Gansu, referred to as "Gan" or "Long", is located in the northwest region of China, connecting Shaanxi in the east, Xinjiang in the west, Sichuan and Qinghai in the south, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in the north, and borders Mongolia at the northwest end. The terrain of Gansu is long and narrow, with complex and diverse landforms, including mountains, plateaus, plains, river valleys, deserts, and Gobi. It is surrounded by mountains and ridges, and the terrain slopes from southwest to northeast. Gansu's history spans more than 8,000 years and is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. It is said that Fuxi, Nuwa and the Yellow Emperor, the ancestors of the Chinese nation, were born in Gansu. Gansu has a long history and profound cultural heritage. my country's first unified dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, was born in the Tianshui area of ??Gansu Province. When it comes to Gansu food, the first thing that comes to mind is Gansu’s Lanzhou Ramen. Lanzhou Ramen is one of the most famous delicacies in Gansu. Today, Lanzhou Ramen has spread all over the country and has become a gourmet business card of Gansu. But Gansu There are many more traditional delicacies in Gansu. The following series will introduce you to local specialties from various regions in Gansu.

1. Lanzhou Clear Soup Beef Noodles

Lanzhou Clear Soup Beef Noodles, commonly known as "Beef Noodles", is a famous snack in Lanzhou and is known as the McDonald's of Lanzhou by the locals. Lanzhou Beef Noodles was founded during the Guangxu period and is famous both at home and abroad for its rotten meat, fresh soup and fine noodles. Lanzhou beef noodles have five characteristics: Yiqing (clear soup), Erbai (radish white), Sanhong (spicy oil red), Silu (coriander green), and Wuhuang (noodles yellow and bright). Noodles can be divided into large, wide, thin, two-thin, three-thin, capillary, leek leaf and other types according to their thickness. The noodles are drawn by hand on site, and a bowl of noodles can be prepared in less than two minutes. It is then topped with prepared beef noodle soup, white radish slices, chili oil, garlic sprouts, coriander, etc. Nowadays, there are Lanzhou Ramen restaurants almost all over the country. , showing its popularity.

2. Baihua Whole Chicken

A famous dish using Nostoc as an ingredient. Use a fat hen, remove the chicken breast and chicken tenderloin, chop the fattened meat into a fine paste, add water, egg white, and refined salt, and stir into chicken mince. Add onion, ginger, and refined salt to the remaining part, steam it in a basket, take it out, leave the head, claws, and wings, and cut the rest of the meat into five-inch-large pieces and spread them on the fish plate. Separately make spinach, nostoc, and steamed egg yolk into fine powder. At this time, spread the chicken mince on the chicken slices on the plate to make diamond-shaped pieces. Sprinkle the four kinds of minced spinach, nostoc, and egg yolk neatly on the chicken mince. Split the chicken head with a knife and place it on the front of the fish plate. Remove the tips of the chicken feet and place them in a chicken shape on the other end of the fish plate. Place the wings on both sides. Steam in a basket for ten minutes, then drain the water and serve. This dish is carefully executed, with novel patterns, tender and delicious, light and not greasy.

3. Stuffed Pizi

Dingxi and Wuwei Stuffed Pizi are foods made of flour. They are crystal yellow and bright in color, translucent like jade. They are cut into long strips as thick as chopsticks and then Add carefully brewed balsamic vinegar, garlic juice, chili oil, refined salt and other seasonings and it is ready to eat. In Liangzhou City, there are many of them sold on almost every street. Stuffed skin is cheap and high-quality, has a sour, spicy and cool taste, is flexible and delicious, and is a popular local flavor food.

4. Paste pot

Paste pot is a specialty snack in Jiuquan. The most representative snack in Jiuquan is probably "paste pot", which is especially popular among old Jiuquan people. The shopkeeper who sells paste pot sets up a large pot at the entrance of the store. The soup is made of chicken soup and broad bean powder juice is added to form a paste. shape, add vermicelli made from broad bean flour, vermicelli, shredded chicken, and meat slices, then break the fried cannabis flowers into hemp flower petals and put them into the prepared soup. It has a fresh and fragrant taste, highlighting the ginger and meat. The spiciness of pepper.

5. Pulp water

Pulp water can be used as a refreshing drink or as soup when eating noodles. People in Lanzhou, Dingxi, Tianshui, Linxia and other places like it. Eat the water surface. The pulp water has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. In the hot summer, drinking a bowl of syrupy water or eating a bowl of syrupy water will immediately make you feel cool and refreshing, relieve fatigue and restore physical strength. Slurry water is also effective in treating certain diseases. Some patients with hypertension often eat a little celery pulp water, which can lower and stabilize blood pressure.