Among the delicacies in Changji Snack Street, the most famous one is "Nine Bowls and Three Elements". This is an authentic banquet dish of the Hui people. Nine bowls are needed to serve the dishes, and the nine bowls of dishes are arranged in a square with three bowls on each side. In this way, from all directions, there are three rows, neat and symmetrical, simple and beautiful.

"Nine" means perfection and auspiciousness in Chinese, and "Nine Bowls" represents a collection of thousands of flavors. The word "行" in the dish must be pronounced four times (hàng) to reflect its sense of language and charm!

"Nine Bowls of Three Lines" is a base of green vegetables, beef and mutton. Steaming and stewing are the main dishes, with emphasis on the combination of meat and vegetables, and nutritional balance.

The nine bowls and three rows of dishes are arranged symmetrically, with "corner meat" against "corner meat", door against door, and meatballs against meatballs. Therefore, the dishes will be the same. Guests can taste all the dishes without having to turn plates.

Generally, the chicken nuggets are fish nuggets, some are chicken or fish; the braised beef is the mutton stew; the pearl meatballs are the braised meatballs; and the egg skin-wrapped "roller curtains" are stuffed The right one is "Silk-wrapped meatballs."

The serving dishes for each dish are also slightly different. Some use dried cauliflower, some use dried cowpeas, and some use pickled cabbage... Different serving dishes are covered with different dishes, and the taste also changes. You will get thousands of tastes and endless aftertaste.

The bowl placed in the middle is called the "sweet plate". "Sweet plate" is somewhat similar to rice pudding. It is a dessert made with glutinous rice, red dates, walnuts, syrup, etc. through a certain method.

Then pour the secret soup. In this way, you only need to wait in the steamer for a few minutes, and the steaming heat will soak every inch of the dish with the rich soup.

Steaming, the most traditional cooking method, not only retains the original nutrition of the dish, but also allows the complex ingredients to blend in with each other.

There is a popular saying among the people: "Nine bowls of three-course food will make a long journey after eating." It means that people will not be tired from any work after eating these rich and solid ingredients.