It’s Trevor James
I just got into Turpan, China
In west Xinjiang province
And today, we are going for a full on Uighur, Halal, Muslim Chinese Street Food experience
I can’t wait
Let’s go check it out
When you arrive in Turpan
It feels like a whole new world
We took the long distance train to Xining on our great Silk Road journey
And as soon as you step in
You notice that the people are Uighur muslims
And the food is different from the rest of China
Just walking down the street is an adventure and an experience in itself
Make sure to watch until the end
Because this episode has a huge selection of Uighur street food
And the most insane meat sanctuary jackpot at the end
First up, we found a delicious Uighur breakfast joint
Serving up some of the most delicious central Asian themed pilaf
And huge chunks of mutton
That’s the true joy of Foodrangin’
Finding new stuff
Zhuafan, look at that
We are getting some Nangua pumpkin
Ok, let’s go in
Oh yeah
It looks like it’s in a chili oil
Mmm, that’s good
A lot of Liangcai, but I’m going to stick with this
Look at all of this beautiful Uighur food we have here in Turpan
I have been looking forward to trying Pilaf, Zhuafan, for so long
And I have a huge chunk of mutton on there
And it’s just soaked
It looks quite oily
But I can really smell, the fragrance, almost sweetness, from those carrots
This looks like a butter tea almost
And then over here
This is liangban doufu
Like cold salad style chili oil tofu
And then some pumpkin baozi
Nice plump pumpkin baozi
Look at that
Let’s go right in
Pilaf, my first time
The carrots!
Those carrots are like sweet!
They almost taste like candied
And the rice
It has an al dente chew to it
It is perfect
What an experience
Now this is Naicha
But it honestly smells like butter tea
Lets try it out
Fatty and buttery and oily and strong
Honestly this is a heavy breakfast
Super fatty butter tea, salty butter tea
Oily and sweet and fatty Pilaf
And baozi stuffed with pumpkin
That was delicious
That was unbelievable
Heavy breakfast
After breakfast we hit the street in search of some pre-lunch street snacks
And found an amazing Uighur style lamb stuffed pocket baked right on the street in a coal oven
Alright so we are just walking through a little market here
We are going to see if there is anything good to eat
Wow, look at these!
Oh look at thee beauties
Oh the color
This is so beautiful
Just walking by here
And you see this oven baking these kao baozi
Let’s try it out
Look inside there!
It’s like fatty lamb with a little bit of onion
It’s quite peppery
And this bread is super crispy and a little salty
Nice street snack
Walking through a little market and there is so much food around here to eat
Lots to eat here
After that gorgeous kao baozi
We went foodrangin for lunch
And found the must try Uighur banmian noodles
At a little hole in the wall
This is street side satisfaction
Ok we are at a little banmian place
And we are going to order up some Xinjiang-
Good morning!
Good morning
That’s gorgeous
We are going to sit down and get some banmian
You can eat banmian all over china
AKA noodles with no broth
But here in Xinjiang, the hand pulled noodles are taken to the next level
Made super thick
And they pack a nice chewy texture
That you are going to enjoy for sure
They are pulled slowly
And smacked down hard to loosen the dough up
And here, you choose the ingredients
And they are fried into a delicious sauce that is poured on top of your freshly pulled noodles
They will blow you away
Super simple, yet so filling and delicious
So our noodles just arrived
Hand pulled
And this is the sauce that they have been frying up
And they are going to pour it right over top of the noodles
That is the pure beauty
We just got the banmian
Oh look at these beautiful hand pulled noodles with lamb, tomato, green bell peppers
Oh guys, that will fill you right up
Let’s just take a big slurp
Oh yeah
They are quite simple
Just a light tomato flavor
And actually a little smoky
But the mutton flavor is all through there
That is the best part
Oh yeah, that smooth tomato flavor will bring you to life
Such an experience
That was an amazing banmian we found here at this little hole in the wall
We are going to keep walking around because this city has so much to offer
And try and find some more good stuff for the afternoon
Alright so here is our hostel
Super cool location
It’s about 110 RMB per night right now
And it’s really nice and old school
Hello
This is Ting’s favorite
