Dunhuang locals are fond of mutton, chicken, beef, donkey meat, especially particular with cooked wheaten food. Dunhuang yellow noodle is as thin as dragon feeler with a mouthful of aroma. Another feature of Dunhuang is Si-chuan flavors. Stalls of hotpot can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street, especially at night.
Local Cuisine
Dunhuang Ferments Hides
Ferments hides is one of the local flavor snacks in Dunhuang. It is a kind of production made from flour. Ferments hides are always cut into strip and poured with condiments such as sugar, minced garlic, chili oil, soy sauce, mustard and so on. It tastes slippery, hot and sour.
Yellow noodle with donkey meat
In Dunhuang, donkey meat is highly praised as delicious as dragon meat. Yellow noodle with donkey meat is famous food in Dunhuang. The authentic yellow noodle is characterized with uniform thickness and chewy taste. The thin noodles attached with delicious donkey meat can be found only in Dunhuang. Shunzhang yellow noodle with donkey meat restaurant, situated in No.84, Wenmiaoxiang is the representative of the snack in Dunhuang.
Dunhuang processed noodles
Dunhuang processed noodles, as a traditional special cooked wheaten food, is characterized with thin, chewy, smooth, sour, spicy and fragrant. Dunhuang processed noodles takes an important role in Dunhuang. It is specially provided on festivals, wedding, funeral, birthday party, etc...
Mutton Soup
Firstly, the soup is boiled with sheep bone with fragrances. Secondly, the thinly sliced mutton and chopping bean jelly is put in bowl, the scooped up with boiled soup. The mutton soup has the function of complement deficiency, replenishing blood, whetting the appetite, tonifying spleen and dispelling cold, especially suitable for winter.
Oil Cake with bubble
Oil cake with bubble is evolved from Tang Dynasty. Primarily it was a popular snack on the palace banquet. It is a kind of fried cake made from flour, sugar, pork lard, sesame seed, roses, etc.. It is yellow in color and tastes soft, fragrant and sweet.
Snack Street
Shazhou night market in east Yangguan Road gathers all kinds of Dunhuang snackes with cheaper price. Some restaurants around Feitian Hotel are another choice to taste Dunhuang delicacy.
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