The most popular and classic snacks, follow this list and go
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Take your time in the streets and alleys to find their smell!
Travel to
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The most worrying thing in this city is “what to eat”. The food here has been passed down and is rich in variety. The time-honored restaurants and food stalls on the street are located one after another, attracting an endless stream of diners from morning to night. There is also a famous area in the center of the city
Food District “Muslim Street”
, you can get all kinds of Northwest delicacies in one place, and let you
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It has become a complete “foodie holy place”.
The most representative food in Xi’an is snacks
, there are hundreds of varieties, mainly halal flavor, pasta, mostly salty and spicy flavors, and special pastries of different shapes, which are endless aftertaste. These snacks are timeless and some are innovative and are accepted by more diners from all over the world. They have also been featured on food programs such as “A Bite of China”. Although it is a snack, it is not “small” at all.
Many snacks are large enough to be eaten as a meal, and the price is low
. The following 10 snacks are all here
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A must-try, you might as well walk in the streets and alleys to slowly find their taste. Roujiamo
Picture: Meat sandwiched into steamed buns. by Uncle Fengzi Roujiamo is a dish that is widely spread at home and abroad.
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The snack is actually “meat sandwiched in steamed buns”. Usually, pork belly (mostly pork, while the Roujiamo on Huimin Street is all beef) is stewed with more than 20 spices, minced, and then eaten with authentic Baijimo.
Roujiamo is generally divided into two types: “high-quality” and “ordinary”
, the difference lies in the amount of meat and fat and lean meat inside, the high-quality ones are made of pure lean meat, while the ordinary ones are made of half fat and lean meat. Some stores are also divided into three categories: “ordinary”, “lean meat” and “fine meat”, with the amount of lean meat increasing in order. In terms of price, taking Qinyu Roujiamo as an example, the high-quality one is 11 yuan and the ordinary one is 8 yuan. Be sure to eat it while it’s hot. The outer layer of the steamed bun is crispy, and the inner layer is soaked in wax juice. It’s mellow and delicious, the meat is fat but not greasy, and the texture is rich in layers.
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In addition to the pork/beef steamed buns mentioned above,
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The Lao Jinjia egg and vegetable steamed buns are also very unique. Fill the steamed buns with eggs and duck egg yolks, and add a few spoonfuls of peanut pickles and the exclusive secret sauce, which is both spicy and sweet.
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Liangpi
Picture: Qinzhen Liangpi topped with spicy oil. by 莯莯西西
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Liangpi appeared as early as the Qin Dynasty. Its smooth taste and various ways of eating have been loved by the public.
Qinzhen Liangpi
It is the most famous among them and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The prepared cold skin is red in color, and is thoroughly cooled with cucumber shreds and other side dishes with soy sauce and vinegar, then sprinkled with some coriander and minced garlic, and sprinkled with spicy pepper to make it taste chewy and chewy. In addition, there are
Sesame sauce cold skin
, the local Hui people prefer the taste of sesame sauce, and always add a tablespoon of sesame sauce when making cold skin, hence the name. The sesame sauce flavor in the cold skin takes up most of the flavor, making the cold skin taste richer and mellower. Made from rice milk
Hanzhong rice noodle
It is also a characteristic of Shaanxi. Compared with the above two types, it is rarer in other places. The texture of rice skin is softer and glutinous than dough skin, and it can also be made hot. In some restaurants, you can combine cold pip and rice pip to enjoy both flavors at once.
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Steamed bun series
Picture: Large pieces of mutton in mutton steamed buns. by Pink_Pt Paomo has the reputation of “the best bowl in the world”, and it is also
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A must try snack. most famous
Pita Bread In Mutton Soup
, slice the lamb hind leg meat, stew it into the soup, and cook the vermicelli in the soup. When served, the meat is rotten and the soup is thick. Sprinkle with chopped green onion and coriander, and the aroma is wonderful. The cakes used to make steamed buns are called “fufu steamed buns”. Some shops allow customers to break the buns themselves into pieces as big as soybeans. Local people regard it as a kind of fun. When drinking soup, use the “nibbling” method and drink it little by little against the edge of the bowl, so as to keep the taste consistent. When you feel tired after drinking soup, eat sugar and garlic to refresh your taste.
The mutton steamed bun snack combines vegetables, staple food and soup in one bowl. You will feel full after eating it.
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In addition to mutton steamed buns, there are also local
Beef steamed buns, gourd head steamed buns, three delicacies steamed buns
and many other types. Beef steamed buns are usually sold together with mutton steamed buns. Calabash head steamed buns and three-fresh steamed buns are both eaten by Han people: calabash head steamed buns are fat intestines. They are called this because their shape is similar to calabash heads. The taste is heavy. The main ingredients of Sanxian steamed buns are meatballs and white meat, plus vegetables such as garlic moss. It is relatively the plainest steamed bun. There are also different ways to eat soaked buns. In addition to “soaking” them, they can also be fried and eaten. If you are interested, you can try them all.
You don’t have to go to Huimin Street to eat steamed buns. The roadside restaurants in the alleys are the favorite places for old Xi’an people to eat.
