Xi is a famous tourist city and a famous food and snack capital, where you can taste Sanqin cuisine. Xi 'an's delicious food should first be "two feasts" and "two bubbles".

The so-called "two banquets" include the Shaanxi-style snack banquet in xi 'an Restaurant and the dumpling banquet of Defachang Dumplings and Jiefang Road Dumplings. Shaanxi flavor snack banquet is known as "Jinxiang Shaanxi". It is a special banquet composed of nearly 70 kinds of snacks selected from hundreds of snacks in the province, combined with traditional housekeeping dishes, high-quality famous dishes and innovative dishes of Xi' an restaurant, which has enjoyed a high reputation for decades. Defachang Dumpling House and Jiefang Road Dumpling House are both "Chinese time-honored brands" with many years of history. The dumpling banquets they provide are unique and have the unique flavor of "one dumpling with 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. The most famous of them are Laosunjia Hotel and Tongshengxiang Hotel, and Hulutou Paomo is the Spring Hotel. Laosunjia and Tongshengxiang are famous "Chinese time-honored brands" in Qin Dynasty, which were founded nearly a hundred years ago. Western Muslim cuisine, Western Muslim snacks, Muslim instant-boiled mutton and fat beef hotpot operated by two time-honored brands are also delicious and have local characteristics. Chunfa Hotel was founded in 1920, and it has a history of more than 80 years this year. The word "spring comes" was extracted by a famous poet in the 1920s from Du Fu's poem "Good rain knows the season, when spring comes". The production technology of spring gourd head paomo is said to have been handed down by Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine" in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, Xi 'an's food culture is full of rich northwest customs, and tasting many snacks in Xi 'an is a great pleasure to visit Xi 'an. Chinese hamburger, mutton bread in soup, cold rice noodles, buckwheat noodles, gourd head, barbecue, noodle soup, sheep blood, etc. , are famous local dishes. When you travel to Xi, you must taste the local food in Xi. A bowl of mutton bubble that the northwest man can't forget for a long time, a mouthful of meat steamed stuffed bun with endless aftertaste, and a plate of spicy and delicious cold rice noodles can deeply impress the ancient city of Xi 'an.

Main dining room

There are countless delicious foods in Xi, 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 Hotel West Ethnic Catering Garden outside the East Gate, Xi 'an Hotel on the East Street, Laosunjia Hotel's old shop, Wuyi Hotel, Chunfa Hotel Romanesque Restaurant, An Roasted Duck Restaurant, Defachang Dumpling Restaurant and Tongshengxiang Hotel in Bell and Drum Tower Square.

2, South Street boutique shopping, food and entertainment street.

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

3. The gate of the North Yard, etc.

Manage all kinds of snacks in Muslim workshops, such as steamed buns, soup packets, roast mutton, sauce and halogen products, etc. Under the dim light of night, stroll around Huimin block and enjoy the food in the workshop.

4. South Second Ring Road.

It brings together brand catering enterprises from all over the country, and also embodies Xi 'an 10 years of private catering achievements. There are not only popular snacks, hot pot shabu-shabu, home-cooked dishes, but also top dishes such as abalone, ginseng and wing belly. There are Hong Kong Abalone Wing Pavilion, Shunfeng Seafood, Small Shells, Zhuyuan Village Hot Pot and so on.

5. Dongxinjie Night Market.

It is a large-scale night market in Xi 'an, with many stalls and a very rich variety of snacks, mainly Shaanxi flavor and snacks from all over the country, which can satisfy all 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, roast sheep blood, duck burrito, Chinese hamburger, hot dish, pot helmet, bean jelly, fermented glutinous rice, etc. I've had it since this morning. The price is not high, 10 yuan, 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, Jiaoer Village Night Market, Nanyuanmen Night Market, etc., which are also very lively during the day, but the night market is more prosperous.

Xi' an bichi gourmet

Niu mutton and bread pieces in soup

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

Sheep blood in soup noodles

Sheep blood in powder soup is refined by three steps: mixing blood, seasoning and soaking bread. Serve with vermicelli, coriander and other accessories. The sheep blood is fresh and tender, the entrance is smooth, the flavor is harmonious, and it is spicy and fragrant. Because most of the seasonings used are traditional Chinese medicines that warm the middle warmer, strengthen the stomach and enlighten the senses, they are especially favored by elderly customers with weak stomach and intestines.

Rugamo; Chinese hamburger

The name comes from the omission of "meat in steamed bread" in ancient Chinese. It is a popular food that local people often eat and love most. Not only delicious, but also full. Meat with bacon is extremely crisp, delicious and long, fat meat is not greasy, and lean meat is neither firewood nor oil. This soup is made of boiled old soup. The steamed stuffed bun used to hold meat must be a special Baiji steamed bun. This kind of steamed bread 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 is hot, with endless aftertaste. Reference price 2-5 yuan/piece. If you don't eat fat, the price of thin is 0.5- 1 yuan higher than that of ordinary ones.

