Must-buy specialties in Xi’an include: cured beef and mutton, crystal cakes, Huanggui persimmon cakes, stone buns, and Huanggui thick wine.

1. Cured beef and mutton

A famous snack in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, cured mutton has carefully selected ingredients, exquisite craftsmanship, complete accessories and proper fire skills. The braised meat is ruddy in color, crispy in texture, and mellow and delicious. Cured beef and mutton can be vacuum-packed and are very suitable as specialty gifts for relatives and friends.

2. Crystal cake

Crystal cake is a kind of pastry, so named because its filling is crystal clear, like crystal. The finished product is crispy and filling, moist and delicious, with clear layers, rich in oil but not greasy, heavy with sugar and sweet in the mouth, and has a rich fragrance of roses and orange cakes. The crystal cake has a golden complexion and is surrounded by snow-white. It is known as the "gold base with silver bellows and a red seal in the center" and is known as "the first of Qin's cakes".

3. Huanggui persimmon cake

Xi'an is rich in persimmons. Huanggui persimmons are used to make the crust of persimmon cakes, also called crystal persimmon cakes, which include walnuts, sesames, peanuts, and roses. , bean paste, date paste and other flavors. It can be cooked and eaten immediately. It is hot and has a soft and sweet texture, suitable for those who like sweet things. It can also be taken away as a souvenir, and it is vacuum packed for easy portability.

4. Stone buns

Stone buns are an ancient traditional snack in Shaanxi. They are made by placing the cake base on heated stones. , hence the name. Because of its long history and primitive processing methods, it is called a living fossil in Chinese food.

5. Huang Guichou Liquor

Xi’an’s Chou Liquor, also known as Huang Guichou Liquor, is an ancient famous wine with a history of more than 3,000 years. Because it contains the traditional Chinese medicine Huang Gui, the wine has the aroma of Huang Gui, hence the name. It looks like milk and tastes like rice wine. The juice is thick and mellow, sweet and delicious. It also has low alcohol content, only about 0.5-1%, so it is suitable for giving away.