Beiyuanmen
Bustling brick-paved food street of grills, spiced flatbread and centuries-old Hui Muslim cooking.
On Beiyuanmen in Xi'an, this guide follows roujiamo, the meat-stuffed flatbread grilled along this brick-paved street, and the two-thousand-year story behind it. You'll hear a local cook compare it bluntly to the hamburger, then trace how Han-style braised meat and Silk Road wheat bread came together through the Hui Muslim bakers descended from Persian and Arab traders who settled this quarter in the Tang dynasty. Along the way it stops at the halal seasoning of cinnamon and star anise, and the cleavers cracking bread for yangrou paomo nearby. Listen for the smoke of persimmon cakes frying behind the stalls.
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