Our guide kept talking about taking us to a fast food spot for lunch. Understandably, we were dubious. "Like McDonald's?" we'd ask. "No, no," he'd say. "Uygur fast food." Clearly, this restaurant had a little more to offer than the Golden Arches.
Uyghur fast food is kebabs, soups, cold vinegar-laced shredded veggies and quick-cooked noodle dishes. I'm still a little unclear on why it's "fast" food, but it is delicious.
Oh, and the entertainment was top notch. Those musicians were having a total blast.
I was able to sneak into the kitchen to snap a pick of Uyghur boy butchering lamb. The soups have been simmering since the morning. We ended up having a pigeon stock soup that was as rich and delicious as anything I've been served with a matzoh bowl floating in it. The kebabs, of course, were also top-flight, charcoal grilled on high, high heat. They offered chicken, pigeon, lamb, beef and all manner of related organs.
The noodle dish was as close to "fast food" as it got. The noodles are pre-prepared and seasoned, sitting in a huge mound at the front of the restaurant. From there, you can pick additional seasonings and meats. Ours ended up with a little lamb in it. I loved it, and Ellen was able to work around it.
Here are some quick snaps of the spread. We've got the roast pigeon (with neck), the aforementioned delicious soup, the standard dense, pizza-crust-like bread served with all meals, and a shot of Ellen enjoying everything.
"Let's get out of here / Let's get in a cab / I'll buy you a kebab"
The Flight of the Conchords guys would kill it in Kashgar.
We went back for dinner... From what we were told, there just aren't that many good restaurants in Kashgar.
The dinner pics didn't come out so well, but here are the clover dumplings I mentioned earlier. They served us dumplings for eight but, according to our guide, it was a typical portion for two.
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