The special food in Shanxi is:

The brain is not the brain in our spoken language, but a unique snack in Taiyuan, which is a porridge-like snack made with mutton, lotus root, yam, yellow wine, astragalus root and distiller's grains through many processes, and is also called Bazhen soup locally. Taiyuan people like to drink their brains with a hat box, tear the hat box into small pieces and soak it in their heads, eating and drinking.

Pingyao beef is a special product of Pingyao county, Shanxi province, and it is a symbol product of chinese national geography. The reason why Pingyao beef is delicious is that it has a unique production process, and it is very particular about slaughtering, cutting, salt and water. Only by adopting a unique curing formula can Pingyao beef be so delicious.