Inner Mongolia Street Food

5 dishes in China

5 street foods from Inner Mongolia, China: Dayao Soda, Hohhot Shaomai, Naidoufu, Beizi and Suutei Tsai. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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Street foods of Inner Mongolia

Dayao (大窑) Soda

Beer-Bottle Look · Soda Dayao (大窑) Soda Its founder copied the standard beer bottle because cheap beer bottles cost far less than custom soda bottles, so a table of Dayao is easily… Dayao is a big, sweet, heavily carbonated soda whose company grew out of a Hohhot beverage factory founded in 1983, sold in oversized glass bottles built for sharing at barbecue and hotpot…

Hohhot Shaomai (Steamed Lamb Dumplings)

Dumpling · Steamed Hohhot Shaomai (Steamed Lamb Dumplings) The dumpling wrapper is rolled nearly translucent, and the top is left open and ruffled rather than sealed — closer to a lamb-filled flower. A thin, unleavened wheat wrapper is filled with minced lamb, scallion, and ginger, gathered at the top into an open, pleated ruffle, then steamed.

Naidoufu (Milk Tofu)

Snack · Curdled dairy Naidoufu (Milk Tofu) Despite the name, it has nothing to do with soybeans — made entirely from heated, strained fermented milk. Skimmed milk is fermented, heated, and strained until it forms a dense, tangy, firm block, sliced and eaten plain, dipped in sugar, or fried with caramel.

Beizi (Hohhot Roasted Flatbread Sandwich)

Sandwich · Baked & griddled Beizi (Hohhot Roasted Flatbread Sandwich) It functions as Hohhot's answer to a breakfast sandwich, but built entirely around a dense, chewy roasted bread. A round, oven-roasted bread is split open and filled with fried eggs, sausage, pickled vegetables, and sometimes potato, assembled to order at street stalls.

Suutei Tsai (Mongolian Salty Milk Tea)

Breakfast Drink · Salty Suutei Tsai (Mongolian Salty Milk Tea) It is salty rather than sweet, and fried millet (chaomi), which one Chinese news report calls the soul of the drink, is dropped into the bowl for… Brick tea is boiled and aerated by ladling, then milk and salt are added; traditionally it is stirred by scooping it up and pouring it back from a height. In Hohhot it comes with fried…

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