Food & Cuisine in Datong
Datong dish has heavy oil and color, little salt; the stable in Datong are noodles and other food made of flour. Do taste the traditional fishes and local snack when travel to Datong Shanxi province.
Yellow Cake
It is of yellow color like the name implies, made of millet flour. The cake itself is chewy, soft and appetitive.
Yangza Soup – the typical dishes in Shanxi province which have the entrails of a sheep. The entrails are well cleaned and prepared before cooked, cut into pieces and stewed with shallot, chili, salt and other flavoring, which is the popular dish in winter to drive the coldness!
Pea Noodles
Shanxi has many kinds of noodles and each has own unique cooking methods, flavor and taste. Pea noodles in Datong are prepared by wheat flour and You Flour. Pea noodles need wheat flour and You flour(a kind of flour) to knead the dough, then roll the dough with a rolling pins or flatten the dough with a press of the hand or slice the dough with sharp kitchen knife
Datong Instant Boiled Lamb
The instant boiled lamb is the famous dishes in Datong; the chef often cuts the lamb into pieces evenly and then freezes in the fridge. People grab a piece of lamb with chopstick then put them into boiled water for one or two seconds; after this, put the lamb into sauce like sesame, chili oil and so on. Really fresh and tasteful!
There are many delicious in Datong that worth a try, like rabbit head, bean noodles, Buckwheat Getuo, Cat Ear Noodles and Guangling Toufu Curd, etc.
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