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A taste of Xinjiang

The Hundred-Year Tea House

百年老茶馆

A first-floor timber tea house above a street corner in Kashgar's old city, open since the late Qing when it served Central Asian traders working the Silk Road, and run by three generations of the same family without ever closing. Old men sit with brick tea and nan for hours; musicians play in the afternoons. You go for tea, bread and the room, not for a meal, and it is the single best hour you will spend in Kashgar.

Price not confirmedKashgar old city, junction of Wusitangboyi Street and Kumudaerwaza Road (吾斯塘博依路与库木代尔瓦扎路交汇处)
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

A late-Qing tea house continuously operated by three generations, now a recognised landmark of the Kashgar region drawing tens of thousands of visitors a year; no culinary award.

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Brick tea with rose or herbs (药茶/砖茶)
  • Nan bread (馕)
  • Dried fruit and nuts (干果)

What it actually tastes like

The medicinal tea is bitter and herbal rather than refreshing. Otherwise entirely gentle.

Allergens in this kitchen

gluten/wheattree nutssesame

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.