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Xian is not only a tourist city, but also a city filled with delicate food. It is a must for the visitors to taste "two banquets" and "two Pao". The "two banquets" refer to budget meal of Shaanxi flavor in Xian Restaurant and the dumpling banquet in De Fa Chang Dumpling Restaurant and Jiefang Road dumpling restaurant. The "two pao" mean the shredded cake in mutton and beef soup and Hulutou. The most famous restaurants of shredded cake in mutton and beef soup are the Sun's restaurant and Tong Sheng Xiang Restaurant.
Budget meal of Shaanxi flavor in (snack feast) Xi'an Restaurant: The Snack Feast caters to the customer with selected snacks form Xi'an. The crispy pie is reputed as "the first refreshment in Chang'an". The "bubble fried cake" melts immediately in the mouth. The "golden thread fried tower" refers to a kind of noodles which, when picked up with chopsticks, tend to coil back into the shape of a tower. The "date pulp paste" is smooth and tasty. And the "persimmon pie" is soft and palatable. Other traditional flavors include the "millet crust", "glutinous rice cake", "cold rice noodles", and "corn flour fish".
Dumpling banquet in Da Fa Chang Dumpling Restaurant: The dumpling banquet features a collection of stuffed dumplings originally created in the palaces and mansions or by the common people. The dumplings are prepared by way of steaming, boiling, frying, etc. the big attraction is the colors, flavors, tastes and shapes. The largest feast may run more than 120 varieties.
Tang style feast accompanied by music: Banquet Music of the Tang Dynasty offers the guests with music enchantment of the Tang Dynasty while they enjoy the delicious food. The modern audio-visual effects are well harmonized with music and dance from the golden era of the Tang Dynasty. Visitors and taste seekers to Xi'an are perhaps most satisfied with a feast in the elegance and splendor of the Tang Dynasty.
Beef or mutton soup with cakes (the shredded cake in mutton and beef soup): The Beef of Mutton Soup with Cakes started from a variety of mutton soups in the Zhou Dynasty. This typical Islamic snack is prepared with well done meat and thick gravy, best served with tough cake morsels stewed in. There are roughly four varieties. Before serving, the cake is usually nipped into small morsel pieces by the guest himself. The stew is not supposed to be disturbed in any big way during serving. The guest should take it bit by bit from one side. It is usually served with chili paste and pickled garlic.
De Fa Chang Restaurant is the NO.1 in Hulutou. In addition, Cold noodles, and Qishan noodles are tasty and well-known Shaanxi specialties.
There are countless delicate food in Xian which is mainly collected in four blocks. The first one is along the East Street. Many old restaurants are located here. The second one is the South Street which consists of shopping, dinning and entertainment. The area near Beiyuan Men and the Nan'er Huan's surroundings are the last two ones.
 Foreign Restaurant
 A Ka Di Ya Time Restaurant
ADD:No.4 Gaoxin Er Road TEL:(029)88472986
St. Louis Portugal Restaurant
ADD:First Floor, Rose Building, Keji Road TEL:(029)88318888
Osteen western Restaurant and Wine Porch
ADD:No.2 South Street TEL:(029)87275658
Modern Time Western Restaurant
ADD:No.26 Nanguangji Road TEL:(029)87616821
Western Line American Style Restaurant
ADD:Fenghao Dong Road TEL:(029)84286367 (029)87215577
Brazil Restaurant
ADD:No.18 Xiangzimiao Street TEL:(029)87215577
Pizza Hut
ADD:First floor Haida Tiandi Building, No.8 South Street TEL:(029)87687388 87687399
Fast Food
KFC
East Street Branch
ADD:No.319 East Branch TEL:(029)87270741
Xishao Gate Branch
ADD:The Cross of Xishao Gate TEL:(029)88634302
Bell Tower Branch
ADD:No.52 South Street TEL:(029)87280981-231
Yanta( wild goose) Branch
ADD:No.23 Yanta Bei Lu TEL:(029)82238891
Dicos
Bell Tower Branch
ADD:No.435 East Street TEL:(029)7218625
Chaoyang Branch
ADD:Outside Chaoyangmen TEL:(029)2493388
Campus Branch
ADD:Xianyang Xi Road, West side of Xi'an Jiaotong University supermarket
TEL:(029)2661097
High-tech Zone Branch
ADD:Maple Leaf Building, Gaoxin Road, High-tech Zone TEL:(029)8321128
Dazheng Branch
ADD:No.321 Chang'an Nan Road TEL:(029)5229440
Mc Donald's
Chang'an Zhong Road Branch
ADD:No.38 Chang'an Zhong Road TEL:(029)85226680
Carefree Branch
ADD:Hongfu Building, the crossway of North Street and Erfu Street TEL:(029)872099536
Kaiyuan Branch
ADD:1st and 2nd floor, Kaiyuan Shopping Mall, East Street TEL:(029)87253386
Bell Tower and Drum Tower Branch
ADD:Bell -drum Tower Square, No.1 West Street TEL:(029)87631918
Hot pot
Yanta Road Branch
ADD:No.101 South part of Yanta Road
TEL:(029)85536971 Average cost(P.P): ￥37
Zhuyuan Cun Hot Pot
ADD:No.19 Laodong Nan Road
TEL:(029)88473333 Average cost(p.p): ￥38
Heping Branch
ADD:No.105 Heping Road
TEL:(029)87426666 Average cost(p.p): ￥48
Donglai Shun Hot Pot
ADD:Nan'er Huan Branch
TEL:(029)88489008 88489009 Average cost(p.p): ￥47
Tan Yutou Hot Pot
ADD:No.19 east part of Nan'er Huan
TEL:(029)87429977 82253222 Average cost(p.p): ￥53
Seafood
East Sea Seafood
ADD:No.1 Feiyuan Road TEL:(029)83229888
Great Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant
ADD:1.No.3 Gaoxin Road TEL:(029)88220622
ADD:2.No.1 middle of Huancheng Dong Road TEL:(029)82403688
Junyue Honored Guest Restaurant
ADD:Crossway of Shiyuan Road and Xingqing Road TEL:(029)82083366
A'lin Seafood
ADD:E Yang International Building Keji Road TEL:(029)82308088
Zhicheng Restaurant
ADD:2nd and 3rd floor, Zhicheng Building, No.2 Gaoxin Yi Road TEL:(029)88377222
Xinghua Fu Rare Fish
ADD:No.661 Gaoxin Road TEL:(029)88317979
Three major Chinese Cuisines in Xian |
There are three major Chinese cuisines in China, you can taste all the special flavors in Xi'an.
