The dining options in Baotou are a strange mix of China cuisine, the northern preference for wheat is offset by many rice dishes, the western presence for beef and mutton is combined with the southern/eastern fascination with pork. This is not to say that the food here is anything to write home about, and there are few restaurants of note in the city. Most of the best restaurants are to be found in Donghe, the eastern section of Baotou. Many of these have not got English signs or menus, but you will normally be able to either choose your dishes from the kitchen, or do it yourself with a hotpot (Huoguo).
East Baotou: There are two night markets in this section of Baotou, that serve a good selection of local delicacies. The better of the two is to be found to the north of the Donghe Hotel, at the northwestern corner of the intersection of Nanmenwai dajie and Huancheng lu. The other is near to the railway station, footstalls that are at their fullest at night, but are available during the day.
There is a restaurant in the Donghe Hotel that does fairly good Chinese and Mongolian food, and just opposite here is also a good hotpot restaurant, the Prince Building Hotpot City (Taizilou rouzhou huoguocheng). There are also a number of other restaurants that can be found along Nanmenwai dajie, that serve general Chinese and Mongolian food.
West Baotou: In this section of town most of the best restaurants are to be found in the hotels. The Qingshan Hotel has a fairly decent Chinese restaurant and both the Tian Wai Tian Hotel and the new building of the Baotou Guesthouse serve western-style food. The most famous restaurant in the city is probably the Dafulin Restaurant (Dafulin fanzhuang) at 90 Wenhua lu, that mainly serves Mongolian food at expensive prices.
The introduces of some special features snack
>>The frying luohanzhu
It is made of chicken. It is very very delicious.
>>The Songshu Fish
Its shape looks like a squirrel.
>>The milk-beancard
It often appears in the house of the Inner Mongolia.
>>The milk-tea
It is the traditional hot drink of Mongolia race. It can warm stomach and help to digest.
>>The Suyou
It is also called Butter. They fall into 2 kinds which are the yellow color Suyou and the white color Suyou. They contain too much nourishment.
>>Cream cheese
It is the most common food of milk-products. And people in Mongolia like it very much.
>>The Yuanshaomei of Dexing
It has been for many years. It is famous for the thin skin, good shape, fresh farcing.
>>The Hada round flat cakes
It is a traditional famous snack. It is said that its history is very long.
>>The Daoqieshu
It also is a traditional famous snack.
>>The Wangxiaoer big round flat cakes
It also is a traditional famous snack. It was made by Wangxiaoer first.
>>The milk-skin
It is so delicious.
>>The roasted whole sheep
It is a traditional dish of Inner Mongolia.
>>The Genghis Khan roasted meet
It was invented by Genghis Khan. It is so delicious.
>>The back of sheep
We can only see it in the fete, birthday parties or the marriage days.
>>The black melon seeds
It is supplementary materials to make several of pastries, moon cakes, the oil tea etc.
>>The white melon seeds
They are called the white melon seeds because the color of their surface is white. The white melon seeds contain a amount of oil.
>>The You Wheat
It is a kind of healthy food.
>>The hump
It is a scarce dish of Chinese traditional dishes. It can dispel the breeze, live the blood and decrease swelling.
>>The feet of camel
It has the very high nourishment valuable and special nourishing function.
