..... of food and drinks on The Silk Road

Of course, Chinese food predominates The Silk Road and there is little difference from those available at home. So, Yours Sincerely wants to blog about the food that I find interesting. Lamb is the main meat eaten all along The Silk Road, and its also happens to be Y S' favourite.

Huge chunks of lamp are being cut, heavily seasoned with spices and skewed through long bamboo sticks to be barbecued over slow fire. The aroma is very inviting and the taste is mouth-watering. Y S can make a do with 10 to 20 sticks in one sitting !

This is their giant nun bread which is heavily laced with sesame seeds. O la la when warm and moist and could be a little dry and dull when cold. 5 Yuans (RM2.50) per piece.


This is sort of rolled up "koeyteow" in black sauce.

This man is busy preparing "Ramen" or literally translated as "Pulled Noodles." It is served with spicy and oily lamp stew. Another O la la.

This is where the giant lamb " satays" are barbecued. There is a flat tray of spices for you to lace the "satay" with if you want it to be more spicy.

This happens to be the largest barbecue pit in Urumuqi or China. It can barbecue 10 lambs at one go. You can imagine the "lamby" aroma in the air. Enough to make you salivate. ( You see, the Chinese have to be the longest, tallestt and biggest in almost everything after the last Olympic !!!)

Of course, the proof is in the eating. Y S has a go with a lamb's hind leg and down it with Chinese beer. This is the BEST way to taste berbacued lamb. Hmmm !!! Never had so much and good before. O la la.

This nearly broke someone's teeth. This is camel's meat cooked among polished river pebbles. So, the darker pieces are not mushrooms but pebbles. They are heated and then used to cook the meat. A novelty !

Y S found this pieces of cakes along the Muslim Street of Xi An. They look like slices of melons and taste like jelly.

This is another delicious snack which tastes like persimmon found at the Muslim Street of Xi An.

Orchards abound all along The Silk Road. Grapes, oranges, apples and melons are in abundance and cheap.

This is "Ramen" prepared in a 5-star restaurant. Btw the one Y S had by the road side tasted better.
Y S had a go with all sorts of Chinese beer which is cheaper that Coca Cola or Pepsi Cola. This is astrange beer for Muslims in Uurumugi.

More beer all along The Silk Road.

More and more beer as you go along.

When you travel eat strange and exotic food.

Live and see the other side of the globe.