Dunhuang Donkey Meat Yellow Noodles

Donkey meat with yellow noodles is a famous dish in Dunhuang, known as the best in China. People who have been to Dunhuang or live in Dunhuang will see many donkey meat with yellow noodles restaurants on the roadside. In Dunhuang, there is a popular saying about food: dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground. In other words, in Dunhuang, on the edge of the desert, the best thing to eat is donkey meat.

The yellow noodles in Dunhuang are delicious, mainly because the mushroom sauce is well made. This mushroom sauce is made of minced mushrooms, pork, water tofu, etc., with soup, and the tofu is cut into small pieces, a little hard and chewy. The soup is poured on the yellow noodles, exuding a mellow meaty and sweet mushroom flavor. Smelling that smell, the appetite suddenly increases. Eating yellow noodles with mushroom sauce has some toughness and strength, the soup adds smoothness to the noodles, and the minced mushrooms and tofu sandwiched in the yellow noodles add flavor, making the yellow noodles more delicious.