all righty guys hello once again this is
Doug and I'm here in a new city in China
I've moved on from Shanghai and I'm now
here in Shian now you might be thinking
wow that is a beautiful Buddhist
Monastery behind you but you would be
wrong because this is in fact a mosque
so this beautiful mosque the great
Mosque of Shian is sort of the
centerpiece of Muslim life here in Shian
where Muslims and Islam play such an
important role in the history Xian was
the northern starting point of the Silk
Road so Islam made its way to the city
via Muslim merchants as early as the
Tang Dynasty during the years 618 to 907
Shian is also home to the world famous
terra cotta Army and obviously I
couldn't visit Shian without seeing it
but Chinese New Year celebrations were
still well underway when I went and it
was just a little
crowded thankfully it was soon time to
head back to Shan's Muslim quor for some
of the most insanely delicious food in
China apparently it's popular for some
of the local domestic Chinese tourists
to come here and get dressed up all in
the traditional ancient Chinese attire
and take photos around the city because
I'm seeing a lot of that however my main
purpose for being here is to eat as much
food as possible there are a lot of
special wh Muslim Chinese dishes here so
without further Ado let's get started
there is so much food here it's totally
overwhelming and there are just streets
and streets lined with options and so
many so many so many domestic Chinese
tourist because it's kind of the Tail
land of Chinese New Year still uh so
everywhere is
popular is this
H okay
amazing
please sometimes I don't know how much
to pay I just ask them to put it in okay
eight all done sh thank
you and here we go here's the
spot you just grab an open
seat anywhere you can find so this is
called hula Tang I'm going to mix in
that chili oil and it's got this really
thick kind of
jelly consistency you can see there so
anyway let's mix it up and this is a
breakfast soup so let's get a good bite
here a lot of vegetables in there a lot
of beans carrots potatoes mushrooms I
think there's beef balls in it
too hope I don't burn my face
off there's a bit of Spice from that
chili of course really good super
interesting texture it's like jelly like
I said it has this kind of
sticky gelatinous uh texture to
it that's good stuff really good I don't
know what makes this a breakfast soup as
opposed to any other time of the day but
that's what I've been told so good
hearty way to start the day my mouth is
like buzzing right now and it's not from
like a spicy heat but it's from this
specific Sichuan pepper corn and if
you've never had it it's kind of hard to
understand the feeling people describe
it as mouth numbing your tongue is kind
of like tingling buzzing so good I love
it it is really crowded and we've got a
major traffic jam up here there are
people bikes Rick Shaws
cars
crazy okay this lady in the pink is is
calling the shots now she has totally
taken
charge and is attempting to resolve the
traffic jam but it looks pretty
complicated all right let's see if I can
figure this out I don't know if you sit
in order if you order at the counter I'm
going to try the counter um
scan 16 yeah
okay okay uh no number no number wait 10
minutes okay I just sit yeah okay thank
you
is this
open thank
you all right the guy at the counter
spoke a little bit of English luckily I
was also armed with a photo of what I
was looking for so got to come prepared
he told me to sit down and wait 10
minutes we will do that now it's funny
cuz all the Chinese people get like a
number plate when they order and then
they call it out and they call over to
the waiter when their meal is ready but
they didn't even give me a number he's
just like no number go sit down I think
they're just like yeah we'll bring it to
the forer you're not going to know what
we're saying
anyway so uh it's here I'm so excited it
looks incredible totally coated in that
vinegar chili oil cilantro
Sesame it's amazing it looks so rich and
the dumplings are Super Fresh just made
back there so it looks delicious let's
give it a try cheers
oh my God so many flavors you got the
cilantro the vinegar and they have a bit
of juice in them when you bite into that
it just bursts in your mouth you get all
that flavor the spicy chili oil catches
the back of your throat you got the
Sesame that little texture in there and
uh the dumplings themselves which are
filled with beef a lot of beef in the
city because it's Halal there is also
pork and non Halo food available but a
lot of beef and a lot of lamb these are
insanely delicious wow
all right that was insane I ate every
single one the price of this whole Bowl
was 16 Yan this is the small bowl by the
way I thought it was enormous the small
bowl 16an
$2.25 I literally don't know how
something this delicious can be that
cheap but here we are onward okay this
is really cool this man is uh taking
this like heated sugar sticky stuff he
cuts a little bit off right there and
then he blows into it
and shapes it while it's still warm to
all of these different shapes and
animals very
good thank
you and he's quite the
attraction ni nio hi hello how are
you
good tala
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yeah bye bye
bye-bye all right we have made it to the
next stop we're here to try bang bang
noodles I'm so sorry if I'm messing up
the pronunciations of all these words
but I'm trying my best bangang noodles
they are super thick hand pulled noodles
a specialty of Shian in this region they
are quite famous arguably the most
famous most important noodle to try when
you come here there's beef there's
tomato looks like there's egg there's
cilantro uh celery beans so it looks
amazing let's give it a try kind of hard
to get a grip on not going to lie
