Muslim Quarters, Xi'an

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The street food here has to be some of the best I have ever tasted, and so cheap. I ate here for 2 nights and paid less than $4aus per night, and went back to the hotel stuffed both times.

Although operating during the day for food and as a market, the activity really increases in the evening

Favorite Dish: Its all so good here, but the skewers, and the stuffed Chinese rolls.

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saw this restaurant on Discovery Travel (Megan) and vowed to visit it for its absolutely delicious 'melt in the mouth' mutton dumplings

Favorite Dish: surprisingly, the sweet dessert with the dried fruit and nuts was a good ending to the dumpling meal.

Anywhere and everywhere in this area- so many places, just graze your way through!

It's not all Middle Eastern- Muslim, there's definitely Chinese culinary influence... maybe more of a Middle-Eastern influence on Chinese food... Aside from that darn MSG, it's good!

And it's cheap!

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The Muslim Quarters is a popular hang out for tourists and locals. If you want to try all the different foods here, you'll have to come back again and again :-D

My favorite snack is the fried persimmon cakes with different fillings (peanuts, black sesame, rose, walnut, etc.)

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It is made of persimmon flour and filled with sweet filling. There are many tastes, with little difference. So you can try the most popular one ,"huang gui", added with sweet-scented osmanthus. The most famous snack bar is called Jia Yong Xin. You will not miss it, outside a small supermarket, the longest queue is a sign, though there are many other street vendors selling it.
All the local people prefer waiting for 20 minutes to buy a persimmon cake which is only cost 1 yuan. Can you understand the enthusiasm about a snack?

Favorite Dish: Persimmon cake "huang gui"

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This small restaurant is famous of fried rice. Maybe you will wonder if the owner can make money by just selling fried rice. But look at so many customers, you'll know the answer. The fried rice of that restaurant has uncommon taste, because shredded beef and sour cabbage make the fried rice tasted special. It gives customers good appetites.

Favorite Dish: Sour cabbage fried rice

It differs from the other kind of Jinggao/Zenggao cake (small Jinggao/Zenggao cake) which is a small round cake and can be found every corner in Muslim Quarter. The material, shape and taste are totally different. I call it big Jinggao/Zenggao cake.

The snack bar is named "Lord of Jinggao of Southeast Asia". It is located in the cross of Ma Jia Shi Zi and Xi Yang Shi. It is on the corner, with a red banner, written "Lord of Jinggao of Southeast Asia", a funny brand.

Sorry, the pic is awful, there is too many steam above the barrel, so I couldn't take a good pic. It's the disgusting pic I have ever taken.

Favorite Dish: Jinggao/Zenggao cake (big one) is made of sticky rice, dates, red beans and honey. It's delicious, fragrant and sweet. I enjoy eating it, and I'm sure most of people like it.

It is filled in a huge steel barrel. Every minute you will see a small queue in frone of the barrel. Every day, the little snack bar sells over 1 ton of it. The seller stops working before 5PM. So, it's impossible to get it in the evening.

Give seller 3 yuan, try it, you'll not disappointed.

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The street vendors set themselves up all along the main street of the Muslim quarter and mainly sell kabab type meat. You can also get a sweet pumpkin confectionary as well as an assortment of drinks. If you're after a cheap dinner, head down to the Muslim Quarter.

Favorite Dish: Meat Skewers