Wheaten food of Shanxi

Steamed Types: Steamed nine-dragon Jiaozi dumplings, steamed cakes, cakes wrapped with lotus leaves, steamed bread of corns or sorghum.

Soup Types: Wuhu tea, flour fried in beef tat with sugar and sesames, Ban soup.

Must-Eat:

Knife-shaved noodles or sliced noodles (Daoxiaomian)

Shanxi's noodles taste the same, but feel different. And slippery shaved noodles are the most popular of Shanxi's noodles.

Why You Need to Try It:

Shanxi province's main crop is wheat, which helps explain why so many kinds of noodles originate from the area. There are hand-pulled noodles, hand-torn noodles, noodles shaped like cats' ears and the list goes on and on.