigu District, Lanzhou
Lanxiang is one of the most famous mutton offal stores in Lanzhou. Their family has been open for 20 years, and almost everyone knows the market of Xigu Waterworks.
The delicacy of mutton offal lies in fresh purchase from slaughterhouse at 6 o'clock every morning. As soon as the soup boiled, the 20_ store was crowded with diners who smelled the fragrance.
Moussa Mutton Mutton-Mutton Mutton in Many People's HeartNo.1
Address: No.222 Xiaogoutou, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
The famous "dirty little house" hidden in the alley is the favorite of local people.
It is characterized by the soft and rotten tendons of dry mixed mutton offal, and the special onion and garlic juice is quite thick, very recognizable and sour.
Mutton soup is free, but you can't drink it after eating it. Note that their house doesn't open until four o'clock every afternoon. Don't run away.
In addition to these two, there are many mutton offal stalls in Zhengning Road Night Market, so it won't be too bad to walk into one casually.
④ Mutton and bread pieces in soup
They are all mutton buns, but they are eaten in different places.
Xi' an's steamed buns are usually broken by themselves and then cooked in the pot; Lanzhou paomo is very "self-help". I'll give you soup, meat and a cake after ordering.
Because the local steamed buns in Lanzhou are a kind of soft bread, you can eat whatever you want, whether it is broken or soaked.
Although the form is a bit casual, the taste is really delicious.
Cut the mutton into large pieces, add vermicelli, radish, garlic sprouts, coriander and other side dishes, and finally pour steaming mutton soup, especially in the freezing winter, how pleasant it is to drink a bowl!
Jie Jun Soup and Mutton Paomo —— The First Bowl in Lanzhou
Address: No.78 Dazhong Lane, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
The most famous mutton paomo shop in Lanzhou is Jie Jun Quantang mutton paomo.
Their family used to be called Laomajia mutton bread in soup, but now it has been taken over by later generations, and it inherits the taste of hometown in the memory of many Lanzhou people.
Their mutton bread is tender enough, and the soup is clear and not greasy. Tear off the cake and soak it in mutton soup, and you can eat red.
⑤ instant-boiled mutton
What to eat in cold weather? Hot pot!
Although there are different hot pots all over the world, if you want instant-boiled mutton, it is of course the most suitable with charcoal copper pot.
I don't know if it is the price difference of raw materials. The meat under the old Beijing hot pot is usually thin meat rolls, while Lanzhou people prefer to order thicker fresh-cut mutton when eating hot pot.
Thick sliced meat is thick and chewy. Even if you don't dip in any seasoning, the mutton entrance will have a strong milk flavor, mixed with a touch of charcoal fire, and it is called "instant-boiled mutton", which you can't get tired of eating for 7 days a week!
Jinding Muslim instant-boiled mutton-one of the few state-run hotels in Lanzhou
Address: Li Xinsheng Hotel Parking Lot, No.291Qingyang Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou.
Although the location is a bit off-center, the business of this old shop which has been open for more than ten years is really good. If it's late, it's really going to wait until the end of time.
The decoration in the store is very retro, with a nostalgic feeling of coming to the restaurant in the last century.
There should be no hotpot restaurant that is simpler than their soup base, only simple ingredients such as seasoning and shrimp. Adding soup means adding boiled water, which depends on the quality of mutton, but everyone who has eaten it is full of praise for the taste!
Lanfeng Farewell Hospital —— "Illegal Construction" Mutton Hotpot Restaurant with Almost Zero Bad Review
Address: Annex 2 199 of Minjia Bridge, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City
A hidden hot pot restaurant may even be suspected of being an "illegal building". Lanfeng clause is opened in a small courtyard of a community, just like going to a friend's house for dinner.
Their home is full of Lanzhou flavor from the bottom of the soup to the bowl-emphasizing the taste, the leg of lamb with sauerkraut is the signature, and the classic three-in-one dip (sesame sauce, garlic paste and Chili sauce) is a perfect match with mutton!
There are several places in Lanzhou where food taken late at night is concentrated:
Zhengning Road Night Market, the most famous food night market street in Lanzhou, has many delicious snacks and high prices.
Dazhong Lane is densely covered with old shops. Horse, the first fried noodles in Jincheng, horse, beef noodle stars, such as Ji barbecue, Du Ji sweet food, Jianlin barbecue and Pei Afu apricot skin water?
Yongchang road night market, not only snacks, but also various other stalls, the prices are very cheap.
Gadan Barbecue —— "sweeping monk" in Lanzhou Barbecue Industry
Address: 30m south of China Mobile Business Office, Sancha Road, Miaotanzi Hongdao Bridge, Yanchang Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou.
At the earliest time, the egg barbecue was a legend in Lanzhou-there was no signboard, no business hours, and only cash was accepted. People who buy strings can only eat standing up and collect the stalls every day after they are sold out.
So many rules and regulations can't stand the delicious meat, and they have to queue up from the stall to the stall almost every day.
Nowadays, Ya Dan has opened many branches, but the old customers still only know Miaotanzi, an old shop.
Time-honored Mashi Barbecue-the oldest barbecue shop in Miaotanzi
Address: at the entrance of Baojing Jiayuan, No.69 Jingyuan Road, Miaotanzi, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
Miaotanzi is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. This Master Ma barbecue is the oldest in the whole street and is very famous.
Ma Shi's barbecue is the same as laying eggs. They don't brush sheep oil or dry roast it with pure charcoal, so the mutton skewers baked are fat but not greasy, and the meat is tender.
Their family only cooks barbecue and cold noodles, and they will sell a lot of meat when they go late.
Nature's Golden Barbecue —— The Star of Chain Store's Cost Performance
Address: Southwest corner of the intersection of Gannan Road and Zhengning Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou (near Zhengning Road Primary School)
Nature has opened many branches in Lanzhou, and the business of each branch is very good. The meat on the kebab is thumb-sized, which is very real.
The barbecue is delicious, and the baked potato chips have the feeling of eating potato chips. Sheep bones are also chewy and the price is not expensive. You can enjoy eating meat at 50 per capita, and it is cheaper to have more people.
The Original Barbecue of Muslim Old Horse —— Lanzhou Barbecue Circle God
Address: No.73, Chen Jiawan, Chengguan Traffic Police Brigade, Jingning Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
Ma Lao's original barbecue has been open for many years. I used to be next to the Jade Buddha Temple, but now I have moved to a new store, and the taste is still as good.
Their family is a lot of Lanzhou people, ranging from snacks to big tastes. Friends from other places will also bring this family to have a barbecue.
The signature of Laomajia barbecue is that it will be marinated in advance before roasting, so that the seasoning and mutton can be more fully integrated. When eating, the meat is tender outside, and it is very enjoyable with beer!
Speaking of food, Lanzhou is more than beef and mutton.
In the rough and fine food map, there are not only buckwheat staple foods such as "Quack, Pipi and Fishing", but also sweet attacks such as fermented milk eggs, candied fruit and winter pears, as well as local scenery such as lily, white melon and yellow river honey, which have become Lanzhou's own authentic products.
I wonder how many surprises are hidden in this city on the Loess Plateau.
Accommodation recommendation is convenient for shopping. You can choose Peng Huan Hilton, Asia-Europe Hotel and Jindiyuan near the pedestrian street in the city.
Convenient transportation, you can choose Jianguo Hotel, Windham and Ibis near the railway station;
If you want to live comfortably, you can choose Hyatt (newly opened, by the Yellow River), Wanda Mandarin (by wanda plaza) and Crowne Plaza (by the Yellow River).