What Must You Eat in Kashgar?
Kashgar cuisine centers on mutton, wheat food and nang flatbread, featuring rich flavours and hearty portions. Below is a curated Top 10 must-try list, including taste descriptions, prices and recommended spots for you to follow directly.
I. Mutton Specialties (Not to Be Missed)
1. Baked Buns (Signature Dish)
Taste: Crispy flaky crust with juicy mutton and onion filling, freshly baked in a nang pit.
Price: 3–5 RMB per bun, available everywhere in the ancient city.
2. Nang Pit Roast Mutton (Top Pick)
Taste: Chunks of mutton coated with egg white seasoning, slow-roasted in a nang pit. Crispy outside and tender inside with pure meat aroma.
Price: 50–80 RMB per jin. Recommended around the Id Kah Mosque in the ancient city.
3. Mutton Stew in Enamel Mug (Warm Comfort Food)
Taste: Clear broth simmered mutton with carrots and chickpeas. The soup is rich, meat tender with no gamey taste. Perfect when paired with nang flatbread.
Price: 20–30 RMB per mug. Try Grandpa Abu’s Mutton Stew.
4. Red Willow Lamb Kebabs (Street Food Classic)
Taste: Lamb ribs skewered on red willow twigs, charcoal-grilled until juicy. Infused with willow fragrance, charred outside and bursting with juice.
Price: 6–10 RMB per skewer. A staple in night markets and alleyways of the ancient city.
5. Pigeon Soup (Nourishing Broth)
Taste: Whole pigeon slowly stewed with red dates and wolfberries. The soup is fresh and sweet. As the saying goes, one pigeon equals nine chickens in nutrition.
Price: 30–50 RMB per bowl. Plenty of old shops in the old town.
II. Carb Delights (Staple Foods)
1. Lamb Pilaf (National Staple)
Taste: Rice braised in lamb fat with carrots and mutton. Glossy grains paired with tender meat. Eat with a spicy tomato-onion salad to cut greasiness.
Price: 15–25 RMB per portion. Chicken leg pilaf is highly recommended.
2. Thin-Skinned Steamed Buns (Juicy Treat)
Taste: Paper-thin wrapper filled with mutton and onion. Steamed to lock in soup, fresh and tasty without greasiness.
Price: 4–6 RMB per bun. Ideal with milk tea at morning markets.
3. Baked Nang Flatbread (All-Rounder Staple)
Taste: Dozens of varieties — sesame nang, meat-stuffed nang, rose nang, chilli nang. Strong wheat aroma, crispy crust and soft crumb. Great soaked in milk tea or wrapped around grilled meat.
Price: 3–10 RMB per piece. Visit the shop named "Great-Grandpa’s Nang".
III. Snacks & Desserts
1. Yogurt Rice Dumpling (Grease Cutter)
Taste: Flattened glutinous rice dumpling topped with homemade yogurt and fig or rose jam. Sour, sweet and icy cold to whet the appetite.
Price: 10–15 RMB per serving, a bestseller at night markets.
2. Rice Sausage & Noodle-Stuffed Lamb Lung (Traditional Local Dish)
Taste: Lamb intestines stuffed with rice and minced meat, lamb lungs filled with flour batter. Sliced after boiling and dipped in spicy sauce. Chewy and authentic, loved by locals.
Price: 20–30 RMB per portion.
IV. Dining Guide (Zero Bad Choices)
- Kashgar Ancient City: Best place for baked buns, thin-skinned steamed buns, nang pit mutton and baked nang.
- Kashgar Night Market (Han Bazaar): Red willow kebabs, yogurt dumplings, pigeon soup and rice sausages. Open 20:00 to 02:00.
- Old Town Alleyways (e.g. Kumudewarza Road): Enamel mug mutton stew, lamb pilaf and century-old teahouses favoured by local residents.
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