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It’s Trevor James
I just got into Xining, China
This is the land of the Hui Chinese
And today we are going for a full on Chinese Street food tour
I’m so pumped
Let’s go check it out
As you make your way further west in China
You’ll notice more and more Hui Chinese and tibetans
And a new and different variety of street food
If you’re dreaming of traveling along the Silk Road
You’ll be rewarded with a huge selection of delicious street food when you come
We came here as the first stop on our long journey west to Kashgar
And found some of the most delicious and unique street food in China
This video is packed with street food
Starting out with some beef organ delight
Alright so first up, we’re going to get some Zasui
It’s like mixed organ soup
Huge lineup
Look at this, there is all this construction
People are eating at tables in the dirt
But I can smell it
Coming up to the beautiful mixed organ soup here
It’s so busy
Oh look at all the organs
We heard that this niuzasui AKA beef offal soup
Was a must try thing here in Xining
So we lined up to taste the richest and creamiest organ broth
Made by stewing beef organs for hours
It was served with a pita bread to dip
And the location was completely packed
That’s when you know something is good
Oh, look at all the organs
And that rich broth
Just look at him chop the organs over there
There is so much, like stomach, intestine, liver
Great
Let’s go try this out
Wow, it’s like on a construction site
Oh yeah
This looks absolutely insane
Look at all the organs in here
There is so many
There is tripe, stomach
And the broth is so rich and thick
I think I’m just going to have to go right in and get a big bite of organs and report on that flavor
Let’s try it out
That is actually very delicious
There is nothing too overpowering and gross about it
The organ flavor is totally smooth and quite clean and enjoyable
That is really nice
There is so many organs!
That is really good
This is awesome
Coming deep into Xining for Halal food
So that was awesome
The broth was so complex
Now we are going to go see what other halal specialties we can find
Alright so we are in a Hui neighbourhood
This is all Halal food here
And we are going to have a lot of it today
This is a huge Hui Chinese neighbourhood here
It’s all street food
After that delicious breakfast
We walked around and discovered a teaser for what was to come in Xinjiang
A Uighur flatbread AKA Nang
Handmade dough is flattened, stamped, and then put onto a wet cloth over a round spherical press
It’s pushed deep into the oven and baked with sesame seeds
And every nang is slightly different
As we are going to see in this series
But most are incredibly delicious when hot out of the oven
Look at all the Nang here
In a big tandoor
Here we go, Nang
And look at how beautiful that is
Very wholesome
Very wholesome and even though it’s a white bread
The sesame flavor and the crispness
There is a definite crisp smoky texture that really gives it life
Alright we have some yoghurt
So we are on the way to get shaozi mian
Hand pulled Huizu noodles
This is going to be a wonderful month of eating Halal Qingzhen food
This is just the beginning of the Silk Road journey
We have a month of taking trains
Finding little villages
And eating delicious halal Chinese street food
This is going to be good
I can’t wait
I think we found the jackpot
This is his recommendation right here
What we stumbled into was just one of many incredibly delicious hand pulled noodle joints
Scattered all throughout Xining
When you walk in
And witness the locals slurping their noodles in delight
And you see and hear the slap of the noodles before they enter the giant noodle cauldron
You can feel the magic and soul that is put into each and every bowl of hand pulled noodles
Awesome!
Wow!
Just look at this!
This is what dreams are made of
It starts with a giant mound of dough
Then stretched into smaller blocks
Which are then individually pulled into noodles
Wow that is total noodle heaven
I’m going to get one of those
We’re going to get one of those shaozi mian, just look at that
The slurping you can just hear the slurping
You know it’s a good spot when everyone is slurping
Big fat noodles
It’s almost like a big gloopy gravy with lots of chili oil and tofu slices
Green onions
And I can smell how peppery it is
Oh, we are going to get some of that
Oh look at that!
That looks really fatty actually
But we are going to start off with the beef
Oh its tender and quite fatty
The original flavor, slightly salted
Oh it tastes quite, almost herbal, and peppery
And the gravy is gloopy
The green onions give it a really fresh nice punch of joy
After that delicious bowl of hand pulled noodles
We went for a walk and stumbled on the largest mosque in Xining
And while I was taking some videos of it
The local man told us we could go inside to take photos
And it just happened to be Friday call to prayer
So we are going to enter this huge Mosque in downtown Xining
It’s really beautiful
And we just had a great bowl of noodles
Amazing noodles
Nice people
And really friendly people
Everyone here, like everyone here is smiling at us as we walk past
This is really beautiful here
Wow!
Hello
Everyone is so friendly
Look at this guys
It seems like its a mix between Chinese and a normal mosque you would see
This is really something, Ting, what do you think?
It’s beautiful right?
Look at this, just look at this, after a bowl of noodles
I think we can just sit down and chill
Let’s do that
This is really nice to come to Xining and eat the food
And meet all of these amazingly friendly people
I’m actually blown away
What about you Ting?
Yeah, me too
But I have to say
That the people here are so friendly and I’m just blown away
So we just spoke with a local who said we could come in and shoot
But they just started the call to prayer
And the prayer begins in an hour
And you cannot shoot during that
So we are going to leave
Just to be respectful
But what an experience it was coming in here
After that big mosque exploration
We went for a walk to find a specific bowl of noodles I had heard a lot about
Stuffed sheets intestine noodles
Look at the yangchang
Just look at this yangchang
Its boiling
Its being boiled in chilies
It looks strong
And then he is making noodles in the back here
We are getting a big piece of lamb
And some noodles and lamb intestines
As we began to discover
As you move further west in China
Mutton and meat is a huge part of the culture and diet of the locals
Lamb kebabs, organs, and noodles with big chunks of meat are the norm
And what we walked into here was just one little noodle joint that locals love to get their meat fix at
Big hand grasped mutton chunks and mutton kebabs are grilled over the flame with cumin and chili
And the noodles we ordered were topped with stuffed lamb intestine
This is just like a mutton feast
We have the shouzhua yangrou here
Which is just like mutton on the bone
And they chop it up
And grilled it in a lot of dried chili paste
Look at how tender and covered in sauce that looks
Classic lamb kebabs over here
Oh man
And then the real treat is a bowl of noodles that I have never experienced before
Lamb intestine noodles, look at that
There is potato, there is yangchang which is lamb intestine
And it looks like its ganban style, so you have to mix it up
There is also potatoes and green onions
And lots of chilies
Oh look at all of that
This is totally different from Sichuan chili oil
I can just smell it
It smells like it has vinegar in it
And it smells like it is a little bit drier
And has more chilies and less oil
This yangchang
Actually it’s lamb intestine with lamb heart and lung and flour stuffed on the inside
I think there is also a bit of garlic and salt and of course lots of chili that it is fried in
Let’s try it out
This yangchang almost exactly tastes like blood sausage
So I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some blood in there
And that is totally enjoyable
Thats the texture it has
And it gives it a lot of flavor and a lot of flavor and juice
When you have these noodles
Those intestine noodles really grew on me by the end
What a great day in Xining
And this is just the beginning of our Silk Road journey
So you’re going to want to stay tuned
Because this series is going to have a lot of delicious food
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