What & Where to Eat

On a visit to Xian, tourists need not to be worried of what and wher to eat. Xian is one of the emerging cosmopolitan cities of China and boasts of restaurants of every type serving all the known cuisines of world. It also has an array of sumptuous Chinese eateries.

Most Restaurants in Xian serve ethnic cuisines like Tasty xiaochi, or little eats, resembling flying saucers, mouse heads, and walnuts on your table along with18-course dumpling meal. Shanxi's most widely consumed snack rou jia mo, a finely chopped pork pressed between two halves of a solid steamed bun is known as Xi'an's answer to the hamburger. Xi'an offers many types of Western food like pizza, real oven-baked penne, tuna sandwiches, chocolate brownies and even Texas stew.

Most of restaurants offer both veg and non-veg menus in a spotless and non-smoking ambience. You can find restaurants of all the major countries of the world offering ethnic foods. Restaurants specializing in Indian, American, French, Japanes and Italian gastronomy exist along side age-old Chinese and Cantonese eateries.