Most of the local food in Xining is very delicious which is hard to have a try if you are in other cities of China. Yogurt and mutton eaten with fingers are two of the most famous food. A special feature of food in Xining is that they are given names after the surname of their initiator.
Local Specialties:
Yogurt
Yogurt in Xining is really very famous. Different from the yogurt you usually bought from supermarket. Xining yogurt isn"t liquid, but solid, which is just like "tofu nao".
Yogurt is a must as breakfast when you arrive in Xining. Yogurt is made by Muslim families and is served in small bowls for one yuan. Yogurt is a delicious food which you can not taste in other places. You can"t miss it.
Mutton Eaten with Fingers
Mutton Eaten with Fingers is another famous snack in Qinghai Province which is loved by Hui people very much.
Mutton Eaten with Fingers is made of fresh mutton and served with a little salt. Customers picked the mutton up and ate it with fingers in the past. Though now customers no longer eat mutton with fingers, this snack is still called Mutton Eaten with fingers.
Niangpizi
Niangpizi is a popular snack which is made of flour and baking soda. Some of the Niangpizi is bright, and some of them are clean like the jade.
Niangpizi is both delicious and economical. It always serves quickly. You can get one in one or two minutes.
This snack is sour and hot, pliant and tough and good to eat. It can be found anywhere and anytime in Xining for four-yuan. The most famous version of this snack is called Mazhong Niangpi.
Zasui Tang
Zasui Tang is a soup cooked with lamb and oxen entrails. Zasui Tang is made of heart, head, lung and gut of oxen and sheep. The soup is very oily.
Qinghai people take pieces of bread with Zasui Tang as a wonderful breakfast. The hot soup helps warm people during the winter.
Best Recommendation:
In Xijing, you never need to worry about what you should eat since there is so much delicious food for you to choose. Some restaurants in Xining serve Feng'er Liji (a round lamb tenderloin) and Danbai Chongcao Ji (a medicine cuisine made of chicken). Mojia Street and Shujing Lane are the places for most travelers to have dinner.
Mojia Street
Mojia Street, which is very famous in Xining, is considered as the “Dining Paradise” in Xining. You can almost eat all the local products in this street.
The most famous restaurant in Mojia Street is Mazhong Restaurant. You can eat Niangpizi, roasted mutton, terrine and other food in Mazhong Restaurant.
The opposite side of Mojia Street is another food street, called Yinma Street. Yinma Street is famous for its hotpot. If you want to have hotpot, you can go there.
Business Hour: 5 p.m. to midnight every day.
Address: Mojie Street, Chengxi District, Xining
Shujing Lane
As the busiest food street, Shuijing Lane is also an old Business Street of Xining. You can eat almost all the cuisines of China here, including the true local snacks of Xining, of course. Shuijing Lane gets a nick name “Small Hong Kong” because of its tasty food. Xining people have a strong love of pasta. For them, life is meaningless without pasta. Xining people are good at making various kinds of pasta.
You can eat Niangpizi, yogurt, sheep gut noodles in Shuijing Lane.
Address: Business Street, Shuijing Lane, Chengzhong District, Xining
Da Ximen Restaurant
Da ximen dining limited company was found in October 2000. The total area of Da Ximen Restaurant is more than 5,000 square kilometers. This restaurant can hold 1,000 persons at the same time.
Da Ximen Restaurant, which mainly serves three kinds of cuisines: Guangdong cuisines, Sichuan cuisines and local cuisines, is favored by lots of people.
Order hotline: 0971-8220301/8224401
Address: No.120, Changjiang Lu, Chengzhong District, Xining
Opening Hours: 10:00-22:00