Xi' an gourmet Xi' an specialty

Although Xi 'an cuisine dare not say that it is "the best in the world", it is always full of praise in many authoritative forums. As a backpacker in 2 1 century and a responsible traveler who makes good use of network resources, all we have to do is "dig, dig, dig hard and dig three feet, and find out all the' brand stores' and' word-of-mouth stores'"! This is what we said and did: before we left, we summarized a Xi' an food map based on the essence of Sina and Tianya, including more than 200 kinds of folk food; When you get there, follow the address given by netizens, walk all the way, find all the way, and eat all the way. Basically, I just digested the last meal and went to the next one. The most obvious effect of this move is that it saves money on buying a car, and it is beneficial to physical and mental health (there is always hope if you don't gain meat).

Stop it and get to the point-

An intuitive impression is "delicious is not expensive". Of course, the premise is that you can eat beef and mutton, but you can't leave the food, and it will be very uncomfortable in Xi' an; Because according to my observation, local people seldom eat vegetables whether they come back or go to Han. How cheap are the heads of cattle and sheep? Let's talk about mutton skewers: Huimin Street, which makes tourists make the most money, basically keeps beef at 20 cents, rinse tripe at 30 cents and mutton at 50 cents during the Golden Week, which is unimaginable in Beijing where prices are crazy.

Another feature of local people's diet is their love of stuffing: soup dumplings, steamed buns and fried buns, which are generally the case in jiaozi. Here, I solemnly recommend Xiaoliu Tangbao. If you lift it gently, move it slowly, open the window first, and then have soup, it will be just right (the famous dessert "Huang Gui porridge" and "red rice porridge" there is also worth a try)! In contrast, the well-known "Jia Bao" is not worthy of the name, and its taste is not much better than that of Jingkou.

When you arrive in Xi 'an, you must try Chinese hamburger and mutton bread in soup. I have tasted three classic foods. Wang Heng, near Xiaozhai, the first Chinese hamburger restaurant (because it has been renamed Tian Li Restaurant, I have been looking for it for some time): The Chinese hamburger made by its family has a traditional flavor, which is characterized by crisp but not hard entrance, moderate meat quality, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, and endless aftertaste. The other two famous ones are "Wang Kui" and "Fan Ji". The former is a little better, but neither is as delicious as Wang Heng's. In fact, authentic meat buns do not contain vegetables, but we have also tasted an "improved" version: first, shred green peppers and chicken, put a lot of cumin before cooking, and finally put them in buns, which is also delicious and all over the street. I have tasted "Laomijia in Huimin Street", "Tongsheng Lane" and "Laosunjia" successively, and personally feel that Laomijia has the highest cost performance (his home is not on the main road of Huimin Street, so you should take two-thirds of the way and turn left at an intersection). Tongshengxiang is located in a row of antique buildings echoing the bell tower in downtown Xi 'an (where local people entertain foreign guests at first sight). It tastes good, but it is not recommended to order other hot dishes. Lao Sun's family is known all over the world, and it is naturally not cheap to sell, but it doesn't taste as good as Xi 'an restaurant in Xinjiekou, so you don't have to run so far.

In fact, there are many kinds of food practices in Xi 'an that are very similar to mutton and bread in soup, such as Shuipen mutton (recommended by Laojinjia in Huimin Street), Hulutou (carefully entered by Muslims), sheep blood powder soup ("dung soup and sheep diarrhea" in the local dialect), etc ... We have tasted the last two in Spring, one of which has changed my view on the large intestine dramatically, and the other is extremely delicious. In addition, we naturally haven't let Xi 'an's famous pasta, such as biang biang noodles, fried noodles, bean jelly, Qishan minced meat and so on. Maybe I ate too much, and then my tongue was a little numb. I felt that except for Hanzhong Liangpi, it stood out from the crowd, and the other tastes were similar. Eating noodles can be "profitable", but there are many people, and other roadside stalls can solve it, and the hygiene is good.

