Now that the pagoda visits are done, PM Narendra Modi will head to a dinner banquet hosted by President Xi Jinping in the ancient city of Xian, which also happens to be Jinping's hometown.


The two leaders will walk out to the courtyard of the Pot City for a cultural performance. Modi was also given a traditional Tang Dynasty welcome.   


The five-course menu on the banquet is strictly vegetarian, since Modi is one. So, there's Sour and Spicy Soup with Fired Dough (not hot and spicy, the Indian favourite), Assorted vegetables with pancake with red bean rice, Beancurd with Mushroom, Water Chestnut in Bean Sauce, Braised Asparagus with Bamboo and Lotus Root. For desserts there are sorbets and fruit.  Click on the picture for larger image.


In September last year, when President Xi visited India, he had strolled with PM Modi on the banks of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad and he too was treated to a cultural performance.


The two leaders had famously sat on a traditional Gujarati swing, after which Xinping was treated to a only-Gujarati food dinner banquet. 


Pic: The veg menu at the banquet dinner in the honour of PM @narendramodi in Xian.