Mongolian hot pot and barbecue are misnomers as they are trade marks invented by enterprenerous Chinese cooks. Neither foreign-influenced cooking style remotely resembles traditional Mongolian food, which typically lacks spice, flavor and variety. One spot to fill up on local fare like buuz (mutton dumplings) and suutei tsai (milk tea) is at the 24-hour café located in an old MIAT airplane. To get there, follow Peace Avenue west about 2 km from Sukhbataar Square .

But when mutton gets a tad tiresome, the recent availability of lattes, crêpes and sushi in Ulan Bator means that you can expand your culinary horizons.

Visitors to Ulaanbaatar can enjoy nowadays a variety of national dishes. In recent years large number of restaurants popped up catering for the needs of the ever growing expat community, steady stream of international consultants and tourists.

Chinese, Indian, Japanese, French, German and Russian… almost all continents are now represented and their listing alone will take much space.

Here are several restaurants offering fine service and great dishes:

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