Muslim Chinese Street Food Tour of Xi’an, China!
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I’m so excited to be back to Foodrangin and to take you around Xi’an china on this incredible on this Chinese food tour.This is perhaps the most famous street food city in China and the starting point of the Silk Road. It’s packed with both muslim Chinese street food and Xi’an style Chinese street food too.
My friend Alex @Just_Food is visiting China for the first time, and I brought him around to try the real deal Muslim Chinese cuisine. It was awesome to see his reacti to trying authentic Chinese food for the first time in China!
Xi’an has a very vibrant Hui Muslim Chinese community, and the Muslim quarter street food here is next level. This district is packed with delights! This is where Chinese and Middle Eastern flavors combine. Lots of garlic, hand pulled noodles, fatty and juicy lamb, cumin, and flatbread. This creates one of the most delicious cuisines in the world. This is the birthplace of the silk road, and this food traveled across Central Asia into the Middle East and also influenced cooking in Europe.
In this video (part 2 of 4), we try some of the most iconic Muslim Chinese street foods and also non-halal street foods you must eat in Xi’an:
东仓门早市 (Dongcangmen Morning Market)
We started the day at Dongcangmen Morning Market, one of Xi’an’s busiest street food spots. First up was Jinggao — a sticky rice street cake filled with sweet red bean paste. Soft, chewy, and slightly smoky from the griddle, it’s a Xi’an breakfast classic (Price: 5 RMB / ~$0.70 USD).
Next we tried a Chinese Jianbing Crepe, this version spread with bean paste and stuffed with two eggs. Crispy, savory, and sweet all in one bite — the ultimate breakfast street snack (Price: 8 RMB / ~$1.10 USD).
We also had Shuijianbao, juicy pan-fried buns served with vinegar and chili oil — only 1 RMB for three! Finally, we warmed up with a spicy, peppery bowl of Hulatang, Xi’an’s famous hot pepper soup packed with vegetables and tofu.
张凌峰肉夹馍 (Zhang Lingfeng Roujiamo)
Next we stopped for Roujiamo, often called the “Chinese hamburger.” This one was one of the most loaded Roujiamo I’ve ever eaten — stuffed to the brim with slow-braised pork and a huge slice of fatty pork skin that melted in your mouth. Juicy, rich, and perfectly tucked inside the crispy baked flatbread.
Price: 13 RMB (~$1.80 USD).
We also had a bowl of Liangpi, Xi’an’s famous cold skin noodles. Served with chili oil, garlic, and vinegar, it’s the perfect refreshing side dish to balance out the richness of the Roujiamo.
老何家卤汁凉粉 (Lao Hejia Luzhi Liangfen)
After that, we visited Lao Hejia for their famous Luzhi Liangfen — jelly noodles mixed with crumbled Chinese mo flatbread. It came topped with century egg and drenched in chili oil, garlic, mustard, and the shop’s signature spiced vinegar. Tangy, spicy, and deeply savory, this is one of Xi’an’s most iconic and flavorful street snacks.
Price: 11 RMB (~$1.50 USD).
Back Alley Uyghur Stall – Kaobaozi
Deep in a hidden back alley, we found a Uyghur vendor selling freshly baked Kaobaozi — giant meat buns stuffed with a juicy mix of beef and rich lamb fat. Each bun was loaded with flavor from his secret cumin spice blend, making them smoky, aromatic, and incredibly satisfying.
老刘家泡馍 (Lao Liu Jia Paomo)
We finished with one of Xi’an’s most legendary dishes — Yangrou Paomo (pita bread soaked in lamb soup). At Lao Liu Jia, you first break the dense flatbread into small pieces by hand, then it’s simmered in a rich, aromatic mutton broth. The result is a hearty, flavorful stew that represents the soul of Xi’an’s Muslim food culture.
Price: 45 RMB (~$6.20 USD).
瑞宝斋马峰酸汤水饺 (Ruibaozhai Mafeng Suantang Shuijiao)
We also tried Suantang Shuijiao — spicy and sour boiled dumplings swimming in a hot, tangy broth. The sourness comes from fermented vinegar and chili, giving each dumpling a bold kick of flavor. We got 24 dumplings for just 19 RMB (~$2.60 USD), making this one of the best-value meals in Xi’an.
