Local Halal Food in China: Xining Beef Noodles, Muslim Markets and Qinghai Street Food
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Summary: Local Halal Food in China: Xining Beef Noodles, Muslim Markets and Qinghai Street Food is presented here as a clear English travel account for Muslim readers, beginning with this scene: This is a guide written on a mobile phone. The article keeps the original place names, food details, photographs, and cultural context while focusing on Xining Halal Food, Qinghai Muslims, Street Food.
This is a guide written on a mobile phone.
I wrote a food guide in Xining in a previous article. It happened to be the time when I was getting married in Xining. After two years, I returned to my parents’ home. Some of the restaurants in the previous article are no longer there. I suggest you read my guide in the future and check whether the restaurant is open in advance on Dianping.com.
When shopping in Xining, you will basically not step into any trap. People in Qinghai are very picky and very picky about food. Competition in the local catering industry is fierce. If the food is not delicious, you will really not be able to survive, so you only need to think about which special food is delicious.
Gaoerli Lamb Sausage Noodles
Gaoerli Lamb Sausage Noodles
Sheep intestine noodles are one of Qinghai's specialty noodles. You can eat them for breakfast. The main ingredient is sheep intestines. The intestines are stuffed with bean flour or offal, mixed with garlic sprouts and Qinghai spicy seeds, and paired with a bowl of mutton soup. This taste is not easy to find in other places.
Sheep intestine noodles
Address: There are multiple branches. The Qiyi Road store is about 50 meters southwest of the intersection of Wuyi Road and Binhe South Road in Chengdong District (May 1st Cultural Palace, Xining City)
Guizhou Village
Guizhou Village
Guizhou Village is a chain brand in Zhengzhou. The first branch in Qinghai was opened on Limeng Pedestrian Street in Xining. It specializes in gift packages of various pastries and snacks. Because my wife likes desserts, we walked into this store with the mentality of giving it a try and tried a peach cake, which we found to be unexpectedly delicious.
Egg yolk cake and wife cake
Peach cake is their main specialty product. It comes in a variety of flavors. It tastes very crispy and does not taste greasy. There are also low-sugar versions available.
peach cake
Address: There are many branches. Limeng Pedestrian Street is the main store in Qinghai.
Food Diary
Amu's tongue grabs noodles
A Dashiji Food Court opened in Limeng Pedestrian Street. The second floor of the food court is full of halal food.
Grasping Noodles
This is my first time to eat flower noodles in Qinghai noodles. There are many types of noodles. Flower noodles have a variety of ingredients, including sheep intestines and haggis.
braised pork roll
There are many types of halal stalls on the second floor, including barbecue, shabu-shabu and stew. There are not many halal restaurants in Limeng Pedestrian Street. Friends who don’t know what to eat can come here.
Yufeng Pavilion
Stir-fried, lamb intestine noodles, wood-fired turkey
Yufeng Pavilion has three stores selling different snacks, including stir-fried noodles, offal lamb intestine noodles and firewood turkey. Each store tastes good.
steamed stuffed bun
Qinghai's steamed buns are very particular about their appearance and taste. For example, the steamed buns must be oily, the skin must be soft, and the buns must be pinched into flowers.
Offal soup
Steamed buns, offal or noodle soup are the first choice for Qinghai people's breakfast. Qinghai's haggis is of high quality.
Mu Zhongyuan
Mu Zhongyuan’s special casserole
Mu Zhongyuan is also a long-established restaurant in Dongguan. The casserole is the most popular. After entering the store, you select the ingredients first. After selecting, you give it to the chef and ask for meat.
Beef steamed dumplings
There are 30 small dumplings per pound of steamed dumplings, and you can eat one at a time. It is an exquisite and delicious dish that I like, and the person who makes the dumplings is right at the door, so you can see the process of the steamed dumplings being made and cooked.
Casserole
The ingredients in the casserole are all fresh and spicy. The pot is a small pot. There are many people eating casserole. The taste is better than anything I have eaten before.
Pepper Chicken
The peppercorn chicken is placed in the big pot at the door. It looks very tempting. Many diners will take a portion home when they leave.
