Xi' an cuisine

Xi' an is a famous tourist city and a famous city of food and snacks, where you can enjoy Sanqin cuisine. The delicious food in Xi 'an should first be "two feasts" and "two bubbles".

The so-called "two banquets" include Shaanxi-style snack banquet in Xi 'an Restaurant and dumpling banquet in Defachang Dumpling House and Jiefang Road Dumpling House. Shaanxi-style snack banquet is known as "Jinxiang Shaanxi". It is a special banquet composed of nearly 71 kinds of snacks selected from hundreds of snacks in the whole province, combined with traditional housekeeping dishes, high-quality famous dishes and innovative dishes of Xi 'an restaurant, and has enjoyed a good reputation for decades. Defachang Dumpling House and Jiefang Road Dumpling House are both "time-honored Chinese brands" with many years of history, and the dumpling banquets they provide are unique, with a unique flavor of "one dumpling, one grid, and a hundred dumplings", which is known as "eternal flavor" and "the best in the world".

The so-called "two bubbles" are beef and mutton paomo and Hulutou paomo. Among them, the most famous ones are Laosunjia Restaurant and Tongshengxiang Restaurant, and Hulutou Paomo is a spring restaurant. Laosunjia and Tongshengxiang are famous "Chinese time-honored brands" in Qin, which were founded nearly a hundred years ago. The western Muslim dishes, western Muslim snacks, Muslim mutton shabu-shabu, and fat beef hotpot operated by two time-honored brands are also delicious and have local characteristics. Chunfa Hotel was founded in 1921 and has a history of more than 81 years this year. The word "spring occurs" was extracted by a famous poet in the 1921s from Du Fu's poem "Good rain knows the season, when spring occurs". The production technology of Hulutou paomo in spring is said to have been passed down by Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine" in Tang Dynasty.

in addition, Xi' an's food culture is full of rich northwest customs, and it is a great pleasure to visit Xi' an to taste many flavor snacks. Chinese hamburger, mutton bread in soup, cold rice noodles, buckwheat noodles, gourd head, barbecue, noodle soup and sheep blood, etc., are all well-known local dishes. When traveling to Xi 'an, it is essential to taste the local delicacies in Xi 'an. A bowl of mutton bubble that the northwest man can't forget for a long time, a taste of meat buns with endless aftertaste, and a plate of spicy and fragrant cold rice noodles can deeply impress the ancient city of Xi 'an.

Main dining blocks

There are countless delicious foods in Xi 'an, and large and small restaurants are all over the streets. For tourists, the following blocks are places where restaurants of different sizes are concentrated:

1. Along East Street.

There are many time-honored brands of Qin cuisine here, including Laosunjia Restaurant, Western Ethnic Catering Garden outside the East Gate, Xi 'an Restaurant, Laosunjia Restaurant, Wuyi Hotel, Luomashi Restaurant, Xi 'an Roast Duck Restaurant on the East Street, Defachang Dumplings and Tongshengxiang Restaurant in Bell and Drum Tower Square.

2. South Street is a street of boutique shopping, food and entertainment.

There are mainly high-end restaurants such as Yongning Palace Hotel, Bauhinia Nightclub and Prince Seafood Hot Pot, as well as a number of fast food restaurants, coffee bars and tea restaurants.

3. huifang area such as north yard gate.

We manage all kinds of snacks in Muslim workshops, such as steamed buns, soup dumplings, roast mutton, sauce and marinated products, etc. In the night, we can visit the Huimin block and taste the delicious food in the workshops, which has a special taste.

4. South Second Ring Road.

It brings together brand catering enterprises from all over the country, and also embodies the achievements of private catering in Xi 'an for more than 11 years. There are not only popular snacks, hot pot shabu-shabu, home-cooked dishes, but also top dishes such as abalone, ginseng, wings and belly. There are mainly Hong Kong abalone wing restaurant, shun feng seafood, small shells, Zhuyuancun hot pot and so on.

5. Dongxin Street Night Market.

is a large-scale night market in Xi' an, with many stalls and a very rich variety of snacks, mainly Shaanxi flavor, with snacks from all over the country, which can meet various tastes.

6. The snack plaza on the first floor of Lin Qiu Department Store is located at No.58, North Section of Yanta Road, Li Jiacun.

All kinds of delicious food, such as baked sheep's blood, duck burrito, Chinese hamburger, hot dish, pot helmet, bean jelly, fermented glutinous rice, etc., have been served here since morning, and the price is not higher than 11 yuan, so you can eat very full.