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some beef
here wow I can tell these are going to
be filling they are super thick super
chewy very nice not too spicy but a
great flavor okay that was delicious I'm
getting full I'm a little bit worried
because we've got a lot more amazing
food to eat so stick around
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do you have this
one okay one please thank you so
much okay okay okay okay I give it to
them okay we are at our next stop we're
getting something very special
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okay oh my
gosh this looks so rich I can't eat much
more okay wow okay I don't think I'm
going to be able to finish these I can
just tell by the
smell it's very rich it smells amazing
the main feature of these noodles that
I'm excited about is the Sesame paste
thick Sesame paste it's almost like
tahen from the Middle East let's mix it
around a bit and you can see that thick
brown Sesame paste and then of course
there's also a whole bunch of chili oil
on there as well all right and now for a
massive
bite wow okay so I wasn't sure but these
noodles are cold so it's cold noodles
very spicy she put a lot of the chili uh
oil on there almost has like a peanut
butter Essence to it from all of that uh
Sesame paste very nutty very rich very
thick uh like sauce on it super good I
mean this is super unique not something
I would ever associate as an American
with Chinese food and like I said it
almost has a flavor of like the Middle
East with that Sesame at least what I
associate as the Middle East oh and this
entire plate of noodles which there is
no way I'm finishing unfortunately 8an
which is like just over a dollar for
this huge complete amazing okay I got to
take a break uh it's a lot of carbs for
one man to handle I'm so so full uh but
I'm going to be back here this evening
for one of the most famous and unique
dishes from here in Shian right now I'm
going back to my hotel cuz I just need
to rest and try to digest some of those
noodles and dumplings so I'll see you
guys in a little bit stay
tuned okay guys I have rested for a bit
and now we are back in the same area the
Muslim quarter here in Shian it is night
time now it's dark out and the market
has a totally different vibe now however
there is still a ton of food available
so let's get out there we've got a few
more things to try going to keep going
as long as I can let's do it all right
guys here we are this is the spot we're
going
to
so wrong place I think it's
here I order it here let's see if I
order right
here this one yeah do I order from you
here yeah okay just one please okay here
we go guys so what makes this dish so
unique is you've got broken up PAB bread
inside the soup you can see it
here so it's broken up into tiny little
pieces soaks up all of the soup which is
a lamb broth and then you've got lamb
meat inside it and there's also some
noodles but the main carb in this soup
is
bread super local to Shian and this
region and it comes with pickled garlic
on the
side very
good Super Rich hearty very Lammy if you
don't like lamb you won't like it but
yeah I love it and there's some
mushrooms in there
too okay guys I have just finished up
and I'm having this Plum juice that this
nice woman who was sitting across from
me named Iris bought for me super super
nice uh she's an English teacher sending
her students over to school in the US a
lot of times so we were just chatting
anyway let's carry on let's see if we
can find a little something for dessert
all right we are back out on the streets
my new friend Iris who's with her son
out here just found me again and she's
like I was looking for you I just bought
you this this is like a puffed rice
famous snack from here so I wanted to
give it to you so nice she didn't want
to be in the video but I just wanted to
say thanks and this is where it comes
from so you can see they have a bunch of
different varieties here I've seen this
all day around here here hello ni One
please uh e yes please okay let's
see okay I've been seeing this all
day looks very
good okay sh I don't know what this is
guys so we're going to have to uh invite
post research Doug to jump in right now
and explain it to you while I give it a
try here we go
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yeah very good actually it's not really
flavorful that much I don't know if the
colors are different things but it's
kind of this cold chewy thing that's
slightly sweet not too
sweet
okay I'm going to translate that we'll
see all already guys this long day of
eating is almost over but I want to have
dessert and I found a Shian specialty
right in front of me here so let's give
it a
try
Zango this is made from sticky rice
dates and red beans and apparently it's
very
good here we go
sh um no it's okay I'll eat
here
sh all right guys here it is this is
really the last thing my stomach can
take today I mean it's been amazing but
I'm so full like I said this is sticky
rice dates I believe and red beans oh my
gosh it's really sticky look at this
it's so dense
finally got a piece okay
cheers that is very good I don't think
it's that sweet actually but there is
like that natural sweetness from the
dates but it's not overwhelmingly sweet
like in a processed sugar kind of way
very good very filling this is going to
put me right to sleep the theme for
today is carbs lot a lot of carbs all
right you guys we have finally reached
the end I'm literally about to uh pass
out from carbo overload but I feel good
and I feel very accomplished so I hope
you enjoyed the video hope it was fun
for you guys I've got more coming from
China so stay tuned get subscribed if
you're not already but uh other than
that thank you so much for watching and
I'll see you in the next one bye-bye
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