Experience Shanxi's culinary delights in 2025

As the winter wind howls, the cuisine of North China's Shanxi province, steaming hot and inviting, is just waiting for you to taste it.

Datong Lamb Offal Soup

Datong Lamb Offal Soup. [Photo/Shanxi Cultural and Tourism Integrated Media Center]

A classic dish from Datong, lamb offal soup is typically mixed with yam vermicelli. What sets the soup apart is the addition of Shanxi's aged vinegar. Just one bowl of the rich lamb broth combined with aged vinegar and spicy oil will make you sweat.

Taiyuan Tounao

Taiyuan Tounao. [Photo/Shanxi Cultural and Tourism Integrated Media Center]

Also known as "Eight-Treasure Soup", Taiyuan Tounao is a unique local breakfast dish with a history spanning nearly four centuries. It is a medicinal food made from ingredients such as large pieces of fatty lamb, astragalus, lotus root, Chinese yam, ginger, wine lees, and yellow wine.

Pingding Casserole Pot Stew

Pingding Casserole Pot Stew. [Photo/Shanxi Cultural and Tourism Integrated Media Center]

This dish is easy to prepare, combining meatballs, potatoes, wide noodles, kelp, frozen tofu, and cabbage in a pot for a stew. The clever combination of vegetables and meats creates a rich and varied taste.

The dish is stewed in Pingding casserole pots that originated in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) and are beloved for their unique craftsmanship. Pingding casserole pots are also a Chinese geographical indication product, and Pingding is renowned as the "hometown of casserole pots".

Shanxi's culinary landscape is vast and diverse, so come and savor its steaming delights in the winter of 2025.