Comments on: Top 10 Xinjiang Dishes

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:30:05 +0000

@Elizabeth: Small world! Glad this helped clear up the mystery of the delicious cake! Hope all is going well in Beijing! Thanks for saying hello!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:47:59 +0000

Found your thorough run-down of Xinjiang cuisine after trying to figure out what this delicious cake is called – sold by Xinjiang guys near Beijing’s train station! It’s the perfect travel food.

Happy new year to you…

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:39:41 +0000

@Mahmud: I wish I had a mantang recipe to give you. Unfortunately, I don’t. However, if you search for mantang recipe, something is bound to come up. If not, I imagine mantang takes nuts, honey, and the ingredients to make nougat (not quite sure what those are). Happy searching, happy eating.

By: Mahmud

Mahmud — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:04:37 +0000

sorry to disturb.. i really like eat “mantang”. so lovely and sweet. do you have any information regarding this “mantang”. what i mean is the recipe. if u have, would u like to share

By: The Beijing Diet « Travels With Mary

The Beijing Diet « Travels With Mary — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:27:02 +0000

[...] bites out of the still hefty bag of chocolate popcorn. For dinner, we swung by the delightful xinjiang restaurant Cody got me hooked on a few weeks ago. We ordered a couple of chicken wings and roast [...]

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:19:46 +0000

Raluca: So glad you enjoyed the Xinjiang food guide! Yes, the vegetarian dishes in Xinjiang were most satisfying (and the least amount of work).

Thanks so much for your kind words about our journey. Let me know if we can do anything to help convince your husband to start your journey : )

By: raluca

raluca — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:22:54 +0000

This gourmet guide was brilliant! The pictures are great, i wish i could join you guys for this delicious sampling! Hmm not so much for the mutton fat chunks, loved the vegetarian dishes though…they transpire flavour and oriental aromas…I’m trying to convince my husband to follow on your trip footsteps, must be one of the greatest experiences in life! Keep walking…lovin’ your travel tales!!!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:15:09 +0000

Elise, thanks for the correction! Since we didn't find anyone who spoke English while in Kashgar, we matched food names to our photos and what we ate using our scribbled notes, the Lonely Planet, and other internet resources. Unfortunately Lonely Planet's opke description has been used by many. Is there a local name for goat head soup like in this photo? (Warning to vegetarians) Is opke the dish in this photo? Any other Xinjiang specialties you can share?

By: Elise

Elise — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:17:47 +0000

I’m assuming you found your information about opke (opke-hesip) containing goat heads from Lonely Planet. I’ve seen it there myself. I want to point out, however, that this is actually incorrect. Opke-hesip is a dish of lung and intestinal sausage. ‘Opke,’ which means ‘lung’ in Uyghur, refers to lungs that have been filled with dough and baked. I believe the lungs are what are popularly but improperly perceived as goat heads (thanks to Lonely Planet).