Youtube daily report May 29 2017

What an amazing time here in Kashgar

Look at these noodles

Right in the cauldron

So we just got to the largest animal market in Kashgar

Every Sunday

Thousands of people come here to sell sheep, lambs, horses

And along the sidelines

There's all these little stalls for food

So we are going to walk along there

And see what we can get for breakfast

And lunch, let's go check it out

This is one of the most unique street food journeys that I've ever been on

I'm Trevor James

And you won't believe the street food that we've found in this video

In the far west of rural China

Especially the home cooked meal with a local Uighur family at the end

After spending a few days exploring around Kashgar

We made our way out deep to the outskirts to the weekly animal market

Where you can sample nearly all of the local Uighur street food specialties

This is truly a once in a lifetime street food series

Wow!

Look at that huge pot of carrots

Yellow carrots

Oh yeah look at the Polo

Oh with big mutton chunks!

Polo

Look at that

So you can see all of the yellow carrots that he puts in

With the big chunks of mutton

That's a good start to the day

Alright

Let's sit down

So we were just walking through

And we just got the first thing

This beautiful polo

Zhuafan AKA Pilaf

And I've been having this a few times here in Xinjiang

And each time it's just heavenly

Oh look at those

Look at that

You can really see how saturated that rice is with oil

And these yellow carrots

Which are actually quite sweet

Every time I try them

And I'm just going to try that rice first to start

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

Oh every time

Every time that is delicious

The perfect balance between the sweetness

And the aromatic flavor of the rice is incredible

Just look at these

Honestly, these yellow carrots taste like pumpkin, they are sweet

This is deep

Look at that huge fatty chunk of mutton to start the day

Nothing like it

Now that is good

Oh the mutton

It's so tender

And juicy

The fat just melts in your mouth

Pilaf truly is one of the joys of the Silk Road

And if you can find it at a local street market or farmers market

Even better

There really is nothing like it

Especially watching them make it with cotton seed oil

And mixing it up, slowly becoming soft and sweet

After paying up, I made my way across the market

To find some of the most unique hand pulled noodles that I've ever eaten

That will just keep you alive

If you're hiking or doing anything physical

That is just pure energy

We are going to go see what else there is to eat

Oh yeah, look at this

We are in the animal market

There is hundreds of cows and sheep and horses

And we are going to see what else we can eat

I think I see some noodles up here guys

Noodle jackpot

Oh yeah

Hello

Hello!

Awesome!

Look at that!

Beautiful, I've never seen anything like that

Getting hungry just watching this

It's like 3 guys doing it

This is really entrancing

Those noodles look thick and texture filled!

Oh yeah that is skill

This guy loves doing his job

This guy just loves his job

The big noodle cauldron

This is total magic

There they are

This guy is so friendly

So friendly

Kashgar!

We are going to get a beautiful bowl of those

They have it all

They have huge sheep hanging up over there

That's probably where they get all the meat from for the lamb kebabs

And for the lagman hand pulled noodles

And for the stew

So it's all super fresh

We are going to sit down and try it out

And it's like perfect tomato chili sauce

Awesome

You gotta pour the broth into the meat

Mutton stew

Mutton soup

So we have two beautiful dishes here today

And I am just blown away with the friendliness here

And I'm expecting the food will be on the same level of enjoyment

Let's try this lagman hand pulled noodles

You saw them mixing with magic skills

Nice chunks of mutton in a tomato sauce with some chili paste

Make sure the first bite counts

This is going to be magic right here

Oh that is magic

This is something else

I can't believe the friendliness here of everyone

And this delicious food

Lets try out the lamb soup

Oh that flavor

The mutton flavor is quite strong

And they give you nice chunks of mutton

It's quite fatty though

All of this is quite fatty

I can't see any big chunks of meat

So I think the best part is just the broth

And now he put it onto Ting

How do I look?

You look great

Yeah?

This is great

What a nice plate of noodles

And nice people here

That was mind blowing experience

I think I see some lamb kebab

Kebab?

