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A Muslim feast
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Peng Zhaoxia
IF you are from northwestern China and you love good food, you may worry that Shenzhen offers no opportunities to taste dishes from your hometown. Happily, this is not true, for you can always head to the Muslim Restaurant of Shenzhen.
The Muslim Restaurant, located in the Muslim Hotel on Wenjin Road South, has been run by Muslims from Gansu Province for 15 years.
Whole-toasted lamb
Among the dishes offered in this restaurant, the whole-toasted lamb is undoubtedly the best, and in fact was named one of the city's top dishes last August.
Obtaining it, though, is not easy, for you have to inform the restaurant at least six hours ahead of time, since the process of cooking the lamb takes time and care. Before toasting, the lamb is washed and soaked in specially-prepared spiced marinade for at least four hours, after which onion and ginger is smeared all over it. The lamb is then toasted in oven for about an hour and a half to two hours, and by the time it's done it's a golden brown.
The toasted lamb, which weighs about five kg, is put on a big metal kebab. Gradually a torrent of oil mixed with gravy drips down in a mouth-watering flood. It's hard not to want to devour the whole thing.
"We have received numerous guests from home and abroad, and almost all of them are immensely impressed with the whole-toasted lamb," Mr La, vice manager of the restaurant, told Shenzhen Daily with a proud smile.
How to eat it
There is only one real rule: help yourself. Partaking of the toasted lamb, though, should be done correctly. First, cut a piece of mutton, sprinkle it with a little Ziran powder, salt and pepper powder, and then you can dig in. The taste explodes in your mouth and you will certainly want more!
Eating the lamb with cool dishes like cucumber and flour-made stripe, which are typical northwestern snacks, will keep you from being overwhelmed by heat or grease.
The whole-toasted lamb serves at least seven or eight people, so be sure to bring your friends.
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