Roujiamo (Chinese Burger)
Shredded braised pork in crusty flatbread, 2,000 years old.
Spice level🌶️ (1/5 — order “wēi là” 微辣 for mild)
What it is
The 'Chinese burger' — slow-stewed pork chopped on a board and stuffed into a baked flatbread: la zhi rou simmered in a broth some vendors claim is been running for decades. Older than the hamburger by most of a millennium and cheaper than both.
How to order like a local
Choose your bread: the classic white baijimo (dense, chewy) or the Laotongguo crisp-flat style that shatters. Ask for 'la zhi rou' (long-stewed) with fat and lean mixed — 'fei shou' is the correct phrase. Add a liangpi on the side and it's a full Xi'an lunch.
Good to know
10-20 CNY each. The best ones come from unmarked counters with a queue and a cleaver.
More to eat in Xi'an
- Muslim Quarter Food Walk
Lamb skewers, pao mo and persimmon cakes in lantern light.
- Defachang Dumpling House
Century-old house of 108 kinds of dumpling banquets.