A TASTE OF Gansu

Gansu甘肃

Pulled noodles and chilled starch-based snacks offer different ways into Gansu’s grain cookery. This selection also includes fermented-vegetable broth, celery with lily bulb and a warming milk-and-egg dessert.

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Lanzhou Beef Noodles

兰州牛肉面Gansu · Street food

Lanzhou chilled wheat strips with chili and sesame

兰州酿皮Gansu · Vegan

Warm milk, egg and sweet fermented-rice dessert

牛奶鸡蛋醪糟Gansu · Vegetarian

Generated guide illustration of tianshui guagua, not a restaurant photograph.

Tianshui buckwheat-starch pieces in spicy sesame dressing

天水呱呱Gansu · Vegan

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Tianshui thick stirred cornmeal

天水馓饭Gansu · Vegan

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Tianshui boiled noodles and vegetables in chili dressing

天水麻辣烫Gansu · Street food

Stir-fried celery and lily bulb

西芹百合Gansu · Vegan

Generated illustration of Zhangye thin wheat noodles in thickened broth with diamond-cut tofu.

Zhangye noodles with thickened broth and tofu

张掖臊子面Gansu · Street food

Dunhuang yellow noodles with donkey meat

敦煌驴肉黄面Gansu

Noodles in sour fermented-vegetable broth

浆水面Gansu · Vegan

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Qinghai sweet fermented barley or oats

甜醅Qinghai · Gansu

Cold-dressed wulongtou shoots

凉拌乌龙头Gansu · Vegan

Drinks 3

Lanzhou sanpaotai tea

兰州三炮台茶Gansu

Luobuma herbal tea

敦煌罗布麻茶Gansu

Tianpeizi fermented-oat milk tea

兰州甜醅子奶茶Gansu

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