- [Trevor] Coming up for all you Food Rangers,
we're traveling deep into the southwest mountainous region
of Sichuan, to a little Tibetan village
to taste the food.
This here is one of the most beautiful places in the world,
and we found some incredible food,
and scenery you're not going to want to miss,
so check it out.
Alright, so check it out guys, it's Trevor James.
We just got into southwest deep Sichuan Province.
This is a little Tibetan town named Xiangcheng.
Today we're gonna go for a full on food tour.
I can't wait to see what we find.
Let's check it out.
Coming this deep into the mountains of southwest Sichuan,
is a true exhilarating rush.
We came quickly from Litang,
one of the highest towns in the world,
after barely being able to breathe from the elevation.
And as soon as we arrived,
we felt at home in this little village.
You feel like a true adventurer
coming down these narrow mountain roads.
This is absolutely crazy guys.
We are on a precipitous mountain road.
A thousand feet below us.
We're weaving through, and this is just absolutely stunning.
We're in southwest Sichuan, on our way to Xiangcheng.
It's so bumpy, and absolutely beautiful.
I can't wait to get to Xiangcheng and see what we can find.
When you arrive, you're welcomed with
the most peaceful scenery and village life you can imagine.
You could spend months exploring
these little villages for scenery and food
but in our short time, we were lucky enough
to spend one day eating three delicious meals.
Starting off bright and early,
we walked into a little Tibetan shop
to see what we could eat for breakfast.
Let's see what we can get to start the day.
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- Awesome, we're going to get a Tibetan breakfast.
We walked into a super unique, little gem of a shop,
offering some super delicious steamed Baozi buns
you must try.
Filled with yak butter cream stuffed from heaven.
We're getting some local Tibetan breakfast, Suyou Baozi.
Oh yeah, we're gonna get some of that Suyou Cha.
Look at that yak butter.
Yak butter.
Awesome, we're getting some Suyou Cha to start the day.
- Oh, and a bit of black tea, nice.
We're getting some ...
It's thick!
- Start the day off with some butter tea and Baozi.
Oh, that is really salty, that one!
Salty, and creamy, and fatty.
Powerful!
- Oh, she's getting the Suyou Baozi right now.
- [Trevor] We have a Tibetan breakfast.
Awesome
- Look at these Baozi, guys.
- Let's take a look at this.
- [Trevor] Oh, it looks like a cream cheese in there!
Yak butter.
Wow, it looks like a cream cheese.
It's sweet and sour,
and the bun is so fluffy.
Wow, it's great.
It's actually a slight bit smoky too,
it's like a sour, sweet, creamy, slightly smoky,
wow, Baozi full of delicious goodness.
- [Trevor] And that yak butter tea is so strong.
- [Trevor] After finishing off that powerful butter tea,
and thanking the owner, we went for a walk
to explore this beautful, ancient Tibetan town before lunch
and found some amazing scenery on the way.
This is honestly one of the most unique
towns I've ever been to.
And the ride here through the mountains
was absolutely crazy.
As soon as you arrive you just
notice that it's a totally Tibetan feel here.
And the people here are all so friendly,
and there's a lot of different food.
This really feels like a true adventure,
coming this deep into southwest Sichuan.
This little town, Xiangcheng is unbelievably unique.
Right when you arrive you just get this excited feeling
because you feel like you're on a deep adventure.
Mountains in the back, temples in the back,
monasteries, crops growing.
It really feels like a dreamworld, coming here.
After exploring around town and looking for a Tibetan lunch,
we found that most of the shops
were Sichuan foods, full of local Tibetans.
So we decided to go for some dumplings,
and later on, go have a Tibetan feast for dinner.
We're walking downtown Xiangcheng here.
There's lots of Tibetan and Sichuan shops.
Really beautiful city, and we're on the hunt for lunch.
I think I'm actually feeling like some dumplings.
Oh dumplings, Sichuan dumplings.
Look at this guys,
this looks absolutely mouth-watering delicious.
We've got Jian Jiao and Shui Jiao.
Local pan fried dumplings,
stuffed with pork and green onions.
Homemade chili sauce, wow, with sesame.
And then, boiled dumplings, and honestly,
boiled dumplings, to me, are just like heaven.
It also comes with a pot here
of Mien Tang or Shui Jiao Tang.
This is actually just the water used to boil the dumplings.
And you can drink that to warm you up,
because it's quite chilly outside.
Let's dip that in.
Dip that right in that thick chili sauce.
This is absolutely amazing.
The pork filling is so juicy,
the green onions gave it a freshness,
and it's all about that chili dip.
Oh yeah, it really is all about that chili sauce.
Salty, fragrant you can taste that
nuttiness from that sesame.
After those beautful dumplings,
we made our way around town for another walk
through the beautiful scenery,
and made our way in the evening
for an amazing Tibetan feast.
Wow look at this beautiful restaurant.
- [Trevor] We've got the Tibetan menu here.
Awesome, let's see what we can find.
Oh yeah, frozen yak meat,
we're definitely gonna have to get some of that.
Or raw yak meat.
There's so much here.
Tibetan barbecue, we are definitely gonna have to get that.
Tibetan pork chop,
we're definitely gonna have to get some of that.
Life fruit.
That sounds interesting.
Blood sausage, we're gonna get some of that too.
Lots of nice soups here.
But we probably won't get a soup.
Buckwheat with honey.
Oh we're gonna have to get some of that too.
Look at this prayer wheel here.
I just spoke with her and she said,
you use this when you pray.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
We're just waiting for our dinner,
and I'm mesmerized by all the beautiful stuff here.
- Look at this huge Tibetan feast for dinner here, guys.
Look at this, frozen yak meat.
Sliced, frozen yak meat.
They serve it with a soy sauce that looks so nice.
With a bit of wasabi in there, beautful.
We also ordered some mashed potatoes with gravy,
and Sichuan fresh Xiaomila chili peppers, wow.
Tibetan mashed potatoes, nice.
We also got some fatty, fatty fried cripsy pork.
Look at that crispy layer on the outside.
Oh, the skin is just cripsy and succulent looking.
We also got some spare ribs here.
These are fried spare ribs, pork spare ribs.
And then, look at this.
Intestine stuffed with blood and rice.
This is blood sausage with some dried chili dip.
And then look at this, this is super unique.
Buckwheat bread.
It's like buckwheat bread with honey.
I think I'm gonna start with a bit of this frozen yak meat.
Dip it into that soy sauce with wasabi.
Beautiful.
Oh it's like soft and tender,
but the ice crystals give it a bit of a crunch.
Oh, and it's very flavorful, especially with that wasabi.
There was an instant wasabi hit in there.
This was another beautiful Tibetan feast.
The last one before you reach the border of Yunnan,
and find more Yunnanese street food specialties.
All of the dishes were super delicious,
with the buckwheat bread
being bitter and sweet from the honey.
And the mashed potatoes had and amazing Sichuan chili punch.
And the blood sausage was even delicious,
tasting almost exactly like a regular sausage,
with no blood odor.
This is the last stop where it has a Tibetan majority.
Now we're moving south.
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This has been an amazing journey so far on Tea Horse Road.