Because of its long development as a culture, the cuisine of Xi'an is extensive as well. It is the representative of food of Northwestern China. The most well known local food is the Xi'an snack, which consists of both traditional food of the Han Chinese and Hui ethnic minority. Hui-style snacks feature beef and mutton because the Hui people, being Muslims, do not eat pork. Baked beef and mutton, buns with beef, and other such regional dishes are usually spicy in nature and incorporate a lot of beef and mutton ingredients. Han-style snacks are popular across China, consisting of meat with pancakes and noodles. Cool noodles, made of rice or wheat, taste spicy and great. A historical famous Xi'an dish is pancakes and mutton soup, which can be traced back to the Song Dynasty.

Xi'an Dumplings Banquet

Xi'an Dumplings Banquet is renowned throughout the city. It has already served at least one President who came to Xi'an, Bill Clinton. Basically, 32 different types of dumplings for each customer, but if one would like to taste more, there are also a lot options, more than 120 types are waiting for diners.

Tong Shengxiang Restaurant

Xi'an Tong Shengxiang Restaurant is a national food and beverage industry. It was first built in 1920, located at the Bell Tower Square which lies in the center of Xi'an city.
Tong Shengxiang Restaurant is mainly operate in chipped bread in beef or mutton soup, and also provides traditional Muslim's feast, local delicacies, and sea food, in Chuan beef chafing dish and other nearly three hundred different kinds of dishes. In the first floor, we provides Xi'an Muslim's local delicacies; in the second and third floor, you are provided with chipped bread in beef or mutton soup and Muslim's feast; and in the forth floor, we firstly provides Qin Chuan hot pot and good sea food. That just forms a pattern of combing traditional national characteristics with modern fad. And also you can reserve Muslim's banquet, local delicacies banquet, meeting board and touring board here. Especially the chipped bread in beef or mutton soup is famous for its soft beef or mutton, thick soup, purchy taste and appetizing flavor.
There are many famous and skillful cooks in Tong Shengxiang Restaurant. During the initial stage of the founding of China, Mr Chen Shengjie was assigned to cook the chipped bread in beef or mutton for the state banquet in Bei Jing. Dear Prime Minister Zhou Enlai and Commander Chen Yi had entertained the King of Nepal and the Chairman Hu Zhiming of Viet Nam and other distinguished guests. The Marshal of England, Mengge Mary praised excitedly that it was his first time to enjoy Chinese famous food.

Fan's Pancake with Stewed Lazhi Meat

As a famous snack of Van, Fan's pancake with stewed meat was first created by fan Bingren and his son Fan Fengxiang, with a history if nearly 80 years. Prepared with high quality meat, Lazhi meat is well stewed with broth of the preceding years.

Backed Bun Soaked in Mutton Soup
Baked Bun soaked in Mutton Soup is the most famous folk foodstuff of Xi'an. There is a particular war of eating the Baked Bun Soaked in Mutton Soup. When the customers are served, the restaurateur will first offer the kind of hard dried pancake and the customers will break the pancake into small pieces, then give it back to the restaurateur for cooking the shredded pancake with mutton in delicious soup. The finished dish is steaming hot with an unusually has a sweet smell.

Soup Buns

Yet another incredibly tasty variety of Chinese snack! These buns are actually a kind of dumpling that gets its name because of the juices that collect inside the bun when steamed. The bun's wrapper is thicker than most dumplings, but thinner than other steamed buns. With over ten types of seasoning, they are really quite delicious. With a little bit of vinegar, they can make for a very satisfying meal!