Tag: xi'an

Xi'an: More from the Muslim Quarter

Over the course of our time in Xi'an, we failed at most of the things we tried to do: getting off buses at the right stop, arriving at museums before closing time, buying pants, and biking around the city...

05.31.09 | Comments (0)

bread, chicken, china, fried, lamb, noodles, rice, soup, starch, xi'an, yang rou pao mo

Xi'an: Dumpling Banquet

We did venture out of the Muslim Quarter (a few feet out of it anyways) for one meal in Xi'an: a dumpling feast from De Fa Chang. A very well-known and highly publicized institution, De Fa Chang had the...

05.28.09 | Comments (2)

china, dumplings, xi'an

Xi'an

It was a snappy twenty-hour train ride to Xi'an from Huhehaote, during which chilly, brown fields and pink blooming trees gave way to bright greenness and warmth. Xi'an was on our to-do list because of the famous Terracotta Army,...

05.24.09 | Comments (2)

china, dried fruit, dumplings, honey, lamb, lentils, soup dumplings, xi'an