The Most Popular Mongolian Food

The cuisine in Mongolian is special and well received by the most visitors, especially the foreign customers. Now we will recommend some the most popular Mongolian food so you can try during your visiting.

Roast Lamb

Roast lamb is the traditional Mongolian food, which is specially prepared when a dinner party is held in honor of the distinguished guests or a great celebration is held. The roast lamb, which looks golden red and tastes quite delicious, is laid on a square wooden dish.

Cooked Mutton

This is the delicacy which the Mongolian people like best. It is only prepared for the special occasions, such as offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors, holding weddings or celebrating the elder‘s birthday. When the dinner party begins, it is customary for the Mongolian people to cut a piece of meat from the fat tail first and have a taste of it.

Hand-held Mutton

This dish is the traditional food which the Mongolian people have liked for thousands of years. People often use their hands to take the meat while eating. That‘s why the dish is called hand-held mutton.

All-fish Banquet

The all-fish banquet can have 12, 14, 20, 24, or even more than 100 dishes. The main rare dishes include Twin Dragons Playing with Pearl, Home-made Coiled Crucian, Club-shaped Carp, Oil-dipped Carp, Carp with Spawn, Squirrel Carp, etc.

Milk Tea

Milk tea is the traditional hot drink the Mongolian people like best. It is made by boiling water with brick tea and fresh milk. People usually put a little salt into the milk when they drink it. Sometimes the local people put a little butter or stir-fried millet into the milk tea.

Shaomai

Shaomai is a local delicacy, which has a long history in Hohhot. The visitors who come to Hohhot always have a taste of shaomai. Shaomai is made by unique technique, fine raw materials, nice and thin wrappers, delicious fillings and all necessary ingredients and seasoning. The hot shaomai taken just out of the steamer gives out pleasing smell. It looks like a small soft bag when it is picked up with chopsticks, and looks like a small pancake when it is placed on the plate.

Ghee

Ghee, also called butter with white or yellow colors. People put the fresh milk into yoghourt and whisk them together till the white ghee is separated. Boil the white ghee until the water is vaporized. The color turns into yellow with attractive fragrance.

Kumiss

Kumiss, the traditional belly-wash of llano, has been passed down two thousand years. The Kumiss is cool, refreshing and with lower alcoholicity. Besides, it also has the function of dispelling cold and strengthen stomach. Summer is the best time to drink Kumiss. You can almost smell the aromatic smell everywhere.