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Golmud has, considering its remote location, a good selection of restaurants. The food
served throughout the town is a mixed selection of simple local food (see the Xining Dining Overview
for more details), and the cuisine of nearby provinces, including Tibet, Sichuan and Xinjiang. The Sichuan Food in town is of particular note, and two of the
restaurants here serve tasty spicy food that
will warm stomachs on even the coldest of Golmud nights. The
first of these is the dusty Xining Peace Restaurant (Xining heping
jiujia), that is situated on Kunlun lu, to the north (right as you leave) of
the Golmud Hotel, on
the right hand (eastern) side of the road. Food here is cheap, including mainly noodles
and dumplings, and it has an English menu (Cai dan). The second is the Sichuan
Restaurant, also on Kunlun lu, to the south of the hotel on the western
side of the road. Although with no English menu, this place serves the usual selection of
Sichuan specialties, including two of the region"s most spicy favourites, Spiced Chicken with Peanuts and Spicy Tofu with Chili. For more traditional Qinghai food, your best bet are the Street Stalls
and Small Restaurants that are scattered about town.
Opposite the Golmud Hotel are a string of places that are worth trying. The town"s main
market, on Baiyi lu, also has a number of outdoor stalls that will cook up what
you select. To get to the market head north on Kunlun lu, past the Peace
Restaurant, turn right onto the main road, and the market is on your left a little way up
here. The hotel itself also has a restaurant that, although not of exceptional quality, is
convenient for those weary or lazy. There is also one restaurant in town, the Happy Families Restaurant (Quanjia
jiulou) also on Baiyi lu, that has an extensive menu of Western food,
especially for those who have been on the road too long! To get here from the hotel head
north along Kunlun lu until the first major crossing. Here turn west (on Baiyi
lu) and walk for about one and a half kilometers. The restaurant will be on your
left, after the building with the mock pagoda entrance, and before Zhongshan Road
(Zhongshan lu) and Zhongshan Park (Zhongshan gongyuan),
that will also be on your left. |
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