Food

Noodle

Xi'an people like eating noodles. There are up to 100 rich and diversified kinds of noodles according to rough statistics; all made absolutely differently with rich culture involved just like the history of Xi'an. The popular ones include Qishan minced noodles, style noodles (a long, wide, flat noodle to be dipped in tomato sauce with green vegetables), Baitang noodles, grain-mixed vermicelli, sliced noodles, oil sprinkled noodles, and Biangbiang noodles.

Crumbled Flatbread with Beef and Mutton Stew

Xi'an people enjoy this distinctive food famous both at home and abroad. As a symbol of Xi'an culture, it has often been served at state banquets owing to its special taste. Diners recall it for a very long time owing to its fine style of cooking and prevailing fragrance.

Marinated Meat in Baked Bread

Xi'an marinated meat in baked bread is famous as the "Chinese hamburger". Juicy meat is mixed with Baiji bread in a perfect match. The dish's fragrant bread and soft meat make people never forget it. The meat juice has a long history and is especially famous and popular both at home and abroad.

Steamed Cold Noodles

Steamed cold noodles are one of the famous snacks in Xi'an. Owing to its unique taste and suitability for both young and old, it is no longer unique in Xi'an but is known around the whole country.

Soup Dumplings

Soup dumplings are finely processed with carefully-chosen materials. They feature fresh and soft meats, thin and elastic wrappers, gleaming surfaces and normal and rich flavor. They are oily but not greasy.

Dry-cured Beef and Mutton

This Xi'an dish has a history of almost one hundred years. Choice meats are preserved with salt and local spices, and cooked with fine techniques as well as proper heat. The crisp, dry-cured meats have a ruddy color and delicious taste.

Roast Meat

Roast meat in the Beiyuan Gate area is characterized by small and thin slices of meat. The delicious meat on each kebab has good fat, and is thick with juice.

Snacks

Persimmon Cake

Xi'an persimmon cake, also known as crystal persimmon cake, is processed with "crystal persimmon" grown in Lintong District. Xi'an persimmon cake is characterized by a golden surface, sweet flavor, and the fragrance of osmanthus.

Crystal Cake

Crystal cake, a kind of crispy dessert, gained its name from its crystal-like transparency. Crystal cake is golden on the surface and white like snow all around; meanwhile it has the aroma of rose and fine scent of orange. It is recognized as the no one Shaanxi dessert.

Honey Cold Cake

One of Xi'an's special snacks for local dinners, it tastes soft and delicious and definitely fills the stomach.

Hard Flour Pancake

It is also called as "Guokui", "Guokuimo" and "Ganmo", and is a traditional flour snack popular among urban and rural residents in the Guanzhong region, Shaanxi province.