Food and Restaurants

Like most cuisines in western China, the food here is spicy. Locals like to serve guests a special wheat noodle called saozi mian – it's very tasty. Dunhuang huangmian is another delectable noodle dish; the thin long noodles are added to a broth then topped with vegetables. The Dunhuang Hotel offers pao’er yougao a delicious cake snack favored. Dunhuang banquets are delivers great food and rousing entertainment.

The weather here is also good for growing fruit, plump grapes, plums and juicy melons abound.

Dunhuang Restaurants:

 Daji Lvrou Huangmian Guan
Specializes in lvrou huangmian. thin noodles with donkey meat.
Address: West Entrance of the Market, Dunhuang

Dunhuang Hotel's Chinese Restaurant
One of the classiest restaurants in the city specializes in Dunhuang banquets that go from RMB 400 to RMB1,000.
Address: 14 Yangguan Zhong Lu

Dunhuang Yeshi Mingyou Xiaochi Guangchang
Specializes in snacks from around China.
Address: east of the city center
Open hours: 8am to midnight, during summer 10am to 10pm, during winter

Dunhuang Shanzhuang Canting
House specials include silu feng (丝路风), pipa duxing (琵琶独行) and yinyang xianbao (阴阳献宝).

Dunhuang Taiyang Da Jiudian's Restaurant
Specializes in jinqian xianggao yangrou (金钱香羔羊肉), a mutton dish and xiang huangjin zunyu (香黄金鳟鱼), a kind of fish.
Address: 5 Shazhou Bei Lu

Feitian Canting
Specializes in baked baby pork, goat's tail with honeydew and camel's paw.
Address: 22 Mingshan Lu

Shazhou Canting
Upscale dining with a variety of dishes, can arrange Chinese and Western cocktail parties and receptions.
Address: 13 Yangguan Zhong Lu