Xi'an's food, generally speaking, is served in large portions, is inexpensive and most of dishs have their own story. On a downtown street, everywhere one can see signs, including "Old Sun Family's Paomo 泡馍(steamed bun soaking in mutton soup), "Old Ma Family's Mutton" and "Old Liu Family's Hulutou 葫芦头(a local snack)". At the food street, food stands one after another stretch several hundreds meters. At night, temporary food stands fully line both sides of the street. Everywhere, there is a smell of delicous snacks. Paomo is ok for me. Hulutou, a little bit hard to swallow. Hulutou means Pork Intestines(bowel or gut whatever kind of things) boiled in soup, which smell a little stink(urine smell). Maybe for psychological factor, I have subconscious to order my stomach to reject that. Local people always discribe that how delicious
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