Saturday, November 29, 2008
Xi'An is amazing-and that's just the food
We thought Xi'an would be a dumpy little town, and we only came to see the terra cotta warriors. But it turns out, the city is great, and the food so good, that we didn't even make it out to the warriors site yesterday. Instead, when our overnight train got in at 8 am, we found a youth hostel and spent the morning walking through the Muslim quarter, an area of old Ming-era houses and shops with the most amazing street food ever. Flat bread baked over an open fire and covered with chili oil and cumin; noodles with thin slices of mutton and spicy oil and cilantro, steamed buns and pastry stuffed with onion and lamb. Yum!
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2 comments:
NICE. my kind of priorities exactly-- food's the best part of visiting anywhere new!! :)
antha, my sister liz spent a whole semester in xi'an-- she took a group of Brookline High School kids b/c they have an exchange with the school there. how fun that you made it there too and loved it! miss you guys, emily
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