This is full on

This is right in your face and we are going to get our third snack here, the kebab

Look at that

Huge, huge kebabs

And the fat content on there is off the hook

And then they also give you a naan

A fresh, hot, it's still warm, nang

That is quite chewy

I'm still chewing, like 3 minutes later

The kid loves it

Flavored really nicely

But it takes too long to chew

Let's taste the nang

Tastes kind of stale

I saw the locals eating like this

Oh, that's the local way

You've got the local way down

This is a full on market

This explains why…

That's great

Friendly people here

This is like a full on experience guys

You get a real sense for the people here

And the culture

And the cuisine

It's all here

And this explains why we have been having so much delicious delicious meat in Xinjiang

After visiting that bustling market

We made our way back to Kashgar to prepare for the home cooked Uighur family meal that we had been invited to

What an honor

So we made our way back to Kashgar after that bustling animal market

And we

Hello!

And now we are just enjoying the peaceful…

And energetic…

Children I guess?

Peaceful neighborhoods of Kashgar

This is great

We are going for a big meal

My good friend Josh

Who runs the far west china blog and youtube channel

Has connected me with his friend Ali who runs Uighur tours here in Kashgar

And he has invited me personally to his home for a meal

I can't wait

To prepare getting invited to a home cooked meal

We went to the local bazaar

And purchased a bunch of fruits and nuts and dates

To give as a gift to Ali's family

Then we made our way out to the outskirts of Kashgar to meet Ali at his home

So we just came out to rural Kashgar and we are going to have a nice meal with Ali's family

Nice to come here

This is beautiful

Hi Ali

Nice to meet you

Wow

It's really nice to come here

For kebabs

Nice!

This is a beautiful home

Beautiful home

Very nice!

Kitchen

Chuchurra

Dumpling

Soup dumpling

The chuchurra usually comes with some noodles

Chuchurra comes with soup noodle

Great

What's inside of the chuchurra

Onion and meat

Beef or lamb?

We usually don't use beef

Oh ok

So this is a typical Uighur home

Most of the Uighur typical homes have a veranda

Oh, beautiful

And because in winter it's really really cold

So we have a warm house with warm rooms for winter

And in summer it's really really hot

And winter, -20 degrees

In summer it's 40 degrees

Oh, so it really goes up and down

In summer we spend it here

And in winter inside

Oh ok

And now it's spring so it's nice every day

Getting invited to Ali's home was truly a once in a lifetime experience

Watching his family prepare the chuchurra lamb dumplings by hand

Grilling the delicious lamb kebabs

And making hand pulled noodles covered in a healthy tomato vegetable sauce was all amazing

I've never been so lucky

Beautiful food

Very nice

Coriander

Coriander on top

Cilantro

Dried coriander

And no shaking after washing

That's important

Let it drip

And we offer a towel

Oh, ok

It's considered very impolite to shake your hands

To shake the water off

Oh ok, good

In our culture

This is the main part of the living room and the most respected guest will sit here

Then from here it goes that way

So the people who sit in the last

If new guests come in

Sometimes they will say please go ahead

So usually the respected person is selected

Like village elders or the older guests

Or more educated guests

They will sit there

And this is the chuchurra right here

Oh, very nice

Oh yeah, look at these chuchurra

Lamb, and onion

And Ali was saying that they put cilantro on top

And sometimes mint

Oh the lamb

The lamb flavor is really nice

Oh yeah, little mini lamb dumplings with that cilantro flavor

You can imagine how decadent the feasts are and how happy the atmosphere is in a room like this when it's completely full

The table was filled with fruits, nuts, dates, rock sugar for tea, and a lot of different snacks to enjoy

And after those nice and plump mini lamb dumplings

We made our way out back to enjoy a more casual kebab and noodle experience

This looks so good

Oh look at these layman

This is really just - Xinjiang is becoming one of my favorite destinations here in China

That is so magic

Pure, healthy, fresh tomato sauce

You can really taste the love in there

With these ultra chewy hand made noodles

This is so so nice to come here

Fresh kebabs

Oh, beautiful

Oh wow

Oh those are good

Oh it's so juicy!

And seasoned perfectly

After enjoying the kebabs and being introduced to the. Sweetest and most savory cardamom and saffron tea

We made our way back to Kashgar

Still beaming with happiness from that amazing home cooked Uighur food experience

Thank you very much

That was an amazing

Thank you for coming

Thank you for having me here Ali

Abdul, thank you very much

That was an amazing time

Bye bye

Thank you

Thanks so much for having me

Thank you, bye bye

That was such an amazing experience at Ali's family home here outside of Kashgar

I have to give a huge thank you to Ali for inviting me

You can check out his website and tour company Uighurtour.com

He offers a full range of services

And I also have to give a thank you to Josh

From farwestchina.com

For introducing me to his good friend Ali