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Explore with Mongolia Travel Tips: Your Guide to Adventure
Discover the essence of Mongolia with our expert travel guides. Packed with mongolia travel tips, this blog ensures you uncover the land's hidden wonders and plan your ultimate adventure. Explore the steppes, embrace nomadic traditions, and make the most of your journey following our mongolia travel tips.
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Is Mongolian Food Halal? What Muslim Travellers Should Know in 2026
Mongolian cooking is built on mutton, beef and dairy, but most meat is not halal-certified. What changed with Mongolia's new halal certification, which dishes to know, and how Muslim travellers from Malaysia and Singapore can plan meals.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
5 days ago5 min read
Traditional Mongolian Cuisine: Dishes to Try & What to Expect
From buuz dumplings to airag (fermented mare's milk), traditional Mongolian food is hearty, meat-and-dairy rich, and full of history. Here's what to try, where, and how to enjoy it like a local.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Jan 155 min read
Experience the Mini Naadam Festival in Mongolia
Mongolia's national Naadam happens only in mid-July — but our Mini Naadam festivals run on set dates from June to early September, with wrestling, horse racing, archery, dance and airag tasting in one afternoon. Here's the full program.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Oct 3, 20254 min read
Mongolian food and drink
Buuz, khorkhog, airag and more - a local guide to traditional Mongolian food and drink, and why Mongolian cuisine is divided into white foods and red foods.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
May 16, 202311 min read
What is Mongolian BBQ? Khorkhog vs the Restaurant Version
The stir-fry chains got it wrong — real Mongolian BBQ is khorkhog, meat roasted with red-hot stones. Here’s the real story.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Apr 7, 20214 min read
Traditional Mongolian food and drinks
Dairy in summer, meat in winter — how Mongolia’s “white foods” and “red foods” shape a cuisine built for the steppe, from airag to khorkhog.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Jul 18, 201912 min read
Mongolian Dairy Products: The White Foods of the Steppe
Airag, white oil, yellow milk, dried curds — Mongolia’s dairy craft has barely changed since the 13th century. Here’s how it works.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Jul 16, 20195 min read
What to Eat in Mongolia: Taste Traditional Mongolian Food
Organic meat, seventy kinds of dairy and salty milk tea — a local’s guide to what to eat (and try at least once) when you travel to Mongolia.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
May 22, 20199 min read
Mongolian Cuisine: Boodog (Stone-Roasted Goat Recipe)
A whole goat cooked inside its own skin with red-hot stones — boodog is Mongolia’s most dramatic barbecue. Here’s how nomads make it.
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May 31, 20184 min read
Mongolian Cuisine: Khuushuur (Fried Meat Pastry Recipe)
Crispy outside, juicy inside — khuushuur is Mongolia’s favorite festival food. Here’s the authentic recipe and where to taste it on your trip.
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May 31, 20182 min read
Traditional Mongolian Foods
From khorkhog barbecue to buuz dumplings — the traditional Mongolian foods every traveler should try, and what each one tastes like.
Enkhzaya Ganbold
Feb 25, 20186 min read
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