Address: Near the main entrance of Dongguan Mosque
Yilong Ecological Tea Restaurant
Yilong Ecological Tea Restaurant
This is a tea restaurant with a very elegant environment and decoration. It specializes in Qinghai specialty stir-fries and afternoon tea.
Pool in the restaurant
This style of eco-friendly halal restaurant has only been seen in Xining. I have been to the Jing Xifeng Restaurant in Xining before, which is bigger than this one. The restaurant was built in a park, but unfortunately it has been demolished due to illegal construction.
The restaurant’s artificial tree and private rooms
Beef and eggplant
Fried local chicken
The bowls in the store are a highlight. Most of the waiters in the restaurant are from the Salar ethnic group and are very good-looking.
The vine is fake, but the melon is real.
Address: No. 50, Dazhong Road, Chengdong District
Huaying Firecracker Bowl Mix
Huaying Firecracker Bowl Mix Main Store
Huaying Firecracker Noodles is a famous delicacy in Qinghai, and there are many chains. The first time I ate Huaying Firecracker Noodles was in Lhasa, but after I ate the Firecracker Noodles from the main store in Xining, I suspected that the store in Lhasa was a copycat.
Firecracker noodles
Firecracker noodles are similar to a cross between ramen noodles and mixed noodles. The noodles are cut into two-section pieces and heavy on oil and salt, making them enjoyable to eat. There are still many people queuing up to eat noodles on rainy days, and some people squat at the door to eat. Huaying Firecrackers only operates half a day every day, just like Henan Spicy Soup, and closes in the afternoon.
Blanched chicken
The noodle restaurants in Xining also have some meat dishes that are paired with them. The white-cut chicken is delicious.
Address: Qilian Road, Chengdong District
Kee Kee Noodles
Qi Kee Noodles Branch
Qiji noodles were recommended by my friend Sala. Their noodles are made in a new style. I already like Qinghai handmade noodles, but this Qiji noodles still stood out to me.
handmade dough
Qiji's noodles are characterized by heavy oil. The noodles are very small and suitable for people with heavy mouths. They will satisfy their cravings and are packed with diners every day.
Spicy lamb trotters
We also recommend Qiji’s sheep trotters, yogurt and stewed beef brisket. The beef brisket is 99 yuan per pound and can be sold by two. Qiji has many branches.
Stonemason Japanese Charcoal BBQ
Stonemason Japanese Charcoal BBQ
This is also the first Japanese barbecue restaurant in Xining recommended by Saradosti. It is located on Limeng Pedestrian Street.
The environment is more sophisticated
Let’s talk about the service first. The service here is more attentive, greetings proactively and helping with barbecue. It should be said that the service in the entire restaurant in Xining is good.
Butter and mushrooms
When grilling mushrooms, dip them in butter to give them a very unique taste.
Tempura
Tempura is a traditional Japanese dish, which is fried vegetables, but the tempura in this restaurant is not recommended.
bibimbap
The Japanese BBQ restaurant combines some Korean cuisine, and the bibimbap tastes okay.
Black beef platter
The meat is delicate, needless to say, and the accompanying dipping sauce is also delicious. Generally speaking, the taste is similar to that of Qingu in Beijing.
Three liters of dry noodles
Three liters of dry noodles
Dry noodles are a specialty snack in Qinghai, and Sansheng dry noodles are the most famous traditional dry noodle restaurant. There are many noodle restaurants under the Sansheng banner in prefectures and counties, but they are not authentic. The only authentic one is this one, on the first floor of Xinqian.
Dry noodles
Sansheng Dry Noodles is also the best dry noodles I have ever tasted. The noodles are slightly yellow and chewy, and the meat sauce is tasty enough. You can have it for breakfast.
Belle's Burger
Belle's Burger
There are many halal burger fast food restaurants in Xining, including Belles, a foreign chain brand, and Dicos, which is halal.
pink burger
Friends who have never eaten halal McDonald's KFC can come to Xining to experience the taste of Western fast food.
Four seasons hotpot
Four Seasons Sichuan Hotpot
People in Qinghai love hot pot very much. to the local hot pot, the most popular one is Sichuan hot pot, which belongs to Sichuan style in all seasons.
