Mongolian cuisine = meat + dairy + noodles! Must-eats: Hand-held mutton (boiled in plain water, dipped in chive flower sauce—the true taste of the meat!), whole roast sheep (only when there are enough people), Mongolian milk tea (it's salty! with milk skin/fried rice/beef jerky), milk tofu/milk skin/yogurt, naked oat noodles (naked oat noodle rolls/naked oat noodle fish), shaomai (Hohhot shaomai has thin wrappers and lots of meat, 8 pieces per liang), sheep offal. Spice level: not spicy!
Hohhot Travel Guide
City Overview1
Travel Guide & FAQ2
What do you eat for Mongolian cuisine in Hohhot?
How to spend 2-3 days in Hohhot?
2 days: D1 Dazhao Temple + Saishang Old Street + Five Pagoda Temple + Inner Mongolia Museum (dinosaur fossils / grassland culture); D2 Xilamuren Grassland 1-day tour (90km from Hohhot, horseback riding / archery / yurt lunch / Naadam performance). 3 days: add Huitengxile Grassland (windmill grassland, more beautiful than Xilamuren) + Xiangshawan (Kubuqi Desert). Budget: 800-2000 yuan. Best time for grassland: June-September.