Delicacies of Silk Road make for tasty comeback
Exotic delicacies like Persian bread, Indian desserts and Arabic naan, among other foods, abounded on the Silk Road, as evidenced by the frescoes in the
Grottoes along the ancient
“Many paintings portray people eating doner kebabs, now a popular food around the world,” said Gao Qi’an of Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics.
Researchers also found some of the cookware used to make these dishes are the same as the pans and griddles still used by people living in
Zhao Chang’an, deputy chairman of the Gansu Institute of Dunhuang Studies, is breathing new life into these ancient delicacies.
Dunhuang was a trading hub on the ancient
Zhao owns a restaurant featuring more than 400 dishes reminiscent of the foods from the
“It’s not just the food. How people eat also matters,” Zhao said. “The dignitaries cared a lot about etiquette. They even asked waiters and waitresses to serve food a specific way.”
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