Shanxi cuisine

Shanxi cuisine is derived from the native cooking styles of the Shanxi region in China, and it is famed for noodles, its fried flatbread (da bing), and its sour taste. The cuisine is also famed for utilizing its locally produced vinegar, just like the Huaiyang cuisine, but the flavor is totally different. The main diet reflects its crop (agriculture): millet, sorghum, and wheat, while pork, mushrooms, potatoes and turnips are frequently used in dishes. The cuisine comprises three styles:

*The Northern Shanxi style, represented by dishes from Datong and Mount Wutai, with emphasis on color and oil.
*The Southern Shanxi style, represented by dishes from Linfen and the Grand Canal regions, specializing in seafood, despite the fact that Shanxi is a landlocked province.
*The Central Shanxi style, represented by dishes from Taiyuan, which is the mixture of both the Northern Shanxi style and the Southern Shanxi style. The region is especially famous for its hand shaven noodles (Dao xiao mian).

Datong Noodle Restaurant

The most famous food in Datong is noodle soup. Local people put wheat, pea, buckwheat, soybean sprout, tofu and peanut into boiling cooking pot, add vinegar together, and this type of noodle soup will be their main dish, 3 times everyday. ...more

Guanglin Vegetarian Restaurant

The province of Shanxi is the birth place of China, and local people cook all kinds of delicious vegetarian foods by wheat, corn, broom corn, pea, buckwheat, soybean sprout, tofu and peanut, and I was told that there are more than 100 kind of different seasoning. ...more

WanTuZhi and KaoLaoLao

Recommend you to walk 30 minutes to the local part of the town, where local Chinese people have their meals here. Bingo! So many choices! Find a clean pleace to sit down, and tell the restaurant owner the food you like...They will understand what you mean. ...more