[Explanation] Nowadays, the price of a Xinjiang-style pilaf generally ranges from ten to twenty yuan, and there is such a specialty restaurant in the courtyard of a textile manufacturer in Kashgar, Xinjiang. You can taste the authentic Xinjiang for two or three yuan. For pilaf, the owner Ibrain Aji Maimedi started to learn to cook pilaf with his father when he was 14 years old. At the age of 24, his father left the pilaf restaurant to him. He has been doing pilaf for more than ten years. Received unanimous praise from diners.

  [Commentary] On December 29th, a reporter from China News Agency came to the restaurant, the son of Master Maimai Shawuti in Kashgar, Xinjiang, and saw that the owner Ibrahim Aji Maimaiti was busy preparing meals for the guests. There is an endless stream of people who come to have pilaf during lunch time, and many students and regular customers have lunch here.

  [Concurrent] Ayixia·Memet, a primary school student in Kashgar, Xinjiang

  I ate with my sister, bought 2 meals for 2 yuan, and ate when I was in a hurry at school.

  [Explanation] Ibrahim Aji Maimedi told reporters that when he was a child, the family conditions were bad and he was often hungry. Therefore, from the day when the restaurant was opened, students and migrant workers only charged the cost price for eating in the store, and there was no money. It’s okay for the students to come here. Give them a meal to make them full. In this way, two yuan pilaf has become an unwritten rule in the store.

  [Concurrent] The son of Master Shawuti, Master Maimaiti, Kashgar, Xinjiang, catches restaurant owner Ibrahim Aji Maimaiti

  When the students came, some people bought meals for 2, 3, 4, 5 yuan, and I also called them a little more. Their students’ parents are at work, not at home, no one cares, they just come here 2 NT$3, NT$4 to buy food and eat enough, they are better at school.

  [Explanation] Now in Ibrayin Aji Maimed’s shop, whether it’s a student or a diners, a veggie pilaf varies from 2 yuan to 8 yuan per serving, a small portion of meat pilaf is 10 yuan, and a large portion of meat. Pilaf is 12 yuan.

The selfless care for the students and the lack of greed or love for prices have made Ibrahim Aji Memet’s business better and better.

  [Concurrent] Feng Yanyuan, a tourist from Henan

  Their family is still very famous on the Internet. They have a large amount of rice. The skin teeth (onions) and some radishes are very delicious. In addition, they are not as oily as the Internet says. The rice is very glutinous. The meat is also very firm and very good.

  [Commentary] Ibrayin Aji Maimedi and his wife get up every day at 6 o'clock in Beijing time to make pilaf, and start selling at 8 o'clock. The two pots of pilaf are sold out at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. They are used for making pilaf The ingredients have been carefully selected by him. Now he needs to prepare more than 30 kilograms of beef and 75 kilograms of rice every day, and sells almost 1,000 pilaf every day.

  [Concurrent] The son of Master Shawuti, Master Maimaiti, Kashgar, Xinjiang, catches restaurant owner Ibrahim Aji Maimaiti

  I'm very picky about the ingredients for the pilaf. I pick the best and most beautiful things. I don’t sell the bad things. If you don’t use them, I just pick the ones that come out well. The cooked rice is delicious. It tastes very good.

In the future, I will work hard and keep selling food at this price without increasing the price. I will work hard (find a) larger (store) and open a good restaurant.

  [Explanation] Pilaf is one of Xinjiang's traditional cuisines. The ingredients are mainly rice, mutton, beef, carrots, and onions. Pilaf is not only full of aroma, but also nutritionally balanced. It is one of the favorite foods of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

  Reporter Rong Rui reports from Kashgar, Xinjiang

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]