Before I went to Xi’an, I was told that the food in general there would not be as good as in the other larger cities and now that I think about it, I’m not too sure if what we ate was “local food” per se. Although, I was told that their specialties are in vegetables (my mom called it the farm belt), dumplings, and noodles. I personally was not too impressed with the dumplings in Xi’an but the noodles were definitely very tasty!

The stuff we ate at the Xi’an Islamic Market was special to that area though.

Is it me or the food in Xian seems to be based on a lot of stir-fries, like Cantonese cooking. I mean, just looking at the pictures, I wouldn’t be able to tell if you went to a restaurant in Vancouver or Xian. Would the Xian natives call this food Xian food? Perhaps I was expecting something a bit more different than what we can get in the US or Vancouver. Lemon Chicken in China? I thought that was invented for the Western palates, like Sweet-and-Sour pork. Doesn’t matter, I can chow down a plate of lemon chicken any day if it was prepared well with the right amount of breading and a good, not gooey sauce. Food looks very good with rice…getting hungry now..