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Local Food
"Gold glass and silver glass, Let's fill them with wine, Raise
them with both our hands.
Millet stir-fried in Butter, milk tea and finger mutton, Help yourself
to these delicious food."
The above lines are the song which the Mongolian people sing when
they propose a toast at the dinner party. The words of the toast song
give us some idea of the Mongolian food and drink. Roast
Lamb, Butter, Shaomai,
Instant-Boiled Mutton, Cheese,
Naked Oat Flour, Cooked Mutton,
Sour Milk, Buckwheat Flour,
Finger Mutton Milk Tea.
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Roast Lamb
Roast lamb is the traditional Mongolian food, which is specially prepared
when a dinner party is held in honor of the distinguished guests or
a great celebration is held. The roast lamb, which looks golden red
and tastes quite delicious, is laid on a square wooden dish. |
Instant-Boiled Mutton
Instant-boiled mutton, also called the Mongolian Fire Pot, was created
in the Yuan Dynasty. Choose mutton from the back, rear legs or tail
of a killed sheep. Cut the mutton into slices. The boiled mutton is
fresh and tender, not greasy. |
Cooked Mutton
This is the delicacy which the Mongolian people like best. It is only
prepared for the special occasions, such as offering sacrifices to
gods or ancestors, holding weddings or celebrating the elder's birthday.
When the dinner party begging, it is customary for the Mongolian people
to cut a piece of meat from the fat tail first and have a taste of
it. |
Finger Mutton
This dish is the traditional food which the Mongolian people
have liked best for thousands of years. People often use their fingers
to take the meat while eating. That's why the dish is called finger
mutton. |
Butter
It is also called yellow butter. Butter is nutritious and unique
in flavor, is suitable for both the Chinese food and the Western food.
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Cheese
It is one of the dairy products the Mongolian people like best.
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Sour Milk
Generally, the Mongolian people like drinking sour milk, instead
of drinking fresh milk. |
Milk Tea
Milk tea is the traditional hot drink the Mongolian people like best.
It is made by boiling the water with brick tea and fresh milk. People
usually put a little salt into the milk when they drink it.
Sometimes they put a little butter or stir-fried millet into the milk
tea. |
Shaomai
Shaomai is a local delicacy, which has a long history in Hohhot. The
visitors who come to Hohhot always have a taste of shaomai. Shaomai
is characteristic of unique technique, fine raw materials, nice and
thin wrappers, delicious fillings and all necessary ingredients and
seasoning. The hot shaomai taken just out of the steamer gives out
pleasing smell. It looks like a small soft bag when it is picked up
with chopsticks, and looks like a small pancake when it is placed
on the plate. It is delicious in taste and pleasing in form.
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 Naked
Oat Flour
Naked oat flour is processed out of naked oats. The naked oats, which
is a low-yield, cold-resisting and salt-alkali-resisting crop with
a short mature period, contain high protein, fat and many kinds of
trace elements, such as iron, calcium and phosphorus.
The naked oat flour is processed in a special way. The food of various
kinds can be made out of the naked oat flour. They are well received
by the local people. |
Buckwheat
Flour
Buckwheat flour is processed out of buckwheat. The flour can be made
into noodles and some other kinds of food. Putting some mutton gravy
into the noodle, people find the food quite delicious. |
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