In addition to Lamian Noodles, do you want to know what other special foods are available in Lanzhou? Next, let me recommend some unique snacks and delicacies from Lanzhou. Come and take a look at what you like to eat!
Lanzhou's specialty cuisine
1. Milk, eggs, and mash
Lanzhou Zhengning Road Night Market is a famous snack street in Lanzhou, with gray beans, sweet mash, and milk, eggs, and mash being the three most famous desserts. Among them, milk, eggs, and fermented rice are familiar hometown flavors to Lanzhou people since childhood. I didn't expect that milk and mash could also produce wonderful chemical reactions. A pot of boiling fresh milk, a spoonful of fermented rice, and a handful of dried fruits give this unique drink a rich sense of depth. The delicious taste of milk itself has become the main theme of the food, dried fruits add texture and chewiness, and the refreshing and sweet taste of fermented glutinous rice is the finishing touch of this specialty snack. Lao Ma's milk, eggs, and fermented rice are considered the hottest stalls on Zhengning Road, and one must be mentally prepared to queue up every time they go.
2. Brewing skin
Brewing skin is a type of dough that is steamed from flour slurry.
. There are two types, one is ordinary fermented skin, also known as "washed fermented skin", and the other is high load fermented skin. The most famous thing in Lanzhou is Gaodan Nianpi. It is said that the makers used to carry and sell it on the streets, named after its particularly high burden.
Nianpi is a famous local snack in Northwest China.
. Nianpi is a food made from flour, with a crystal clear yellow and translucent jade like color. It is cut into long strips the thickness of chopsticks and served with seasonings such as soy sauce, vinegar, garlic juice, chili oil, and refined salt.3. Oil fried noodles
Eating liangfen in summer can satisfy hunger and thirst, relieve dryness and coolness, and enjoy deliciousness, so everyone loves to eat it. However, in the winter when ice freezes for thousands of miles and snow drifts for thousands of miles, cold noodles make people hesitate. Therefore, Lanzhou people have created a unique method of eating cold noodles, which is to stir fry them in oil pots during winter. This is the unique flavor of Lanzhou oil stir fried noodles.
Oil fried powder is a snack made by using oil to cut square powder into mahjong tiles, adding sugar, chopped green onions, and salt, and stir frying continuously until it turns golden and hot. According to personal taste, pour some garlic juice, sesame paste, chili oil, vinegar for a better taste.
4. Sweet mash
"Sweet mash is so sweet that it makes the elderly and children drool. One or two bowls can stimulate appetite, and three or four bowls can make a meal. Sweet fermented grains are an indispensable presence for the people of Lanzhou.
The method of making sweet fermented grains is a bit like brewing wine, except that most sweet fermented grains are made from oats or barley.
. Peel and steam barley or oats, add yeast and mix well, put them in a porcelain basin or jar, and place them on a hot kang or on the stove to keep warm.The combination of sweet fermented grains, a Northwest specialty, and common tea drinks has created the well-known "sweet fermented grains milk tea" today.
5. Grey Beans
In Lanzhou, most of the snack shops in Lanzhou sell grey beans, and they are very popular. Whether it is cold in winter or hot in summer, Lanzhou people's enthusiasm for grey beans always remains undiminished.
. Grey beans originated in Lanzhou and have a history of more than 300 years. They are mainly made by boiling sesame peas and dates. When boiling beans, lime and alkali are added, and they need to be boiled over low heat for at least six hours to make the beans fluffy and sticky.