Niangpi is one of the most popular snacks in Qinghai. As the local traditional snack, Niangpi also can be a staple food. No matter cold or hot, Niangpi is enjoyable food all year.
Shouzhua Mutton has nearly a thousand years of history in Xining, Qinghai. Using hand grasps the food, that’s how it got its name. There are three kinds of eating ways: eat it in hot way (after slicing, cage steam hot dipped three in oil), eat it in cold way (slice directly after dipped in salt and pepper), eat in fried way (eating fried with pan fried hot,). The characteristics of Shouzhua Mutton is delicious, not greasy not smell of mutton, fragrant taste.

Sheep Tharm Noodles is a flavor snack in Xining, the provincial capital of Qinghai Province. It takes sheep tharm as main material, and accompanied by hot noodles. The recipe is wash the sheep tharm, tick with the onions, ginger, peeled, pepper, salt, seasoning paste soy flour, and cooked in the tie, and put the small carrots and garlic in to the lamb soup.
Gamianpian, a kind of noodles, is the special home cooking in Xining, Qinghai. This noodle is not made with the rolling pin, but use hand to pull it out. It get its name because of its small shape.