Dairy products are abundant and include cheese, milk curd, salty milk tea and mare milk drink, which is a highlight of any trip to this region. Mare milk drink is regarded as very precious by herdsmen. Whenever guests come, herdsmen will treat them with generous servings of mare milk drink. This special drink is tasty and tonic; it can drive away cold and invigorate the circulation of blood.

The staple food here is oats. Oat powder can be made into noodles for mutton or vegetable soup seasoned with pepper and garlic. This is very popular among locals.

Shaomei are steamed dumplings with minced mutton. Shaomei used to be for breakfast only but now has become a must in many eateries and homes.

Fried millet is a staple food for herdsmen. First millet is fried, and then the chaff is ground. Serve with milk tea with salt or sugar. It is so savory that it has become a must for both locals and guests when tasting milk tea.

In addition, travelers should try fried noodles, camel meat mince pie and fried rice at least once to know what the locals' daily lives are like.

The roasted whole sheep can be tasted in restaurants in five-star hotels such as Xin Cheng Hotel (5 Star), located at No.40 Hulun South Road, Hohhot. The Mongolian Khan's Banquet, Erdos Wedding Banquet, Happy Nadam Fair Banquet, and Zhaojun Banquet offered here are all traditional Mongolian tastes.

Malaqin Restaurant, situated in Xincheng West Street, also serves Mongolian-style food. Specialties here include roasted mutton leg, roasted mutton tail, mutton barbeque, shouba rou, instant-boiled mutton and many other dishes.

Gufengxuan Restaurant is an old establishment featuring Muslim dishes. It enjoys a good reputation locally. There are more than 150 kinds of delicacies such as mince pie, mutton barbeque, roasted beef, sesame mutton, etc. It is located in Zhongshan West Road.

Western restaurants can be found in Xin Cheng Hotel (5-star), Inner Mongolia Hotel (5-star), Phoenix Hotel Inner Mongolia (4-star) and Zhao Jun Hotel (3-star).

Aixin (Love) Vegetarian House: at the north of Guanyin Miao Lane, Yuquan District, Hohhot

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