I hope you enjoy this street food video with my friend Alex! It was so much fun showing him around Xi’an and introducing him to Hui Muslim Chinese street food!
Make sure to check out his channel here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@Just_Food
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Silk road overview
00:55 Morning market
01:08 Xi’an breakfast sweet
02:49 Chinese crepe
05:07 pan fried dumplings
08:10 Chinese hamburger
13:50 Very unique street food
19:08 Uighur tandoor baozi
22:20 Lamb pita soup yangroupaomo
26:34 Late night dumplings
30:49 Thank for watching
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What's up guys!!! I hope you enjoy the video!! Are you enjoying this new series? This was so much fun getting back to the deep streets in Xi'an! Please let me know what you thought about the vidoe in the comments below, it would mean a lot to me!! Thanks!
AINT NO WAY 1 RMB For 3??? THATS BASICALLY FREE LOL
Muslims Don't eat pork brother
Great like the old school videos, just Chuchu missing
আপনাদের ভিডিওগুলো আমি প্রায় সময়ই আনন্দের সাথে দেখি এবং খুবই ভালো লাগে। আর তাছাড়া এই ভিডিও টা প্রথম থেকে একদম শেষ পর্যন্ত দেখেছি। এগিয়ে যান দুর্দান্ত গতিতে, শুভকামনা রইলো।
Dumpling heaven 😂😂😂😂 luar biasa, semoga sehat selalu food ranger.
Muslim # Good Foods ❤
breakfast market in mid China is so bustling. In southeast China, everyone just grab something very fast then go to work.
finally you come back man best wishes for you.
29:34 that waiter has amazing manners, huge W. Really love chinese food, but unfortunately we don´t really have something authentic like that here in western Europe. So I gotta visit China one day, inshallah. Anyway, good to see you back, peace.
I'm so envy of him for eating so many delicious food and still not fat.
so cool
yes bro some of the best food of my life was in Xi’an ❤
拍摄还是挺不容易的，排队的人太多了，辛苦了
Goodness my bucket list too to go eat in china😋😋😋
以后视频要是能提供简体中文字幕和中文音轨就更好了。
常乐，请继续你的金色传说之旅
How was that a "burger" ? Not that it does not look good.
你长得像英国秀才
If I am not wrong your wife is Chinese.. ? Very unfair comparison… to other YouTubers …
Nice ☺️❤️
The only thing is Yangroupaomo without chili sauce is unacceptable. Otherwise very good video
What happened to village cooking .??
Lose the Jamie Oliver wannabe . Voice cuts through ya like nails on chalk board..Ya im an ASSh0le
Great video Trevor and Ting like alwsys Entertainig. Thanks for keeping it real with the review scores 1/10 other people dont do it and its hard to take them serious. Keep up the good work.
Temu Christian Bale
Alex a jew, muslims really like it.
where is Ting?
Great series Trevor! Loving both of your energy together. Dont forget to bring Alex to the goose and charsiu house. My mouth always watering seeing that video
Don’t dislike him but once a while he reminds me a cheater ..
Thank you for sharing Muslim Halal food with us ❤
You two are so funny
I’m from Xi’an but now living in Sydney. Back in my university days, I started watching your food videos from Xi’an, and I remember thinking how different you were from other creators. Instead of sticking to the commercial areas, you explored the hidden spots where locals actually eat. As you probably know, the restaurants around tourist sites in China are usually designed for visitors, and locals rarely go there. But the places you featured were truly authentic, and I really hope travelers to Xi’an will check out your videos to experience the real local food.
No such thing or place as Kurdistan they don’t even have cuisine it’s all Turkic
面食爱好者
you're eating pork so it cant be a burger, its basically a pulled pork sammich.
Great video, Trevor! So great to see you back to Food Ranging – we have missed you. And thanks for introducing us to Alex. I'll be following him for sure, he has a great onscreen rapport with you.
Another home run! I now want to make my own roujiamo at home!
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Hey Food Ranger, your food vlogs are so interesting and I really enjoyed them. Please come back with amazing food vlogs like before. We’d love to see you start posting videos regularly again.
The video looks a bit cloudy, maybe dirty lens. But loved it still
Trevor is back, thank God ❤
Words can't express how much I envy you eating all that delicious food!
This has to be the best Xi’an street food. Good to see Trevor is back to China…
wow lets eat
Thank you very much bro, welcome back hope you enjoy the day