The Taste of Yinchuan - Intangible Cultural Heritage Hand-Grasped Lamb.

Coming to Ningxia without eating lamb is like not coming at all. As the saying goes, "No sheep can leave Ningxia alive." To eat lamb, you must try hand-grasped lamb, and for the best hand-grasped lamb, you should visit Guoqiang Hand-Grasped Lamb. Established in 1982 in Wuzhong, the hometown of the Hui people, Guoqiang now has five branches in Yinchuan. Due to the large number of diners, it is best to make a reservation in advance, otherwise, you may have to wait in line. Recommended Dishes: 1. Intangible Cultural Heritage Hand-Grasped Lamb: Ningxia's lambs grow up eating desert onions, alfalfa, and camel thorns, and are castrated to grow slowly without desires, metabolizing their gamey taste before being served. Therefore, Ningxia's hand-grasped lamb has almost no gamey taste. It is said that eating meat without garlic loses half its flavor, so be sure to eat it with garlic to fully unleash its tender and fragrant taste. The half-fat, half-lean variety is especially delicious. 2. Lamb Noodle Soup: If you are a fan of noodles, you must try a warm bowl of lamb noodle soup! The noodles are chewy and evenly sized, with a rich and fragrant taste, perfect for winter. 3. Dry-Braised Yellow River Carp: Cooking carp with dry-braising technique is not easy. Guoqiang makes the fresh carp very flavorful while maintaining its shape by pre-frying it. The dish is bright red, with tender and flavorful meat, almost boneless, and beautifully garnished with shrimp and green peas. 4. Cold Mixed Desert Onion: Desert onion is a spicy green vegetable that can season, preserve, and kill bacteria. Ningxia's lambs grow up eating it. It belongs to the leek family and is called "Mongolian leek" in Inner Mongolia. Just a little salt makes it very refreshing. 5. Hot Dough Oil Cake: The dough for hot dough oil cake is made with boiling water, making the crust crispy and the inside chewy. Paired with salty and fragrant chili rings, it is super delicious. 6. Eight-Treasure Tea: Made with eight ingredients (longan, red dates, desert dates, raisins, goji berries, sesame, sugar, and walnuts), it can be refilled with hot water and sugar, very nice. Address: Guoqiang Hand-Grasped Lamb (Guobin Building Branch) No. 4, Jinhai Mingyue Garden, at the intersection of Shanghai West Road and Yinjiaqu North Street, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan Business Hours: 11:30-14:30 17:00-21:30