What attracts tourists' attention most in Xining is probably the food all over the street. Fat mutton raised on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau can become a famous dish with white stripes by hand after simple cooking, and the methods of braising in soy sauce, barbecue and kang pot are also unique.
A wide variety of pasta also makes people want to stop, such as beef noodles, sausage noodles, firecracker noodles, glutinous rice noodles, dry mixed noodles, Lamian Noodles dried noodles and sandwiched skin. Just listening to these names is enough to make your index finger move.
What's more, there are street foods such as yogurt and candied fruit, which are greasy and cheap. Get up early and go to the store like a local to find a bowl of steaming noodle soup and chop suey soup. This is one of the best ways to experience Xining.
Where to eat in Yiranxuan?
Inside Yang Jiayi Lane, Dazhong Street.
10:30~ 15:00, 16:00~2 1:30
It is a good place to eat plateau beef and mutton, mainly featuring Qinghai specialties. Beef bones (88 yuan), hand-grabbed meat (88 yuan) and pit pot lamb chops (1 18 yuan) are all tender and delicious, and served with a bowl of special covered tea or homemade yogurt to relieve boredom. The restaurant has an elegant environment, with stalls and cubicles. It is not as noisy as ordinary restaurants, and the waiters have a good attitude.
A Niang Niang pi
Xiaguan south steet middle section
7:30 to the afternoon
Niang is what Hui people call aunt. This Niang Nianpi was originally a famous water station among the locals. The storefront is very small, and only yellow and white skins are steamed at home, which are soft and sour. Made that day, sold out and closed.
Tu Qinghai hotpot
No.31Ma Yin Street, near No.14 Middle School.
10:30~22:30
Qinghai earthen hotpot (micro/small/medium/cauldron 98/118/138/158 yuan) is eaten by boiling the vegetables in a copper pot, and then directly eating the vegetables and drinking the soup in the whole pot without scalding them. A circle of beef and mutton, meatballs, fried hairtail, pork slices and other meat dishes are neatly placed on the surface of the pot, and the lower layer is vegetarian dishes such as vermicelli, sauerkraut, fungi and kelp, usually with at least 15 kinds of dishes, which are full of weight, and a small pot can eat three people. The taste is light. If you are not satisfied, you can order mala Tang or pickles.
Yixin mutton finger food restaurant (Huayuan North Street Branch)
No.5, White Lane, Huayuan North Street
10:30~2 1:00
There is always someone waiting in front of the shop in this deep alley, which is characterized by ordering food first, choosing meat first, and paying money to find a seat. Braised hand-grabbed mutton (88 yuan/Jin), the signature dish, has the best reputation. Its meat is tender but not tender, and it tastes better when dipped in the seasoning prepared by the store. The highest ordering rate is yogurt and fried potatoes with thick oil skin. Just concentrate on making mutton, there is no need to order other dishes.
Xining street breakfast came to Xining. Don't worry about the buffet breakfast provided by the hotel. Get up early and eat in a street shop like a local. In addition to beef noodles, people in Xining also like noodle soup with steamed buns, braised soup with white steamed bread and mutton soup with sausage noodles for breakfast. Sweet and nutritious milk and egg paste is also a local feature. Although the environment of some small shops is worrying, it is authentic and affordable. It is best to go early so as not to miss the gas.
Xiaoqiaoga Jin Wa mutton Chang noodles
Hutai Community/Building KLOC-0/9, Hutai Second Lane; 6:00~ 13:00
The storefront is not big, but the business is booming, which is recognized by the locals as one of the best noodles. Noodles are dried noodles, including fried sausage, liver and celery. Spicy seasoning, usually accompanied by steaming coriander mutton soup.
Er Quan tou za sui
74 Dazhong Street; 5:00~ 14:00
This is an old chain store. Mutton offal 15 yuan/bowl, beef offal 20 yuan/bowl, send a white-flour steamed bread, chop suey soup with strong Chili flavor, which will warm your stomach after drinking. The steamed bread should be soaked in the soup and eaten with chewing head. Generally, mutton offal is sold out before 1 1. If you want to eat sheep brain (3 yuan), you have to go early.
Muslim laodongguan steamed bun restaurant
No.4 Chaidamu Lane, Xiaoqiao; 7:00~ 14:30
The handmade steamed buns in Xining have various flavors such as cabbage, carrots, leeks and potatoes. A bowl of beef noodle soup with green vegetables, black fungus and Pleurotus ostreatus is what the local people call "steamed bun noodle soup, which is safe to eat". This shop also has milk and egg paste, which is smooth and refreshing.
Gucheng muqiao beef noodles
Next to the Procuratorate of Chengxi District of Xinghai Road; 6:00~ 16:00
The dry rabbi beef noodles here are famous and have a strong taste. If you can't eat spicy food, you should inform in advance. It is recommended to add meat. A large bowl of beef is more delicious.