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BiángBiáng noodles
Picture: The writing and appearance of Biáng Biáng noodles. by Caocao Biáng Biáng noodles are traditional noodles in Shaanxi and are listed as one of the Eight Oddities of Shaanxi. “Biáng” is an intricate, maze-like onomatopoeia (as shown in the picture above), which refers to the process of rolling, patting and eating noodles. The sound of “Biáng” will be made during the noodles process. Unlike traditional noodles,
BiángBiángThe face is as wide as a trouser belt
. After the noodles are cooked, add fried potatoes, carrots, diced tofu and other side dishes, and add a tablespoon of oil and spicy pepper to make it very flavorful. Grab a bowl and eat it while it’s hot, like an old Shaanxi “eating a big bowl of noodles”, and feel the strong texture. Generally, there are different sizes of bowls, with small bowls costing 12-16 yuan and large bowls costing 15-19 yuan.
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Soup with Pepper
Picture: Hot spicy soup freshly served at the breakfast stall. by The Kite Runner Hu spicy soup is
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The standard breakfast item, a bowl of hot and spicy soup early in the morning will make you sweat slightly and feel comfortable all over. Compared with the equally famous Henan spicy soup,
The Xi’an version of Hu spicy soup emphasizes the “numbing” feeling
The soup base is made of beef bones, onion, ginger and cooking wine, and is thickened with potato flour. The thick soup is covered with beef balls, potatoes, cauliflower, zucchini and other vegetables.
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In the morning, like the locals, you might as well have a bowl of spicy soup, sip it slowly with the steamed buns, and you can have a good breakfast for less than 15 yuan.
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Soup dumplings
Picture: The soup makes each soup dumpling look heavy. by Ye Xiaomeng is a big foodie. Snacks like soup dumplings can be found all over the country, but the recipes vary from place to place.
The soup dumplings in Xi’an tend to be salty and mostly filled with beef and mutton.
, steamed and sold now. A basket of steaming soup dumplings is served on the table. Take a bite of the thin skin to absorb the fresh and thick soup, and then chew the filling inside, which is oily but not greasy. The dipping sauce is even more authentic with spicy oil! Beef soup dumplings cost 16 yuan per drawer, and mutton soup dumplings cost 17 yuan.
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Small crispy pork
Picture: Short crispy pork and white rice are standard. by He Yeye_Yolanda crispy pork is a meat dish that goes well with rice. It has a smooth and tender texture.
Beef tenderloin is battered and oiled, then added with secret beef broth and steamed
, when the beef is soaked in the soup, add the spicy oil and you can eat it with rice. Different from the fried short-cut pork in other areas, this method is unique to Dingjia Short-cut Pork on Huimin Street. This shop has a history of more than 20 years and has constant repeat customers. A bowl of small crispy pork costs 23 yuan, enough to feed one person.
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Huanggui persimmon cake
Picture: Freshly fried persimmon cakes wrapped in paper. by Ye Xiaomeng is a big foodie. Huanggui persimmon cake is a Shaanxi snack.
The outer shell is made of Tongxian specialty fire crystal persimmon as the main ingredient, with chopped walnut kernels and yellow cinnamon sauce as the filling.
, wrap it up and fry it in a special pan. When both sides of the persimmon cake are golden brown, you can take them out and taste them. Eat it while it’s hot, the persimmons are glutinous and perfect for a dessert after cooking. The classic yellow cinnamon flavor usually costs 3 yuan, while other fillings range from 3-5 yuan.
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Osmanthus cake
Photo: Osmanthus cake on Huimin Street. by Ye Xiaomeng is a big foodie. There are many kinds of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and
This kind of golden snack can only be seen in Shaanxi and is one of the locals’ favorite street snacks.
. Stir together candied osmanthus, glutinous rice flour, sugar, etc. and steam until cooked. Usually the store will make the sweet-scented osmanthus cake into a large round cake shape. When customers buy it, they will cut out a small strip with a special knife and skewer it with bamboo skewers to eat. Reference price: 3 yuan a piece.
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Rose Mirror Cake
Pictured: Mirror cake freshly dipped in chopped peanuts and sesame seeds. by Ye Xiaomeng is a big foodie Jinggao is
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Local people’s childhood memories. Using glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient, take out a palm-sized white cake from a small steamer, apply sauce, then wrap it with black sesame seeds, chopped peanuts, etc., insert two bamboo skewers, and bite into it. The sauces come in a variety of flavors, including blueberry, hawthorn, chocolate, etc.
The rose flavor is the most iconic and popular
, sweet, glutinous and appetizing. The price of mirror cake in Huimin Street is around 5 yuan.
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Conclusion as a foodie’s paradise
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There are so many snacks that it’s hard to describe them all. In addition to the more classic snacks mentioned above, the local mutton in a basin, sour soup dumplings, oil tea, etc. are also worth trying. There are also fresh snacks waiting for you to discover on the streets. Generally speaking, in
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, you can have a full meal for 20-30 yuan per person. Most of the classic snacks introduced above are concentrated in Muslim Street. In addition, there are also delicious restaurants near famous landmarks such as the Bell Tower and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. You can check the addresses in advance before traveling and properly arrange your sightseeing and dining plans for the day.  

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