This is Ting’s favorite here
Alright so we just got out of the hostel and had a little break from eating
And now we are just walking down the street
And I think just right up here there is a few stalls that serve Nang
Xinjiang’s famous flatbread
Just look at how deep the oven goes
Oh yeah, that is awesome
You can really just smell the sesame
It smells like toasted sesame in this deep oven
And it’s still hot
You can see they put a stamp on it
It’s like a swirl
I’m not sure if that is different in each location
But they also coat is in sesame
OK so you gotta break it
Oh, there it is
And I will taste it
The toasted sesame flavor is really good
After that delicious nang bread
We took a taxi around town to take in the sights before our huge mutton feast for dinner
And found rows upon rows of grape vineyards
So we just took a taxi to the outside of town
We asked him to take us to some local areas
And we just stopped on the side of the road
Because I want to show you
Exactly what turban is famous for, these grapes
You come here in August and you’ll get super plump, juicy, grapes
Right now it is April so it’s off season
But I gotta say coming here any time of year, especially now in April in the off season
Is super enjoyable and I’m blown away by this city
Our taxi is just right up there
And we are going to take it to go get some delicious meat for dinner
We made our way to find some meat
And we really found the jackpot
Mutton heaven
So we have been walking around exploring
And got a local tip from the taxi driver to come eat here
To have lots of meat
Because meat is famous in Xinjiang
It’s hard to get it in
That is a skill
We are going to have a nice big bowl of this
But I’m really bad at this
What we stumbled into was a true meat jackpot
There were these huge big fat juicy lamb kebabs
Covered in salt, cumin and garlic
And pressed right into these grilled nang breads
So the juices would seep in
But the real jackpot was this huge oven packed full of lamb legs
Ribs, and steaks
All lightly seasoned in salt
10 minutes before they were ready to pull out of the oven
People started gathering around and competing to get the first taste
Look at that
That is
This is gorgeous
Oh look at that!
This is meat heaven!
Gorgeous meat!
This is the most insane meat fest
Gorgeous
I am so excited for this meat
Look at how much meat is on there
Everyone is just so excited to eat this
This is lamb heaven
I can’t believe my eyes right now
Even the shop owner is taking photos it’s so magical
Everyone is fighting for the meat now
It’s insane
Everyone is fighting for the meat
I’m just waiting patiently
I don’t want to…
I’m left with the last
That meat is so bulky
We are going to get a leg now
We got two ribs
Oh there it is
Gorgeous
So I had to wait for everyone to get theres
And now…
Awesome!!
We have it all here now guys
This is like meat heaven
Oh, look at this beautiful huge chunk of lamb on a bone
And the yellow fat is just bursting from it
And I have two spare ribs as well!
Guys this is totally lamb heaven
Lamb paradise
It’s a mutton sanctuary
And then over here
I have 5 beautiful lamb kebabs
Over top of the naan bread
Which is also spiced with chilies and cumin
And the lamb juices are soaking in to that bread
I have a mixed lamb organ
It’s called yangzasui, so there is the fat, lung, and liver
I actually don’t know everything that is in there
And there is stuffed intestine
Intestine stuffed with rice
I think that is going to be good
We will see
And then over here, we have mianpian tang
Which is those pinched off noodle slices
In a nice hearty, and healthy broth
It looks like there is some legumes in there
And you know what we are going to go for first right
This beauty
Look at that chunk of meat
That looks - I just gotta get in there
Wow! Oh, wow
Guys, I’ve never tasted lamb like that
It just explodes with juice
And it’s quite salty
And the fat is just bursting from it
So that gives it a lot of flavor
Apart from the mixed lamb organ salad
This was a meal to remember
Everything was fantastic
And turban truly is a city you have to visit
If you come, you will have the time of your life
And eat some of the best food too
So we have had an incredible day here in Turpan
From all of the really friendly people we have met here on the streets
To all of the super delicious food we have had
It has been an incredible experience
And a must visit destination here in China
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