Guangdong Style (Cantonese cuisine)
Guangdong cuisine is probably the most familiar in the west. Egg rools, chow mein, dim sum, pastries and steamed fish are all indisputably Guangdong cuisine in origin. It was developed in Guangdong, Huizhou and Chaozhou and on Hainan Island in South China. As the climate there is hot, the dishes are tender and lightly seasoned. The Guangdong cuisine uses a broad range of materials, including the fresh of snakes, leopards and dogs. In preparing the Guangdong cuisine, dozens of varieties of ingredients are often involved and more than 30 different kinds of cooking methods employed, such as frying, grilling, stewing, simmering, deep-frying, roasting and braising, etc.. Freshness is everything to the Guangdong cuisine.
Tang Yue Palace
ADD:No.75 Chang'an North Road TEL:(029)85261456---241,242
Guohua Old Restaurant
ADD:The crossway of Zhuque Road Nan'er Huan
TEL:(029)85223366 Bus route:24、504、308
South Sea King of Fish(Nanhai Yuwang)
ADD:No.256 Xiguan Zheng Road
TEL:(029)68800785 Bus route: 4、24、31、201、300、407、503、521、611、K630、702
Sichuan Style
Sichuan cuisine is world-famous for its hot and spicy dishes. The climate in Sichuan is very humid for most of the year and Sichuan people have developed the habit of keeping the damp out by eating heavily spiced food. Hot chills, black pepper, huajiao pepper, ( a kind of pepper with a sharp taste which has a numbing effect on the palate if eaten in large quantities) and ginger are the ever-present ingredients that give Sichuan dishes their highly distinctive pungency. Endowed by nature with fertile soil and a year-round mild climate, Sichuan has for centuries been known as one of the most prosperous regions in China. The development of its cuisine was greatly stimulated by the introduction of Beijing cuisine by the cooks who accompanied officials sent from the capital after the 13th century. Many of these cooks settled in Sichuan and opened their own restaurants. Sichuan cuisine boasts a great variety of flavors and different methods of cooking. A Sichuan dish can be hot, sweet, salty, or tongue numbing. Noted Sichuan dishes include Pork Shreds with Fish flavor, Chicken Cubes with Peanuts in Hot Sauce, and Clear Soup with White Wood Ears.
Guoli Renhe Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant
Gaoxin Branch
ADD:The first and second floor of Youzheng Building Keji Road TEL:(029)88319595
Gongzhan Guan Branch
ADD:No.1 Chang'an North Road TEL:(029)85238866
2088 Savory and peppery Shrimp(Xiangla Xia)
ADD:No.265 West Street
TEL:(029)87268222 Bus route: 201.43.7. 611. 4 ( get off the bus at Drum Tower)
Chuanyu Renjia
Nan'er Huan Branch
ADD:No.366 the east part of Nan'er Huan, Beilin District TEL:(029)82230223
Weiyang Road Branch
ADD:No.149 Weiyang Road, Weiyang District TEL:(029)86526222
Jiangsu-Zhejiang Style
Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine is popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang River and is characterized by its sweet flavor. It is based on four cooking methods:boiling,stewing, braising and simmering, with few added ingredients apart from the main materials. Cooked in their own juices, the dishes are fresh, tender, fragrant and rich -----either crisp or soft, but never greasy. A good balance is kept between under and over seasoning, and the meat falls easily off the bones. Famous Jiangsu-Zhejiang dishes include West Lake Vinegar Fish, Roasted Pork Cubes and Beggar's Jiangsu-Zhejiang cooking and Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine is also becoming more and more popular in the North.
Suzhe Hui Restaurant
ADD:No.136 Daqing Road TEL:(029)84201111
Garden Restaurant
ADD:The north part of Zhuque Road TEL:(029)87882492
May First Restaurant
ADD:No.351 East Street
TEL:(029)87681098 Bus route: 5、603、611、43、45
Shanghai Renjia
ADD:No.6 Zhuque Road TEL:(029)85227777
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