Taiyuan cuisine includes mutton offal, Daoxiao Noodles, spilled meat in oil, buckwheat noodles enema, Mouse Cave Lantern Festival, Braised Brain, Steamed Dumplings of Beef and Mutton, a little plum blossom, egg mash, oat noodle, braised noodles, Liuweizhai sauce meat and so on. Mutton offal, also known as "mutton offal soup", is a traditional snack in Shanxi. Mutton chop-cutting began in the Yuan Dynasty. Different regions in Shanxi have different names and eating methods. The mutton offal in Taiyuan is made of various materials, such as onion, ginger and coriander. Some of them are added with vermicelli and tofu, and then sprinkled with the famous Shanxi old vinegar when eating, which has a special flavor.

Daoxiao Noodles, Taiyuan, is called "Flying to Daoxiao Noodles" because of its skillful knives and knives. The knife used is a special tile-shaped knife. Noodles should be kneaded into a cylinder more than a foot long. When cutting noodles, people stand in front of the pot, holding noodles in one hand and cutting them from top to bottom with a knife in the other. The cut noodles are triangular, and the width and length of each noodle are the same.

Spilled meat with oil is a famous dish in Taiyuan, ranking first among the top ten famous dishes. Taiyuan oily meat is very particular about vinegar. This dish is golden and bright in color, salty and fresh in taste, soft in texture, transparent in juice, just right in thickness and slightly oily. It is a very delicious dish.

Buckwheat noodles enema is a traditional snack in Taiyuan, which originated in the Western Jin Dynasty and evolved from blood sausage. The practice of buckwheat noodles enema is to steam the thin paste of buckwheat noodles in a plate, cool it and take out the noodles. The cut enema strips can be fried with bean sprouts or directly mixed with cold food, so that the cold food tastes better and tastes refreshing.