Muslim Quarter breakfast
Beef paomo with bread you tear into the bowl yourself, at 7am, the way Xi'an eats it.
Built for people who travel to eat. Muslim Quarter breakfasts, a lamian master at five in the morning, beef paomo you tear yourself, Uyghur skewers and a halal night-market crawl — all pork-free, all confirmed in advance. Two of China's greatest halal food cities, in one trip, with the sightseeing kept deliberately short.
Built for people who travel to eat. Muslim Quarter breakfasts, a lamian master at five in the morning, beef paomo you tear yourself, Uyghur skewers and a halal night-market crawl — all pork-free, all confirmed in advance. Two of China's greatest halal food cities, in one trip, with the sightseeing kept deliberately short.
The halal guarantee on this route: every restaurant is a certified halal restaurant with no pork and no alcohol on the premises. We send the full list with addresses before you fly, and your guide re-checks each booking the day before you eat there.
Beef paomo with bread you tear into the bowl yourself, at 7am, the way Xi'an eats it.
Watching the noodles pulled by hand at five in the morning, then eating them at six.
From the tandoor, on the street, with cumin and chili — the Xi'an night market at its best.
Three or four stalls with a guide who knows which are certified and which only have Arabic on the sign.
Because you are in the Quarter anyway, and Fajr there is worth setting an alarm for.
One meal cooked by a family in their own kitchen, arranged in advance.
A working skeleton, not a fixed package — we rebuild it around your dates, your prayer needs and whoever is travelling with you.
Halal transfer from XIY, then straight into the Muslim Quarter after dark for the first skewers and naan of the trip.
Fajr at the Great Mosque if you want it, paomo breakfast, then the city wall and the Drum Tower. Evening: the night market in earnest.
Morning at the pits, afternoon rest, evening dinner cooked by a Hui family in their own home.
Two hours by high-speed train. Straight to a noodle house on arrival. Evening walk along the Yellow River.
Five in the morning with the lamian masters, breakfast at six, then a slow day: the Yellow River Mother sculpture on the riverfront, the mosque, and a second bowl because you will want one.
A morning in Lanzhou's halal market buying cumin, chili and dried beef to take home. Transfer to the airport or the train.
Both cities are among the easiest in China for a Muslim traveller. The Great Mosque of Xi'an and Lanzhou's main mosques hold all five prayers, and the halal quarters are built around them. Because this trip runs on food, we plan the day outward from Fajr and Maghrib rather than squeezing prayer in around meals.
April, May, September and October. Street food is best in cool weather; both cities are hot in summer and both are beautiful in the snow.
Send us your dates and who is travelling. A Muslim advisor replies within one hour during China working hours with a day-by-day halal plan for this route — restaurants, mosques, prayer times, hotels and an itemised price.