Tag Archives: Urumqi

پولۇ Polo (Xinjiang, China)

Posted on August 18, 2017 by findingfoodfluently

From the portion size, you can tell they knew I was coming. From the reused cooking oil, you can tell I knew what I was getting into. I consumed this tasty polo, better known to much of the world as … Continue reading →

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Northwestern Chinese Edibles in Ürümqi (حلال‎ , fo’ sho’)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by findingfoodfluently

A visit to Ürümqi (a city in Xinjiang, in northwestern China) was supposed to be a sort of homecoming (Link thanks to china.notspecial.org-that site and this blog post oughta be fun for the Great Firewall). Er, to clarify, many of … Continue reading →