Kunming Food and Dining

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As we all know, Kunming is famous for its rich tour resources and delicious food. If you have a plan to visit Kunming, one thing you have to know is its food. There is much delicious food here, including snacks and local special food.

What to Eat in Kunming

Yunnan Rice Noodles

Most people have eaten Yunnan rice noodles before, however what most of you have eaten is not authentic. So it is necessary for you to taste authentic Yunnan rice noodles when you are in Kunming. Yunnan rice noodles have a history of more than one hundred years. It is special because people beat raw eggs into the pot, and then put pork and chicken in it. In addition, the rice noodles are cooked by chicken soup or bone soup. Thus, the rice noodles are delicious and become smooth. Before it is done, people put vegetables such as tine peas, Chinese chives in it too. Finally, the cooking of Yunnan rice noodles is finished. When you eat it, you need be careful because it is very hot.

Kunming Food Yunnan Rice Noodles You will not miss the changce to taste the authentic Yunnan Rice Noodles.

Glue Pudding Made of Bean Flour

In Yunnan, there is special food called glue pudding which is made of bean flour. This glue pudding is different from common glue pudding. Before making the glue pudding, people will cook porridge with soybean powder and brown sugar first. When the glue pudding is done, people will put glue pudding into cooked porridge, making glue pudding covered by soybean power. Last, people will pour syrup on glue pudding and it is finished. Thus this kind of glue pudding not only has flavor of sticky rice, but also soybean, making people run at the mouth.

Kunming Food Glue Pudding Made of Bean Flour The glue pudding made of bean flour is one of Kunming local snacks.

Erkuai

Erkuai is only available in Yunnan, and it is one of the most famous snacks in Kunming. It is made of high quality rice. The process of making erkuai has several procedures: washing rice, soaking rice, rice steaming, mashing rice as well as rice moulding. Usually, erkuai has three shapes - cake, threadiness and schistose. It can by cooked in several ways. For example, it can be boiled, fried, stewed or steamed. The most common cooking method is frying. When frying, people will also put onions and tine peas, together with sauce.

Kunming Food Erkuai You can taste fried Erkuai in Kunming

Yunnan-Style Steamed Chicken

Yunnan-Style Steamed Chicken is very well-known in Yunnan. People will put a pot which is full of water under the steam-boiler, and then put chicken in the boiler. The chicken is cooked completely by steam. In this way, the chicken retains its original flavor, being tender and fresh. In most cases, people will also put pseudo-ginseng and Chinese caterpillar fungus which are Chinese traditional medicine, having the tonic effect. People love it most once they have tasted it.

Kunming Food Yunnan-style Steamed Chicken Yunnan-style Steamed Chicken is a kind of soup.

Potato Stewed Rice

Potato stewed rice is not rare, but what makes it special in Kunming is that the potato is produced in Yunnan and gammon comes from Xuanwei of Yunnan province. In addition, the pot also has features. The pot is the copper pot from Yunnan. Cooked rice is only authentic by using these cooking utensils and raw materials. The rice is delicious, refreshing and cool.

Kunming Food Potato Stewed Rice Potato Stewed Rice is popular among the locals.

Where to Eat in Kunming

There is much delicious food in Kunming, so you need also know where to eat in Kunming. In fact, there exist many restaurants offering delicious food in Kunming. These places not only exist in downtown area, but also in scenic spots.

Restaurants Around Downtown Area in Kunming

There are many good restaurants in downtown area of Kunming. Most of them are easily to find with the convenient transportation. For example, East West Tower Pedestrian Street of Xishan District, East Wind Road of Wuhua District, Guandu Town of Guandu District, etc. The most famous places in Kunming which gather delicious cuisine and snacks are Nanping Street, Xiangyun Food City, Peace Village and Daguan Commercial City. You can enjoy drunk shrimp, grill on bamboo, rice noodlesadded with pepper and duck blood, baba (a kind of coarse cereals), etc.

Restaurants Around Stone Forest

When you visit Stone Forest, you can just have a meal inside the Shilin scenic spot in the restaurant named Stone Summer Garden. It is very convenient for you to have a meal, and you can eat much local delicious food. In addition, in June 24th of lunar calendar, it will hold the Torch Festival, bringing performance of song and dance to visitors. Meanwhile, food here are almost mutton, beef, donkey meat, chicken and wild mushroom, etc, all being specialties in Kunming. You will have a feast to mouth.

Restaurants Around Dianchi Lake

When you pay a visit to Dian Lake, you don’t need worry where you are going to eat. There are a lot of restaurants outside the Dian Lake scenic spot, such as Dian Lake Scenery Restaurant, 320 Restaurant with Dai Minority Flavor, etc. Here, you can eat food full of Dai minority flavor. You need prepare mentally in case you cannot be accustomed to special flavor. You can taste rice cooked with lemon and pineapple, potato chips and so on. Most of food is together with lime and mint. If you arrive, you can try it.

Restaurants Around Cuihu Lake

After you visit Cuihu Lake, you can have a meal just outside the scenic spot. You can eat at Wenlinstreet, where there is a snack street. You can eat so much delicious snacks. For example, you can taste ice porridge, peameal, rose cake made of glutinous rice served cold in summer, fruit porridge, etc, making you unforgettable. In addition, you can also eat at Shiping Guildhall, where you can eat Shiping tofu,areerkuai, eight-treasure rice pudding, areerkuai, eight-treasure rice pudding.