Brief Introduction to the Featured Food in Xi’an Flavored Snacks

Persimmon Cake


Xi’an persimmon cake, also called as crystal persimmon cake, is processed with “crystal persimmon” produced in Lintong District as raw material.Xi’anpersimmon cake is characterized by golden surface, sweet flour and the fragrance of osmanthus.


Crystal Cake


Crystal cake, a kind of crispy dessert, gains its name owing to its transparency as crystal.Crystalcake is golden on surface and white like snow all around; meanwhile it has the aroma of rose and fine scent of orange, therefore it is recognized as No. one among Qin desserts.


Liaohua Candy


Liaohua candy is in drum-stick shape, on whose surface one layer of white sesame seed is spread; while in the heart of the candy, there is honeycomb-like candy inside of it which tastes soft, sweet, crispy and fragrant.


Qiongguo Candy

It is a local specialty famous inShaanxiProvince. It is manufactured byLiuquTownandFupingCountywhich is now famous all over the world. Since Ming and Qing Dynasty, it had been the tributes for royal court with a several-hundred-year history.


Crispy Fried Noodle


Crispy fried noodle is a kind of famous traditional snack in ancientXi’an. It is characterized by its multi layers and thin lines of noodle being soft and not greasy; it gains its name owing to its special shape “like golden line when picked up and like pine tower when put down.”


Steamed Pea Flour Cake


It is processed with Chinese dates produced inXi’anas its raw material. The pea in it is yellow and tastes subtle and sandy with fresh, cool and moderate sweetness.


Hard Flour Pancake

It is also called as “Guokui”, “Guokuimo” and “Ganmo” as one traditional flour snack welcomed by urban and rural residents in Guanzhong region,Shaanxiprovince.


Honey Cold Cake

                                                                       

As one of Xi’anspecial snacks for local dinner, it tastes soft and delicious with a function of bellyful. 


Delicious Specialties


It is delicious specialty that can fully represent the local character. Through tasting specialties, thick folklore customs will come into your eyes, which is not only a sensory pleasure but also an appraisal for local culture and history.

Shaanxi specialty has its good reputation spread far and wide for its sweet and sour apple, crystal persimmon with honey pulp and kiwi fruits called King of Vitamin C; besides, many other specialties full of Shaanxi customs are waiting for your taste including red Chinese dates, Chinese chestnuts and pomegranates, etc.