Dunhuang 's best hotel
by chuheeng about the silk road dunhuang hotel
this hotel very unit, the design is full of china cultural.
the room is clean, the hotel service is good,, somemore nearby the Mingsha Hills
Only the food in here is so so outside the hotel you can see the good view to MINSHA HILLS
Not sure about the camel hump...
by SallyM about Chinese Restaurant, Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel
We ate in the hotel’s Chinese restaurant a couple of times and the food was very good. Dishes we tried included: shredded beef; duck with green peppers and broccoli with bacon; minced lamb and spring onions with pancakes; chicken and peanuts and stir-fried strips of potato - all washed down with an endless supply of jasmine tea.
Some of the other menu options were rather exotic: ‘delicious braised pig’s hoof soup’; ‘sautéed agglomerated pig’s blood with hot pepper’; ‘black bone chicken and Chinese caterpillar soup’; ‘braised donkey’s meat with lump’; ‘braised camel’s paw’; ‘assorted slivers of camel hump’. The stir-fried slivers of potato were something I had never come across before, and were very tasty.
Souvenirs, books and tat
by mke1963 about Souvenirs, books and tat
Shopping for souvenirs is easier in Dunhuang than in many Chinese towns.
There are many streets along the main road leadng to the Dunhuang Hotel, and there is the night market just off the same road.
The souvenir market out at the Mogaoku is the best priced location - because of the competition - and because the products shift quickly stuff from their has less 'dust quotient'. There is also a far wider range of products at Mogaoku. There are a wide range of books on Mogaoku, naturally enough, but do check that the book has what you want, because there is an equally wide range of quality of content as well.
The 'slate paintings' are a new addition to the line of souvenirs. These have photographic film ainted onto slate and then images of statues and frescos from Mogaoku and elsewhere printed onto them. You either love them or hate them..personally I love them. Do note that some of the images on the slates are actually from Maijishan so make sure you check or know where the original is located if you really want a souvenir of the place you have visited.
Obviously there are plenty of souvenirs of the apsaras. However, there are better handmade apsara designs including some wonderful pottery statues made at the Yangguan Visitor Centre.