Category Archives: Mongolian food

Mongolian food

Breakfast tsuivan submerged in hot milk tea

Posted on October 25, 2020 by David Dettmann

“Smells like Mongolian spirit, man!” This is my favorite line from Nargie’s Mongolian Cuisine‘s tsuivan episode (see link below). I now realize this was most likely a reference to Nirvana’s hit single as Nargie is clearly a big fan, but … Continue reading →

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Delicious grains: millets of China, Mongolia, and Central Asia

Posted on March 31, 2020 by David Dettmann

The millets of China, Mongolia, and Central Asia are hearty crops that can be sustained in very arid climates. For tens of thousands of years they have served as important staple crops for many of those region’s food cultures (especially … Continue reading →

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Dough covered meals of the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Mongols

Posted on February 20, 2019 by David Dettmann

Greetings after a long hiatus! Even though I haven’t been reporting here as much as I’d have liked, since my last post I have been continuing on my journey through culinary traditions on the frontiers of Turkic, Mongolian, and Tibetan … Continue reading →

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A Mongolian favorite: stew-fried noodles with mutton

Posted on July 24, 2015 by David Dettmann

Tsuivan цуйван (“tswee-wen”), or what I am calling “Mongolian stew-fried noodles”, is a national favorite in Mongolia. It isn’t a primary celebratory food, or a fancy thing that you would take your date out to a restaurant for. It is … Continue reading →

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Ulaanbaatar post #3: A tribute to Mongolian “greasy-spoon” eateries

Posted on July 23, 2015 by David Dettmann

Chances are, traditional Mongolian foods are totally unlike what you imagine them to be. Taiwanese, Chinese, and American Mongolian Barbecue and Mongolian hot pot chain restaurants have done plenty to influence the global popular imagination of what Mongolian food is … Continue reading →

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Ulaanbaatar post #2: Korean UB

Posted on November 8, 2014 by David Dettmann

In last week’s post I mentioned that Korean staple food items could be found not only at Ulaanbaatar’s specialty “Asian Markets”, but also at “regular” grocery stores all around the city.  That was probably an understatement. Items such as kimchi, … Continue reading →

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Asian Markets of Ulaanbaatar

Posted on November 1, 2014 by David Dettmann

Greetings from the land of the great blue sky! Over the next few weeks I’ll have a series of posts from here in Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar, and its environs. Food shopping here is very interesting, and in recent … Continue reading →

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