Top Ten Must-Eat Foods in Lanzhou

The top ten must-eat foods in Lanzhou are stuffed skin, apricot skin water, hand-grabbed mutton and braised mutton, candied fruit, milk and egg paste, grey beans, fried noodles, three-bubble table, pulp noodles, barbecue (skewers) and so on.

1, annual skin

Niangpi is a popular traditional pasta in northwest China, which is a bit like cold rice noodles. There are two kinds of preserved skins in Lanzhou: washed (strengthened) and high-load (not strengthened), and the seasonings are Chili oil, mustard juice and garlic juice. No matter how big the restaurant is, the meat sandwich is the first choice for local cold dishes, and it is also one of the favorite snacks of local people.

2. Apricot skin water

Apricot skin water, which seems to have originated in Dunhuang, is made from the apricot skin of Li Guangxing, a special product of Dunhuang, dried and boiled with rock sugar, and then spread to Lanzhou. On the streets of Lanzhou in summer, many people are selling apricot peel water, most of which are packed in plastic cups and packaged for sale. Well done, sweet and sour, which is the natural sweet and sour fragrance of fruit. Many people who sell mutton kebabs will sell them with apricot skin water to relieve greasy and spicy taste and cool off the heat.

3. Grab mutton and braised mutton.

In northwest China, braised mutton is as popular as hand-grabbed mutton, which is more authentic. Braised mutton is made of stewed mutton with potatoes, vermicelli and green peppers. Handmade noodles are the most exquisite side dish and the staple food in braised mutton, which is the most delicious with soup.

4. Sweet candied fruit

Sweet candied fruit is one of the special snacks in northwest China, which is made of oats or highland barley. It tastes a bit like fermented grains, sweet and can be seen everywhere in the streets of Lanzhou. It is a good companion to cool off in summer.

5. Mash milk and eggs

As the name implies, milk and egg mash is made by boiling milk, eggs and mash together. First, boil the mash in milk, add the plumeria, and sprinkle with raisins, medlar, peanuts, sugar, etc. And finally sprinkle with black and white sesame seeds. The finished product is yellow-white, smooth and tender, sweet and sour.

6. Gray beans

Grey bean is a dessert similar to red bean paste, which is made of hemp-colored peas. The grey beans are badly cooked and the skin of the beans has been fished out. In addition to drinking bean soup, the thick bean paste in the bowl is also rare and delicious, sour and sweet, suitable for summer heat.

7. fried noodles

Stir-fried noodles are very famous pasta in northwest China. Generally, carrots, onions, potato chips, green peppers and noodles are fried together, which is one of the necessary staple foods in every restaurant.

8, three bubble table

The third battery is called the third battery because its tea set consists of three parts: a tea cover, a tea bowl and a saucer. Also called "scraping the bowl". Before drinking, be sure to lift the lid, scrape the mouth of the bowl a few times and stir up the ingredients. The so-called "scraping the sweetness, scraping the fragrance and scraping the tea brine three times to make the soup clear". The ingredients of the third battery are: spring sword tea, red dates, longan, medlar, roses, dried apricots, raisins, rock sugar and so on. Locals drink it every day. As long as you are in a leisure place, you will see reclining chairs and three batteries.

9. Mud surface

Slurry is a beverage made of Chinese cabbage, celery, bitter vegetables, radishes, potatoes and bean sprouts by blanching. In boiling water, yeast is added for fermentation. It is pale white and tastes sour. You can add some sugar when you drink it, and drink it in summer to quench your thirst. If you pour pepper and onion into the pulp and add it to Lamian Noodles, it will become a famous bowl of pulp surface in northwest China, which is very common in Lanzhou. Of course, it will be especially lucky to have braised pork, ribs, pig's trotters, cold dishes and tiger skin peppers with good friends!

10, barbecue (kebab)

Lanzhou people run various shops selling mutton skewers and roast lamb tenderloin, collectively known as "XXX barbecue". Unlike mutton skewers in Xinjiang, the meat in Lanzhou is very small, even flaky, soft and delicious, and a piece of fat meat is added in the middle of each skewer, which is not greasy at all.