Hulutou paomo

"Hulutou" is a unique traditional food in Xi 'an, which is famous at home and abroad for its mellow taste, rich soup, tender and smooth steamed buns, and fat but not greasy. Its cooking technique is exquisite, and various colors are used reasonably. The most important thing is to handle the sausage belly, cook soup and soak steamed bread. Among them, the raw sausage belly has to go through more than a dozen processes to achieve the requirements of decontamination, deodorization and greasy solution, and make a delicious "gourd head". The soup is made of pig bones and fattening hens. The steamed bread is broken into the size of steamed bread and put into a bowl, soaked in intestines for three or four times, so that the hot soup penetrates into the steamed bread. When eating, add a small amount of cooked oil, coriander, oil chili pepper, etc. Then pour a proper amount of boiling soup with sugar, garlic and kimchi, which is delicious. Now there are new varieties of gourd head paomo, such as cucumber gourd head, squid gourd head, chicken slice gourd head and big meat gourd head. Xi people are full of praise for the delicious gourd head, saying, "When I mention the gourd head, my mouth drools."

Huang Gui persimmon cake

Lintong specialty "Huojing persimmon" flour is used as the skin, and then cinnamon, rose, peach kernel, white sugar, rock sugar and green shredded pork are mixed. , and stir the above-mentioned plate oil for stuffing, and bake the whole pot with charcoal fire. Golden surface, soft and sweet taste. It is a seasonal product in autumn and winter every year. According to legend, after Li Zicheng Uprising in the late Ming Dynasty and Xi 'an established Dashun regime, he immediately led the rebels into Beijing. During the famine and food shortage, farmers burned fire crystal persimmon and flour in Lintong into cakes for the rebels to eat. Later, farmers baked dried persimmons every year to commemorate Li Zicheng, the king of Zhuang. After years of improvement, dried persimmons became the unique flavor of An. Huimin street is sold along the street. Lao Xu persimmon, a century-old shop in Guangji North Street, is even better.

Fried rice with Chinese sauerkraut

"Sauerkraut fried rice" is actually fried rice, which is the unified name of local people. Rice can be served with shredded pork, vegetables, eggs and so on. However, the most common and famous is fried rice with shredded pork with sauerkraut, which is also commonly known as "fried rice with sauerkraut". Fried rice is mixed with sour and oily sauerkraut, which tastes sour and spicy, fragrant but not greasy, and the rice is not sticky and tastes fresh. With rinse tripe, barbecue, sour plum soup, egg soup, etc. It tastes more. The most famous shop is "Fried Rice with Red Sauerkraut" in Huimin Street, but the service attitude is not very good.

Shuanniudu

Xi 'an's famous street snack, fresh tripe sliced, inserted with bamboo sticks, boiled in clear soup, and then dipped in juice made of sesame sauce, Chili sauce and various seasonings, is delicious and fragrant.

Chong Lou Xiao nai Gao

Xi 'an is a very old local ice cream, which was first introduced by Zhonglou Food Store many years ago and sold in Zhonglou District. Therefore, it is 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 and so on. But the most classic taste is creamy, and the milk taste is very strong. The brands are "Bell Tower", "Snowball" 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.

Gao Dai

Xi's special snacks. The deep-mouthed iron pot for steaming cakes was called "Zan" in ancient times, hence the name. Pan cakes are soft and delicate. This snack is steamed with glutinous rice, beans and red dates. After steaming, the fragrance is overflowing. The rice grains in the lower layer of the retort cake infiltrated into the jujube color, showing a fresh crimson color, the beans in the upper layer were brown, and the dark red jujube paste was on the upper layer. Finally, sprinkle a layer of green raisins on the jujube paste, which looks attractive. Pancake tastes soft, sweet and full. This is the food that local people often eat. Especially in autumn and winter, vendors who bake rice cakes can be seen everywhere in the streets of Xi 'an, and many students and office workers also have baked rice cakes for breakfast.

Snacks and bread pieces in soup

Referred to locally as "stir-fry", it is a kind of halal special food similar to beef and mutton bread in soup, but it is different in practice: ordinary bread in soup is cooked, while stir-fry is fried. In terms of materials, day lily, fungus, vegetables, dried bean curd, eggs and other ingredients are added to the cooking. And the beef cut into small pieces is directly fried with oil and vinegar. The taste of cooking is both rich and thick in paomo and sour and unique. If you can't eat spicy food, be sure to tell the waiter in advance

steamed dumplings

Steamed buns are made of exquisite materials and fine workmanship. It is made of refined flour and hot noodles, with pork ribs as stuffing, fresh bone marrow soup as stuffing and more than ten kinds of superior seasonings as seasoning. Steamed buns are delicious and tender, with thin skin and soft tendons, exquisite appearance, rich soup and oily but not greasy.

Buckwheat noodles

Lehe was called "River Leak" in ancient times, and "buckwheat noodles are black, tough and refreshing, and can entertain guests", which is a praise for this traditional snack in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province. Buckwheat noodles Lehe is a kind of slender round pasta pressed with buckwheat noodles, and buckwheat is a kind of nutritious grain. When making buckwheat noodles, fresh buckwheat is selected for grinding, which is characterized by thin and tough strips and delicious fragrance. It can be eaten hot in winter and cool in summer, with unique flavor. If it is eaten cold, add oil, spicy seeds, garlic paste, mustard and other seasonings, which is extremely refreshing. There are many restaurants and countless stalls in Xi 'an. The teaching gate in the northwest corner of the Muslim Temple is very famous.

cold noodles with sauce

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 dough skin. The rice skin is white and bright, and Qin Zhen rice noodle cold rice noodles in Huxian County are the most popular. Its production technology is unique. The prepared skin is stiff, thin, thin and smooth. In addition, chili oil ground and boiled with fine chilies and various spices is a perfect match. The cold noodles are as red as fire, sour and refreshing, supplemented by yellow and green bean sprouts and celery.