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Zhangjiakou Dining

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Zhangjiakou offers a wide range of foods. As it is close to northeastern China and bordered Inner Mongolia, some food more or less share the same flavors as that in the two areas.

Local Food - Notable Dishes and Snacks:

Chaigoubu Bacon (Fortchai Bacon)

As the most famous meat dish in Zhangjiakou and a traditional food of Chaigoubu Town, Huai’an County, it has existed for over 200 years. The special bacon is smoked with cedar wood and the ingredients can be pork, mutton, chicken, or rabbit meat. The smoked meat tastes fat but not greasy.

Oat Flour (Youmian)

Youmian is a special kind of oat flour which is made from hulless oats (Avena chinensis). As a representative of Zhangjiakou food, it is also popular in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. It can be made into many flour dishes and snacks, such as Youmian Noodles, Kao Lao Lao, dumplings, balls and wontons, as well as instant noodles and pancakes.

Huai'an Bean Curd Sheets

As the name suggests, it is a specialty of Huai’an County. The making process is complicated and exquisite, finally making thin, fresh and fragrant bean curd sheets. People can cook hot and cold, vegetable and meat dishes with it. It’s even regarded as the No. 1 Delicacy in Zhangjiakou.

Eight Big Bowls of Yuxian County (Ba Da Wan)

This is a traditional dish of Yuxian County. People usually treat guests with it on weddings and banquets. The eight bowls respectively serve shredded vegetables, fried meat, steamed meat, big meat balls, fried whole chicken, various vegetables mixture, steamed meat balls, and goat tripe shreds.

Boiled Lamb (Shouba Yangrou)

Select a fat lamb and cook it at once. The main cooking method is to boil. Just add in some salt and fresh mutton can be cooked. “Shouba” in the name means holding with hands. When eating the mutton, people usually hold a knife on one hand and mutton on the other hand. They would cut and pick out all meat with the knife.

Roasted Whole Lamb

It actually is a traditional food of Mongolia minority people, tasting fresh and savory. Mongolians usually cook the roasted whole lamb to treat their distinguished guests, with the whole lamb representing “treating others heart and soul”. As Zhangjiakou is not far from Inner Mongolia, the food is also poplar in the area.

Other snacks: Yiwosi Cake, common mushroom, Gezha Pancake, Shan Yao Yu, and kumiss.

Where to Eat - Recommended Restaurants

Guo Xi Bacon

Guo Xi Bacon is the most renowned brand of Chaigoubu Bacon in Zhangjiakou. It’s said that a person named Guo Xi invented the special method of cooking bacon so that the brand and restaurant are named after him. Now it has a number of branches.

Qiaoxi District branch: East Street, Buzili, Qiaoxi District

Chaigoubu branch: South Street, Chaigoubu Town

Average Cost: CNY50 per person

Muslim Restaurant

Pure Halal food is served here. The mutton is highly recommended.

Location: No. 158, South Mingde Street, Qiaoxi District

Average Cost: CNY60 per person

Qing Yuan Lou

It is a hot pot restaurant and the mutton should not be missed.

Location: No. 98, Drum Tower Street, Xuanhua District

Average Cost: CNY60-70 per person

Xiang Yuan Lou