Turpan Restuarant

Enjoyed the Xinjiang/Uyghur food at Turpan! Delicious 凉面 - called "cold noodles" on the menu but it's chewy handmade noodles with tender roasted cumin lamb, onion and capsicum. With fresh cucumber slivers for good measure. Really good - only thing would be: I wish there was a tad more sauce to flavour the noodles (was amazing when I added more black vinegar at home). The lamb ribs had great flavour (almost identical flavour profile to the first dish - stir-fried with cumin, capsicum and onions) but I do prefer larger and chunkier-cut ribs over the small pieces here (which made them slightly dry/chewy). Overall, though, hearty and satisfying food, and friendly service when we went to pick up :)

Had the craving for xinjiang food and Turpan came up as the closest to us. I really wanted to get lamb skewers but unfortunately they sold out that night. We ended up getting the lamb and chive dumplings and the da panji (big plate chicken) with hand pulled noodles. The lamb dumplings were ok, a slight mutton flavour but the portion size was very generous, 10 in a serving. The dapanji was really good, flavoursome with tender pieces of chop up chicken pieces with the bone in. It does have a tiny bit of spice to it but my little one still loved it. Will definitely be back to try the lamb skewers.

Went on a recommendation from a friend and it was very surprising! The food was well cooked and came out all together - it was a pleasant surprise that there are so many dumplings in a single dish! The eggplant dish is delicious with lots of fresh garlic in the sauce and the lamb cumin skewers are a must. Worked out to be a good meal cost wise too.