Arrange the meat in a circle around the pot.
The last time I came to Xining, I ate at the Chengdu chain brand Niubi. This time Saladosti took me to eat Four Seasons Mandarin Duck Hotpot. I felt that the decoration style here has the flavor of Xunhua Old Town.
Grandpa bakes big cakes
Copycat grandpa bakes pancakes
Grandpa's baked flatbread was recommended to me by Sala Laotie, but I accidentally saw this shop and thought it was the original shop. After eating it, I realized that this one was a copycat.
Grilled flatbread with mutton skewers inside
The real grandpa bakes pancakes in the development zone. People say his hands are not dirty and the pancakes he bakes are not fragrant. Friends can experience it for themselves.
Nile Halal Food City
Nile Halal Food City was opened on the 15th floor in 2015. It has a wide variety of snacks, and the environment is very spacious, with a dedicated dining area and a place for ablution.
Stuffed potato skin and rubbed taro
Hassan ice cream
I ate Hassan Ice Cream when I first came to Xining many years ago. At that time, I was still on Mojia Street. The ice cream seller at that time was a very beautiful girl. Today I heard that the girl had already married.
Hassan ice cream
Paper wrapped fish
The fish is fried and crispy, with lemon slices on top and French fries on the bottom.
BBQ bibimbap
My wife especially liked this BBQ bibimbap and ate it twice.
Papa April's Filet Mignon
Dad April specializes in steaks, there are many choices, and the steak tastes average.
Xinqian Tourist Night Market Food Street
There is also a gourmet night market on the basement floor of Xinqian. The quality is more down-to-earth than the Nile upstairs, the taste is more homely, and it is more popular. It is still crowded at 10 o'clock in the evening.
If you like a livelier atmosphere, come to the night market. There are many tourists, but the locals prefer the Nile upstairs. I like both because the tastes are different.
ice powder
Roll out the dough
Large copper pot with sour soup dumplings
Hot squid
The food in Xining is introduced here for the time being. Finally, I will share the food in Xining recommended to me by my old friend Sala. I haven’t checked them out yet, but everyone who has been there likes them.
Summary: Local Halal Food in China: Xining Beef Noodles, Muslim Markets and Qinghai Street Food is presented here as a clear English travel account for Muslim readers, beginning with this scene: This is a guide written on a mobile phone. The article keeps the original place names, food details, photographs, and cultural context while focusing on Xining Halal Food, Qinghai Muslims, Street Food.
This is a guide written on a mobile phone.
I wrote a food guide in Xining in a previous article. It happened to be the time when I was getting married in Xining. After two years, I returned to my parents’ home. Some of the restaurants in the previous article are no longer there. I suggest you read my guide in the future and check whether the restaurant is open in advance on Dianping.com.
When shopping in Xining, you will basically not step into any trap. People in Qinghai are very picky and very picky about food. Competition in the local catering industry is fierce. If the food is not delicious, you will really not be able to survive, so you only need to think about which special food is delicious.
Gaoerli Lamb Sausage Noodles
Gaoerli Lamb Sausage Noodles
Sheep intestine noodles are one of Qinghai's specialty noodles. You can eat them for breakfast. The main ingredient is sheep intestines. The intestines are stuffed with bean flour or offal, mixed with garlic sprouts and Qinghai spicy seeds, and paired with a bowl of mutton soup. This taste is not easy to find in other places.
Sheep intestine noodles
Address: There are multiple branches. The Qiyi Road store is about 50 meters southwest of the intersection of Wuyi Road and Binhe South Road in Chengdong District (May 1st Cultural Palace, Xining City)
Guizhou Village
Guizhou Village
Guizhou Village is a chain brand in Zhengzhou. The first branch in Qinghai was opened on Limeng Pedestrian Street in Xining. It specializes in gift packages of various pastries and snacks. Because my wife likes desserts, we walked into this store with the mentality of giving it a try and tried a peach cake, which we found to be unexpectedly delicious.
Egg yolk cake and wife cake
Peach cake is their main specialty product. It comes in a variety of flavors. It tastes very crispy and does not taste greasy. There are also low-sugar versions available.
peach cake
Address: There are many branches. Limeng Pedestrian Street is the main store in Qinghai.