In addition, there are many civilian food blocks such as Nanshaomen Night Market, Baishulin Night Market, Beixinjie Night Market, Laoguanmiao Night Market, Jiaotong University Second Village Night Market and Nanyuanmen Night Market, which are also very lively during the day, but the night market is even more prosperous.

Xi 'an must-eat food

Beef and mutton in soup

Xi 'an famous snack has a long history. Main raw materials: high-quality beef and mutton, Tuotuo steamed buns. Method: Use high-quality beef and mutton with seasoning to boil in the pot, and use the soup for later use. Break the baked "tiger's back and chrysanthemum heart" into pieces the size of a little finger cover, and add auxiliary materials to cook. Serve with sugar garlic, chili pepper sauce, sesame oil, coriander, etc. Its characteristics are: the rotten meat soup is thick, mellow and delicious, sticky and smooth. Drink a small bowl of soup after eating, and you will feel more fragrant and have a long aftertaste. It can be eaten all year round, and winter is the best. The best time to eat steamed buns is early morning and morning. On the one hand, the broth is the freshest and thickest at this time, and the taste is the best. On the other hand, steamed buns are slightly difficult to digest and are not suitable for eating at night.

sheep blood in powder soup

sheep blood in powder soup is refined in three steps: blood preparation, seasoning preparation and bread soaking. Serve with vermicelli, coriander and other accessories. The sheep blood is fresh and tender, the entrance is smooth, the flavors are coordinated, and the spicy smell is fragrant. Because most of the seasonings used are traditional Chinese medicines that warm the middle warmer, strengthen the stomach and induce resuscitation with fragrance, they are especially favored by elderly customers with weak stomachs.

Chinese roujiamo

The name comes from the omission of the old Chinese saying "meat is sandwiched in steamed buns", which is a popular food that local people often eat and love most. It is not only delicious, but also full. Meat with preserved meat, extremely crisp and rotten, tastes fresh and long, fat meat is not greasy, and lean meat is neither firewood nor oil. The soup is made of boiled old soup. The steamed buns used to sandwich meat must be special Baiji steamed buns. This kind of steamed buns tastes crisp and fragrant. When eating, take a small amount of bacon, cut it into pieces, add a little soup, put it in the freshly baked Baiji steamed bun, and eat it while it's hot, with an endless aftertaste. The reference price is 2-5 yuan/piece. If you don't eat fat, the price of the pure thin one is 1.5-1 yuan higher than the ordinary one.

Hulutou paomo

"Hulutou" is a unique traditional delicacy in Xi 'an, which is famous at home and abroad for its mellow taste, rich soup, tender steamed buns and fat but not greasy. Its cooking technology is fine, and a variety of tones are used reasonably. The most important thing is to treat the sausage belly, boil soup and soak in steamed buns. Among them, the raw sausage belly has to go through more than a dozen processes to achieve the requirements of decontamination, deodorization and greasy, and make a delicious "gourd head". Soup is a soup made by boiling pig bones and fattening hens, and the steamed buns are broken into the size of a bun and put into a bowl, soaked with intestines for three or four times, so that the hot soup penetrates into the steamed buns. When eating, add a small amount of cooked oil, coriander, oil spicy seeds, etc., and then pour a proper amount of boiling soup, accompanied by sugar garlic and kimchi, which is delicious. Nowadays, there are new varieties of gourd head paomo, such as sea cucumber gourd head, squid gourd head, chicken slice gourd head and big meat gourd head. Xi' an people praised the delicious gourd head and said, "When you mention the gourd head, your mouth will salivate."

Huanggui Persimmon Cake

With Lintong specialty "fire crystal persimmon" flour as the skin, together with Huanggui, rose, peach kernel, white sugar, crystal sugar, green shredded pork, etc., the first-class suet is stirred as the stuffing, and the whole pot is baked with charcoal fire. The surface is golden yellow, and the taste is soft and sweet. It is a seasonal good product in autumn and winter every year. According to legend, after the Li Zicheng Uprising in the late Ming Dynasty and the establishment of Dashun regime in Xi 'an, he immediately led the rebel army to attack Beijing. During the famine and food shortage, farmers branded fire crystal persimmon and flour from Lintong into cakes for the rebels to eat. Later, farmers baked persimmon cakes every year to commemorate Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and after years of improvement, it became the unique flavor of Xi 'an. Huimin street is sold along the street. Lao Xu persimmon, a century-old shop in North Guangji Street, is superior.