In addition to Huimin Street, Xi 'an also has a place where diners gather-Dongxin Street. Considering that it is mainly fresh and roasted, it is best to wait until seven or eight in the evening. I'm not very cold about seafood. I just walked back and forth with my sister twice. I feel that the food is still fresh, but it lacks characteristics. Just when we decided to go home, we suddenly found the long-sought "Van Raul Bacon Pie" in front of a very humble little scroll and rushed over excitedly. This is freshly baked. My sister and I talked while waiting. After a while, when the boss handed us the burrito, he said, "Taste it, it smells better than your Quanjude!" " At that time, we thought he was too arrogant. Who knows that the cake was speechless as soon as it entered: it didn't choke, but it was really delicious-the crust outside was brown and crisp, the homemade bacon was moderately fatty, and the sauce inside was sweet and spicy. Although to be honest, it is still a little worse than Quanjude, considering the price of 2,200 yuan, we think it is absolutely acceptable to exaggerate a little! There is also a famous "Jiefang Road Dumpling House" near Dongxin Street. I tried it when I passed by: typical layout of China state-run fast food restaurants, typical serving speed and typical service attitude. It is typical to suggest skipping. However, it is worthwhile to stop at the dotted early stalls. For example, turn right from Fanjia to the intersection, and there is a "Ma-style Mala Tang", which is very good! A model of cheap and good quality.

Finally, let's talk about bits and pieces. Let's talk about Huimin Street first. From entering the doorway under the Drum Tower, steaming trolleys can be seen everywhere, usually a row of small bowls filled with colorful powder. From time to time, you will see the stall owner take out a round stingy cake from the steamer, insert a stick into the bowl and hand it to the customer. This is the legendary little mirror cake. There are two kinds of mirror cakes, ordinary and cheap, which are very bright, 50 cents each, and the taste is nothing special; What I want to recommend is another kind of "sweet rose mirror cake". Although every family uses this banner, in fact, there are only one or two places in the whole Huimin Street, one by one. It doesn't look eye-catching, because the dipping sauce is made of honey and roses, and the color is dark, but the entrance smell is rich, far from the colorful sugar residue. There is also a kind of "Ku cake" in Xi 'an (also pronounced Beijing in the local language, easy to mix), which is usually sold in the morning market at the foot of the city wall. There are generally two cauldrons in the car, one is glutinous rice cake and the other is stuffing made of red dates and red beans, which tastes delicious. Anyone who has been near the bell tower should see small milk cakes in cartons all over the street. Don't go to a roadside stall to save trouble. It's all fake. The ground floor of the open source commercial building sells authentic "Bell Tower" milk cakes at 50 cents each with seven flavors. If I hadn't listened to the advice of netizens, I would have thought it was delicious, but later I found that the eyes of the masses were sharp: just less than 20 meters from the source, there was a "Snowball" brand cold drink direct sale point, where the small milk cakes (also seven kinds of 50 cents) were the essence of real domestic cold drinks. The taste of hawthorn, red bean paste and milk is too strong, just like the resurrection of red fruits, red beans and yogurt popsicles when I was a child! If you catch up with winter and feel that Mongolian cei popsicles hurt your stomach too much, you can consider going across the street to try two "May Day packs"; Otherwise, it's not bad to come to the south yard to eat a bowl of "spicy powder". By the way, there is another one I would like to recommend: "Grilled swim bladder with red lanterns". This place is definitely not suitable for tourists. I suspect that many locals have never been there: it is in an alley near Umbrella Tower Road (the street sign can't be seen clearly at night), and frontispiece's son hangs two red lanterns, but the real "shopping mall" can only be found through the main entrance, to a residential area, and then around the back open-air square. It is said that I have eaten barbecue before, but this is the first time to taste it. Awesome!

Finally, it summarizes the prerequisites of "eating all over Xi 'an": a keen sense of smell+a healthy stomach+the strategy of keeping pace with the times+the spirit of "being fat is fat"; If you remember my eight-character motto-eat less and eat more, this dream will come true in a few days.