Food Diary
Amu's tongue grabs noodles
A Dashiji Food Court opened in Limeng Pedestrian Street. The second floor of the food court is full of halal food.
Grasping Noodles
This is my first time to eat flower noodles in Qinghai noodles. There are many types of noodles. Flower noodles have a variety of ingredients, including sheep intestines and haggis.
braised pork roll
There are many types of halal stalls on the second floor, including barbecue, shabu-shabu and stew. There are not many halal restaurants in Limeng Pedestrian Street. Friends who don’t know what to eat can come here.
Yufeng Pavilion
Stir-fried, lamb intestine noodles, wood-fired turkey
Yufeng Pavilion has three stores selling different snacks, including stir-fried noodles, offal lamb intestine noodles and firewood turkey. Each store tastes good.
steamed stuffed bun
Qinghai's steamed buns are very particular about their appearance and taste. For example, the steamed buns must be oily, the skin must be soft, and the buns must be pinched into flowers.
Offal soup
Steamed buns, offal or noodle soup are the first choice for Qinghai people's breakfast. Qinghai's haggis is of high quality.
Mu Zhongyuan
Mu Zhongyuan’s special casserole
Mu Zhongyuan is also a long-established restaurant in Dongguan. The casserole is the most popular. After entering the store, you select the ingredients first. After selecting, you give it to the chef and ask for meat.
Beef steamed dumplings
There are 30 small dumplings per pound of steamed dumplings, and you can eat one at a time. It is an exquisite and delicious dish that I like, and the person who makes the dumplings is right at the door, so you can see the process of the steamed dumplings being made and cooked.
Casserole
The ingredients in the casserole are all fresh and spicy. The pot is a small pot. There are many people eating casserole. The taste is better than anything I have eaten before.
Pepper Chicken
The peppercorn chicken is placed in the big pot at the door. It looks very tempting. Many diners will take a portion home when they leave.
Address: Near the main entrance of Dongguan Mosque
Yilong Ecological Tea Restaurant
Yilong Ecological Tea Restaurant
This is a tea restaurant with a very elegant environment and decoration. It specializes in Qinghai specialty stir-fries and afternoon tea.
Pool in the restaurant
This style of eco-friendly halal restaurant has only been seen in Xining. I have been to the Jing Xifeng Restaurant in Xining before, which is bigger than this one. The restaurant was built in a park, but unfortunately it has been demolished due to illegal construction.
The restaurant’s artificial tree and private rooms
Beef and eggplant
Fried local chicken
The bowls in the store are a highlight. Most of the waiters in the restaurant are from the Salar ethnic group and are very good-looking.
The vine is fake, but the melon is real.
Address: No. 50, Dazhong Road, Chengdong District
Huaying Firecracker Bowl Mix
Huaying Firecracker Bowl Mix Main Store
Huaying Firecracker Noodles is a famous delicacy in Qinghai, and there are many chains. The first time I ate Huaying Firecracker Noodles was in Lhasa, but after I ate the Firecracker Noodles from the main store in Xining, I suspected that the store in Lhasa was a copycat.
Firecracker noodles
Firecracker noodles are similar to a cross between ramen noodles and mixed noodles. The noodles are cut into two-section pieces and heavy on oil and salt, making them enjoyable to eat. There are still many people queuing up to eat noodles on rainy days, and some people squat at the door to eat. Huaying Firecrackers only operates half a day every day, just like Henan Spicy Soup, and closes in the afternoon.
Blanched chicken
The noodle restaurants in Xining also have some meat dishes that are paired with them. The white-cut chicken is delicious.
Address: Qilian Road, Chengdong District
Kee Kee Noodles
Qi Kee Noodles Branch
Qiji noodles were recommended by my friend Sala. Their noodles are made in a new style. I already like Qinghai handmade noodles, but this Qiji noodles still stood out to me.
handmade dough
Qiji's noodles are characterized by heavy oil. The noodles are very small and suitable for people with heavy mouths. They will satisfy their cravings and are packed with diners every day.