fried rice with sauerkraut

"fried rice with sauerkraut" is actually fried rice, which is a unified name of local people. Rice can be paired with shredded pork, vegetables, eggs, etc., but the most common and famous one is fried with shredded pork with sauerkraut, which is commonly known as "fried rice with sauerkraut". Stir-fried rice is mixed with the sour and oily flavor of sauerkraut, which tastes sour and spicy, fragrant but not greasy, and the rice does not stick and tastes fresh. With rinse tripe, barbecue, sour plum soup, egg soup, etc., it has a more flavor. The most famous store is "Fried Rice with Red Sauerkraut" in Huimin Street, but the service attitude is not very good.

rinse tripe

Xi' an is a famous street food. Cut the fresh tripe into slices, put it on with bamboo sticks, cook it in broth, and then dip it in the juice made of sesame sauce, Chili sauce and various seasonings. It is fragrant and delicious.

Bell Tower Little Milk Cake

A very old local ice cream in Xi 'an was first introduced by Bell Tower Food Store many years ago and sold in the Bell Tower area, so it was nicknamed "Bell Tower Little Milk Cake", which is inexpensive and enduring, and is the most popular cold drink in the local area. There are many flavors, such as cocoa, red beans, peanuts, kiwi fruit, strawberries, etc., but the most classic taste is creamy, and the milk taste is very strong. The brands are "Bell Tower", "Snow Ball" and "Bell and Drum Tower", all of which are good, but the most authentic one is the "Bell and Drum Tower" brand launched by Bell Tower Food Store.

Nugao

Special snacks in Xi 'an. The deep-mouthed iron pot of steamed cakes was named "Zan" in ancient times, hence its name. Pan cake is soft and delicate in texture. This dessert snack is steamed with glutinous rice, beans and red dates. After steaming, it is full of fragrance. The rice in the lower layer of the retort cake infiltrated into the jujube color, showing a fresh crimson color, and the cloud beans on the upper layer were brown in coffee, and then the dark red jujube paste was on the upper layer. Finally, a layer of green raisins was sprinkled on the jujube paste, which made it look attractive. Pan cake tastes soft and sweet, and it is very full. It is a food often eaten by local people. Especially in autumn and winter, vendors of baked rice cakes can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Xi 'an, and many students and office workers also take baked rice cakes as breakfast.

Small fried bread in soup

It is called "small fried bread" for short in the local area, and it is the Muslim special food like beef and mutton bread in soup, but it is different in practice: ordinary bread in soup is cooked, while small fried bread is fried. In terms of materials, the stir-fry adds ingredients such as day lily, fungus, vegetables, dried bean curd, eggs, etc., and the beef cut into small pieces is directly fried with oil and vinegar. The taste of stir-fry is both rich and heavy in paomo and unique in sour and refreshing. You must tell the waiter in advance if you can't eat spicy food.

soup dumplings

steamed buns are made with exquisite materials and fine workmanship. It is made of fine flour and hot noodles, with rib meat as the stuffing, fresh bone marrow soup as the stuffing, and more than ten kinds of superior seasonings as the seasoning. Steamed buns are fresh, fragrant and tender, with thin skin and soft tendons, exquisite appearance, full-bodied soup and oily but not greasy.

buckwheat noodles

Hele is called "river leakage" in ancient times, and "buckwheat noodles are black, tough and refreshing, and can entertain guests", which is a compliment to this traditional snack in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province. Buckwheat noodles Hele is a kind of slender round pasta pressed with buckwheat noodles, and buckwheat is a nutritious cereal. When buckwheat noodles are made, fresh buckwheat is selected for grinding and making, which is characterized by thin and tough strips, fragrant and delicious. It can be eaten hot in winter and cool in summer, with unique flavor. If you eat it cold, add oil, spicy seeds, garlic paste, mustard and other seasonings, which is extremely refreshing. There are many restaurants operating in Xi 'an, and there are countless small stalls. The Jiaochang Gate in the northwest corner of the Great Muslim Temple is famous.

cold rice noodles

There are many kinds of cold rice noodles in Xi 'an, which are made of flour or rice, so they are divided into two categories: rice skin and rice skin. The rice skin is white and translucent, and Qin Zhen Rice Cold Noodles in Huxian County is the most popular. Its production technology is unique. The prepared skin is stiff, thin, thin and smooth. In addition, the chili oil made by grinding and boiling with fine chili peppers and various spices is a perfect match. The cold noodles are as red as fire, sour and refreshing, and are supplemented with bean sprouts and celery in yellow and green.