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Ningxia Dining
Ningxia is home of Hui nationality in China.
As a main cultural center for the Hui people in China, Ningxia offers a variety of unique Muslim food as well as traditional Chinese fare. Visitors can not only sample authentic Islamic dishes but also taste some of the unique Hui cuisine while they travel in Ningxia.
Top dishes in Ningxia
No.1: Mutton eaten with hands (Shouzhua Yangrou手抓羊肉）
The Mutton eaten with hands is one of the top ten classic dishes in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is said that it has a history of nearly a thousand years. The mutton in Yinchuan are delicious in flesh, not fat, and nutritious. Therefore, the lamb is also very authentic, keeping the original taste of the lamb, dipped in salt and garlic, and full of flavor and fragrance. Tongxinchun Restaurant is a famous Hui restaurant in Yinchuan. It is famous for its mutton eaten with hands. If you travel to Yinchuan, we will be happy to recommend you to eat Yinchuan Hui cuisine at this restaurant.
No.2: Rubbed Mutton Noodles (
羊肉搓面 Yangrou Cuo Mian)
Rubbed Mutton Noodles is a delicious pasta originating from the Hui people. Eating lamb rubbing noodles has become a habit that Yinchuan people must eat every day.You can taste it if you travel to Ningxia. The noodles are rubbed into many small parts as the shape of chopsticks by hand and cooked in the pan. Cut the lamb into diced, stir-fry and cover the noodles, then pour the lamb juice soup, add chili red oil to taste. This kind of noodles are fresh and the flavor is very unique for eating. It is one of famous snacks in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
No.3: The traditional Gaiwancha (盖碗茶）
The traditional
Gaiwancha (a kind of tea beverage), which is said to have originated during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is also of Hui origin. This tea comes in a variety of flavors due to the different ingredients added such as brown sugar, white sugar, crystal sugar, five-savory (tea leaf, crystal sugar, longan, raisin, and dried apricot), and eight-treasure ( Chinese date, Barbary wolfberry fruit, walnut kernel, longan, gingili, raisin, white sugar and tea leaf).
Recommended Restaurants in Ningxia
Tongxinchun Restaurant
Just like Quanjude Roast Duck in
Beijing, the Tongxinchun Restaurant is a famous
Hui food restaurant in Yinchuan. It is famous for the dish of Mutton eaten with hands.
Add: No. 296, Funing Street, Yinchuan City.
Per capita: ¥ 80 (from user feedback)
Dish department: Northwestern Chinese cuisine
Telephone: 0951-4122991
Business hours: 11: 00-22: 00
Ningyuantongguo Restaurant
The specialty of this restaurant is that the hot pot for cooking is made of copper. Its main dishes include braised pork, pork leg, chicken in iron pan, mixed meat, fried potato chips, pork with leek, copper hot pot with pork ribs, spicy pork elbow，etc.
Per capita: ¥ 60 (from user feedback)
Dish department: Hot Pot
Address: No. 3 , Chaoyang Lane, Yinchuan City
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 11: 30-22: 00
Tom's steak
Per capita: ¥ 73 (from user feedback)
Cuisine Department: Western Food Other Western Food
Telephone: 0951-8561656
Address: 7th Floor, Wangfujing Department Store, Xinhua East Street, Yinchuan City
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 10: 30-21: 30
Mafengcheng Xingweilou Restaurant
Per capita: ¥ 27 (from user feedback)
Cuisine Department: Chinese Cuisine
Address: Intersection of Ning'an Avenue, Great Wall Middle Road, Yinchuan City
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 09: 00-21: 30
Yellow River Fish Restaurant
Per capita: ¥ 79 (from user feedback)
Cuisine Department: Sichuan Cuisine
Address: Ningxia Shapotou Tourist Area
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 07: 00-18: 00
Shahu Saishangrenjia Restaurant
Per capita: ¥ 46 (from user feedback)
Cuisine Department: Sichuan Cuisine
Address: No. 121, Shahu Scenic Area, Ningxia
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 08: 00-21: 00
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