Spicy lamb trotters
We also recommend Qiji’s sheep trotters, yogurt and stewed beef brisket. The beef brisket is 99 yuan per pound and can be sold by two. Qiji has many branches.
Stonemason Japanese Charcoal BBQ
Stonemason Japanese Charcoal BBQ
This is also the first Japanese barbecue restaurant in Xining recommended by Saradosti. It is located on Limeng Pedestrian Street.
The environment is more sophisticated
Let’s talk about the service first. The service here is more attentive, greetings proactively and helping with barbecue. It should be said that the service in the entire restaurant in Xining is good.
Butter and mushrooms
When grilling mushrooms, dip them in butter to give them a very unique taste.
Tempura
Tempura is a traditional Japanese dish, which is fried vegetables, but the tempura in this restaurant is not recommended.
bibimbap
The Japanese BBQ restaurant combines some Korean cuisine, and the bibimbap tastes okay.
Black beef platter
The meat is delicate, needless to say, and the accompanying dipping sauce is also delicious. Generally speaking, the taste is similar to that of Qingu in Beijing.
Three liters of dry noodles
Three liters of dry noodles
Dry noodles are a specialty snack in Qinghai, and Sansheng dry noodles are the most famous traditional dry noodle restaurant. There are many noodle restaurants under the Sansheng banner in prefectures and counties, but they are not authentic. The only authentic one is this one, on the first floor of Xinqian.
Dry noodles
Sansheng Dry Noodles is also the best dry noodles I have ever tasted. The noodles are slightly yellow and chewy, and the meat sauce is tasty enough. You can have it for breakfast.
Belle's Burger
Belle's Burger
There are many halal burger fast food restaurants in Xining, including Belles, a foreign chain brand, and Dicos, which is halal.
pink burger
Friends who have never eaten halal McDonald's KFC can come to Xining to experience the taste of Western fast food.
Four seasons hotpot
Four Seasons Sichuan Hotpot
People in Qinghai love hot pot very much. to the local hot pot, the most popular one is Sichuan hot pot, which belongs to Sichuan style in all seasons.
Arrange the meat in a circle around the pot.
The last time I came to Xining, I ate at the Chengdu chain brand Niubi. This time Saladosti took me to eat Four Seasons Mandarin Duck Hotpot. I felt that the decoration style here has the flavor of Xunhua Old Town.
Grandpa bakes big cakes
Copycat grandpa bakes pancakes
Grandpa's baked flatbread was recommended to me by Sala Laotie, but I accidentally saw this shop and thought it was the original shop. After eating it, I realized that this one was a copycat.
Grilled flatbread with mutton skewers inside
The real grandpa bakes pancakes in the development zone. People say his hands are not dirty and the pancakes he bakes are not fragrant. Friends can experience it for themselves.
Nile Halal Food City
Nile Halal Food City was opened on the 15th floor in 2015. It has a wide variety of snacks, and the environment is very spacious, with a dedicated dining area and a place for ablution.
Stuffed potato skin and rubbed taro
Hassan ice cream
I ate Hassan Ice Cream when I first came to Xining many years ago. At that time, I was still on Mojia Street. The ice cream seller at that time was a very beautiful girl. Today I heard that the girl had already married.
Hassan ice cream
Paper wrapped fish
The fish is fried and crispy, with lemon slices on top and French fries on the bottom.
BBQ bibimbap
My wife especially liked this BBQ bibimbap and ate it twice.
Papa April's Filet Mignon
Dad April specializes in steaks, there are many choices, and the steak tastes average.
Xinqian Tourist Night Market Food Street
There is also a gourmet night market on the basement floor of Xinqian. The quality is more down-to-earth than the Nile upstairs, the taste is more homely, and it is more popular. It is still crowded at 10 o'clock in the evening.
If you like a livelier atmosphere, come to the night market. There are many tourists, but the locals prefer the Nile upstairs. I like both because the tastes are different.
ice powder
Roll out the dough
Large copper pot with sour soup dumplings
Hot squid
The food in Xining is introduced here for the time being. Finally, I will share the food in Xining recommended to me by my old friend Sala. I haven’t checked them out yet, but everyone who has been there likes them.
