{"id":17538,"date":"2018-07-16T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=17538"},"modified":"2018-08-02T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:00:36","slug":"silk-road-china-dunhuang-food-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/silk-road-china-dunhuang-food-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk Road China : Dunhuang Food Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dunhuang means magnificent<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dunhuang is a famous tourist city, located at the western end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province in northwest of China. It is the major stop on the ancicent Silk Road.\u00a0 Dunhuang was always the capital of county, government office, town and province even though the government of Dunhuang changed many times. It is the last city that I spent in Gansu Province, China.<\/p>\n

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The main staple food in Dunhuang is wheat flour noodles instead of rice. Usually noodles are served with lamb, beef and chicken. These were the food that I ate in Dunhuang.<\/p>\n

Camel Hoof on Silk Road – Highlight!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We were quite shocked when the Camel Hoof arrived at our table. We were told is actually tendon and highly nutritious. The hoof is hard to find and very precious. In ancient time, only the Emperors were able to taste this dish. The camel hoof was braised with tofu at the bottom. The texture is similar to sea cucumber.\u00a0 White fried beehoon were used as decoration to represent the sand dunes desert. White beehoon can be eaten too, quite crispy.\u00a0 We did not finish the dish as most people in our table weren’t brave enough to taste it.<\/p>\n

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Roast Mini Chicken<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Pork Ribs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Eggplants with Green Pepper<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tofu with Green and Red Chili<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The tofu here is also cooked together with green pepper and red chili, may be just for the sake of their beautiful colors.<\/p>\n

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Vegetable Soup<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The soup tasted very starchy which I don’t really prefer.<\/p>\n

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Steam Chicken with Ginger<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This dish is similar to our Singapore chicken rice chicken.<\/p>\n

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Vegetable Rolls<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The filling were mainly vegetables, such as carrot and bean sprout.\u00a0 I am not sure what kind of skin these were, probably made from bean curd skin.<\/p>\n

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Beef Skewers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is like what we called “Satay” in Singapore and Malaysia, but without the peanut sauce for you to dip with. The skewers in Dunhuang are marinated with it special sauces, a little spicy and plenty of spice.<\/p>\n

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Big bird in Stone Dish<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The meat used is goose which was very soft.\u00a0 Cooked with green pepper, chili, onion and plenty of pebbles. Interesting.<\/p>\n

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Dunhuang\u00a0 Lamian Noodles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Dunhuang Lamian tasted spicy and the noodles are hand pulled. Broth was tasty if is boiled with beef.<\/p>\n

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Pork Belly Bun<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First we notice the bun shape looks like a shell, quite pretty.\u00a0 The pork belly was extremely fat! The slice of pork are too thin.<\/p>\n

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Steam Sticky Rice Ball<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I like this dish a lot, the rice ball was steam and it is very soft when you bite it.<\/p>\n

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Steam Dish<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is the super healthy dish, everything in this plate is steam so it is super clean diet.\u00a0 It consists of sweet corn, sweet potato, carrot, potato and Chinese Yam \/ Shan Yao.<\/p>\n

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Hong Shao Fish<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The fish in Dunhuang is river fish so be careful of the tiny bones when you eat the fish.\u00a0 River fish also has a very strong taste which I don’t prefer.<\/p>\n

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Mushroom & Pop Corn Dish<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Quite surpise to find popcorn are served together with the braised mushroom.\u00a0 The popcorn tasted sweet.<\/p>\n

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Apricot Peel Water – Highlight<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Dunhuang one of the drink you needed to drink is Apricot Peel Water. The taste is sweet and a little sour, making you feel extremely cool especially in the hot weather.<\/p>\n

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Sculpture in Dunhuang, depicting an Apsara playing the pipa behind her back \/\u53cd\u5f39\u7435\u7436<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Dunhuang city, there is the iconic sculpture, Fetian – the flying Apsara who played the “pipa” at her back, a unique dance moved found in walls of\u00a0 Magao Gottoes.<\/p>\n

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Final Thoughts :<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The one dish I can remember from the food in Dunhuang is – Camel Hoof Silk Road.\u00a0 It makes even harder for me to try this after an hour of camel riding\u00a0 in the Crescent Moon Lake \/ Yueyaquan in the afternoon.\u00a0 I pluck up the courage\u00a0 and tried a tiny bite since it is the most famous dish in Dunhuang.<\/p>\n

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