"Yakexi" means delicious in Uyghur language, and the restaurant is as its name suggests, with solid dishes and a relaxed atmosphere. Yakexi has been open for nearly 20 years, and compared to the new restaurants in the area of Jing'an Temple, it looks old, but the taste as always has retained many old customers in the neighborhood for it.
Yakexi is a typical traditional Xinjiang restaurant with a complete range of dishes, and there are basically mainstream Xinjiang dishes. The seasoning of the dishes is outstanding, and there are four kinds of lamb chops alone: ancient grilled lamb chops, Zixiang lamb chops, nine-spiced lamb chops and snowy lamb chops. 30% of the customers in the restaurant are foreigners, and lamb is their favorite. Guests prefer two flavors, Zixiang and ancient roast, the former uses 60-day lamb ribs, marinated and roasted, cumin aroma is very strong; The latter is thinner and more authentic. In order to provoke the taste buds, Yakexi added Sichuan pepper to the common dried green beans, which are slightly spicy and slightly numb, which makes people shine. The traditional large plate of chicken and spicy sheep's trotters have a strong flavor, which is more authentic than Alijia, Tahar, Yelixiali and other restaurants, if you want to try the taste, you can consider choosing Yakexi.
If you're looking for a greasy solution, try their tiger dish, where cucumbers, green peppers, tomatoes and a handful of coriander are blended together to produce an unexpected flavor that is more relieving than the yogurt that the average diner often orders. This cold dish has a lot of portions, and it is best to serve it with meat dishes, which can basically be eaten with meat dishes and heavy oil staple foods, and it is still refreshing after a meal. When ordering, the waiter may promote less common dishes such as handmade horse intestines and horse meat, which is easy to arouse the curiosity of some early adopters, but the taste of these dishes is actually not very good, and only a small number of meat slices are spread on the side dishes, which is less cost-effective.
After all, Yakexi is a traditional Xinjiang restaurant, and the cooking is not elaborate enough. Stir-fry uses a lot of oil, and the heat is too large, so it is inevitable that some diners will not be used to eating it, and mutton with tendons also occasionally appears.
The restaurant is divided into two floors, the first floor is a small scattered table and a semi-open booth, and the cutlery and reflective old dining table are not very clean. The second floor is dominated by a large dining table, which has better air than the first floor. The overall decoration is very exotic, come to a Xinjiang dance in the evening, watch the boss sing Xinjiang songs, the atmosphere is very relaxed. However, the volume of the show is loud, and it is better for guests who want to chat to choose a farther position. And the staff is a little arrogant, and they have no patience to recommend dishes, hoping to improve in the future.
