Moslem St was half closed but there were still lots of stalls selling dry food products like dates, nuts, snacks and road side food stalls and restaurants. Most the food had lots of chilli in it. We settled in a clean looking Moslem restaurant. We looked around and ordered 10 sticks of BBQ beef (minimum) and 5 sticks of lamb with some flat toasted bread. They were delicious and had some spiced peppercorn in everything. Each meat stick were made up of 2 pieces of meat, first and last with a piece of fat in the middle. We also had some lamb bone called lamb hoof. It had hardly any meat on it, just some skin and tendon. The tendon was very gluely but had a lot of flavour. I guess you just suck it a bit. I then went to choose some vegetables and mushrooms on sticks to be boiled in a pot. I saw they put sesame sauce and chilli on them afterwards but I asked them not to put chilli on. The lamb skewers were so nice we ordered 5 more. That was a great midnight snack.

We stayed at the Sofitel on Remin Square. It was a beautiful hotel and everyone was being really helpful even if they didn't always have the answer. They were always trying hard and running around getting taxis, luggage, asking what we needed. It is located within the city centre. There is a huge hypermarket only 5 minutes walk away where we bought a lot of souvenir food stuff.

Finally, to see them in real. It doesn't disappoint and we even saw the man who dug the well and discovered the statues. He was selling a book on the warriors and signing them.

It is said that Xian is the most famous place to have dumpling banquets and this is one of the most recommended restaurants. The ground floor only serves one type of dumplings and other cooked dishes, so make sure you go to the second floor which serves many types of dumpling banquets. We chose the most basic set with 17 types of dumplings and 4 cold dishes. We thought that would be more than enough for us.
We started off with 4 cold starters. I really liked the raw walnuts with green bamboo as it was refreshing. There was a beef tendon dish which was OK but I didn't like a sour shredded vegetable with mustard dressing or the green vegetables mixed with minced garlic. I think minced garlic always ruins the taste of the vegetables.
The dumplings were mainly steamed with different fillings, shapes and tastes. Pork, vegetables, crab, tomato, spicy, pumpkin, mixed and to be honest, can't remember which was which. Then there was a small pot of soup where they heat up the smallest dumplings in front of you, this is meant to be dumpling made to impress the empress who wanted something special way back in  history. To end up, there is a baked sweet dumpling and a fried dumpling followed by fresh foods. There is too much food for a meal, so it's better to go for dinner. We also ordered a jug of soy milk which was a bit bland and lacked bean taste.

I think this meal is a wonderful experience. You should try it.

Mutton Pao Mo is probably the most famous snack meal in Xian. And Beef Pao Mo is a variation. On our first night in Xian, the taxi driver told us not to have it for late night snack as it would be hard to digest and we wouldn't be able to sleep. It was on the 3rd day in Xian, while looking for a late lunch and passing by too many places that we didn't dare go into because of the poor hygiene that we found this small restaurant specialising only in Beef Pao Mo. The dish is baked unlevened bread torn or chopped into little pieces served by pouring hot beef soup and vermicelli into a bowl. There are lots of parsley in the broth and the chilli variety would include chilli. We asked for non chilli and I asked to break my own pao mo bread into pieces.

It was indeed a filling and warming dish. Very hot and rich in beef smell and taste and a real homely and comforting dish. We were full for a few hours after. My husband who had 2 pcs of bread in his bowl was full even at dinner time.

This restaurant is recommended by the tourist board and many guide books. It is within a Chinese run hotel of the same name on one of the city centre streets. It has 10 famous dishes of which we only ordered one as others were the type that make up a scenic picture with bits of colourful food. We ordered the Hulu chicken though and it was marinated, steamed and deep fried. Maybe that was why the meat was tasty throughout the chicken, even in the breast.

We ordered other dishes photographed and I am lazy to introduce them. Mostly self explanatory and all taste good. So definitely go to this restaurant where price is very reasonable and service was good.