With thousands of years of history growing wheat, Xi'an is home to many kinds of flour-based food.
The Shaanxi snack roujiamo is China's answer to the hamburger. Yet the simple fast food item is much older, with historians dating it back some 2,400 years.
The Shaanxi specialty of Paomo is a hot lamb (or beef) stew served with chopped-up leavened bread.
Liangpi is a noodle-like Chinese dish made from wheat or rice flour.
Choujiu, a popular drink in Shaanxi, is a type of fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from glutinous rice.