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Eating in Datong
Eating in Datong
Outdoor street stalls and tables, (Near Red Flag square on way to Huayan Monastery). Mostly evening. Eat and drink well outside for under 10 yuan. Many skewers (串）at stalls are 0.5yuan each - ask first - pay when finished eating at stall. 3 types of stinky tofu (臭豆腐）in a bowl 5 yuan － not all vendors offer same quality - try them and report here. Húntun noodle soup 4 yuan. Many options. 2011. �
刀削面 (dāoxiāomiàn - knife-cut noodles) are a Shanxi specialty that you can find in restaurants.
Best Pizza, (Near Huāyuàn Monastery on way to Daoist temple.). Consider for the experience, not the food. Chinese-style western restaurant, designed for Chinese people, not Westerners (ie luxurious sofas as seats, ice in champagne bucket to put in your beer to make it cold, asking for salt&pepper not thought strange but not already at every table, only has squat toilet). You will probably think the thick-base pizza is a reasonable imitation, but you may also realise why some Chinese people say that Western food basically isn’t as tasty as Chinese food. 50 yuan up. Other passable Western food. �
Mǎdàhā Hotpot (马大哈火锅), Cāochǎngchéng Jiē (操场城街) (Walk or take bus #4 from the train station down Cāochǎngchéng Street, watch for the large vertical yellow sign on a building on the right side). A well-known place among locals serving Shanxi hotpot. A picture menu is available to help choosing ingredients. As opposed to hotpot in other places where everyone shares one pot, each person gets their own in the Shanxi version. �
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