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Xi'an, China
6 dishes to eat in Xi'an, what is in them, and where they belong.
Slow-braised pork in a griddled flatbread — reasonably called China's oldest sandwich.
Belt-wide hand-pulled noodles under chilli and hot oil, written with a character of 58 strokes.
Flatbread you tear into a bowl yourself, then have flooded with mutton broth.
Cold wheat-starch noodles with sesame, vinegar and chilli — the summer default.
Fried persimmon pastries filled with sweet paste, sold in the Muslim Quarter.
Lintong pomegranates pressed to order, sold near the Terracotta Army.
