From Kunming, go on road trip, Xishuangbanna. I hope my friends who have been to tell me the travel guide.

Xiangmaocao grilled fish

Grilled fish with citronella is a special dish of Dai people, which is very common in Xishuangbanna and Vietnam. It has two characteristics: first, the fish is sandwiched in bamboo slices and roasted with open fire, so it has the fragrance of bamboo; The second is to take citronella and citronella from Xishuangbanna tropical rain forest.

Coriander, so it smells like citronella. The most distinctive thing is that there is Dai special sauce "Tomato Mi Nan" in the fish belly. In Mi Nan, small tomatoes and millet are roasted with charcoal, and then spices are added, such as Ye Xiangtuo, Xiangzi (a unique nut spice in Xishuangbanna), garlic and green pepper.

Mi Nan

Mi Nan is a kind of sauce, which is made of vegetables, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, peppers, fish, Monopterus albus and peanuts.

Fried cowhide

Dai people in Xishuangbanna can cook with cowhide. Fried cowhide is a good dish for them to accompany wine. Dai fried cowhide is as white as jade, crisp and delicious, with various Mi Nan sauces unique to Dai people. Commonly used Mi Nan include tomato Mi Nan, beef Mi Nan and crab Mi Nan. It has a unique flavor and can also be cooked in Sam sun soup.

Dai flavor baoshao

Bao Shao is a special cooking method of Dai nationality in Xishuangbanna. The food processed by this method does not need a pot, and natural green leaves-banana leaves or Hiragi leaves (Araliaceae) are used as cooking tools, fresh leaves are used to wrap the food to be cooked, and charcoal fire in a fire pit is used as a heat source to cook the food. This method can be used to process side dishes, fresh water and meat.

Pebble fish soup

It is said that a clever woman can't cook without rice, but Bulang people can find a way to cook when they are working in the fields without cooking utensils. Bulang people have lived in the jungle for a long time, and they have developed a cooking method based on clear cooking. To save money,

Bowls and chopsticks, they once used pieces of banana leaves as containers for rice and vegetables, and grabbed them with their hands to eat them, which really took local materials to the extreme. Pebble fish soup, a special dish of Bulang nationality, is such an example. Fish soup is sweet and delicious.

It has the dry smell of burning stones.

Ant eggs

Ant egg is a traditional dish of Dai family. Pea size, pig waist shape, white and tender appearance, with film on the surface. Delicious, but extremely rare. Edible ant eggs are all produced by rhubarb ants that grow on trees. When climbing trees to get eggs, it is inevitable to be bitten by ants, so among the Dai people, it has long been said that "you can eat ant eggs only if you are strong."

Sour bamboo shoots roast chicken

Cooking chicken with sour bamboo shoots has a long history and is a special snack in Yunnan. With chicken as the main ingredient, it tastes hot and sour, which will definitely satisfy people who like hot and sour tastes.

Pineapple purple rice

Pineapple purple rice is sweet and sour, fragrant but not greasy. It is a unique food in Xishuangbanna, which is both a staple food and a dish. The appearance of pineapple rice is a complete pineapple, which is very beautiful and generous. Inside the shell is a soft rice ball with pineapple meat and purple rice closely combined. The rice has obvious pineapple flavor, sweet but not greasy, very refreshing taste, and has the effects of nourishing blood and moistening lung.

Bamboo Rice

Bamboo-flavored rice, which is called "easy" in Dai language, can only be cooked with fragrant bamboo with special fragrance. Fragrant bamboo is a kind of Joe's bamboo, the stem is as thin as a wine glass, and the inner wall is covered with a layer of white bamboo pulp, which has a special fragrance. Also called bamboo tube rice, when you eat it, beat the bamboo tube to make it soft, and the bamboo film on the inner wall of the bamboo tube will stick to the rice. When you cut it in half hard, the fragrant bamboo tube rice will come out of the bamboo, with rich aroma and soft and delicate rice.

Where to eat?

Banna cuisine is all in the night market, and there are all kinds of ethnic minority cuisines, which are most in line with the tastes of southerners. In the evening, visitors can enjoy the night view of Jinghong city while tasting delicious food. Under the colorful lights, endless delicious food will make you linger.

Manjinglan flavor street

Manjinglan Village, located in the southeast corner of Jinghong City, goes to the end along Nonglin Road, and then goes forward 10 minutes. It used to be A Dai stockade, but later it became a A Dai-style street with restaurants on both sides. During dinner, you can enjoy local song and dance performances.

Golden sandy beach

It is the largest barbecue night market in the urban area, located near Jinghong Xinqiao across the Lancang River. There are many kinds of snacks with rich tastes, and you will be full before you have tasted them all.

Manlazhai

This is also the A Dai stockade. In recent years, many restaurants have been opened. The taste here is authentic and the price is cheap. It is a place where local people often spend money. You can take bus No.2 and get off at the terminal Liushahe Bridge.

Damanyao

Damanmo is the stockade of A Dai and the most famous "Dai City" in Banna. You can choose from more than 100 Dai bamboo buildings in the stockade. Roast chicken, raw water, coriander dipped in rice, fragrant bamboo and glutinous rice, baked rice, steamed leaves, mixed vegetable soup and boiled bean jelly are the special dishes that must be tasted. Zhaizi is located in the southeast of Jinghong City, near the Lancang River. It only takes 5 yuan to take a taxi from the city.

Man Dai Long Zhai

If you go to Mengla County, you can go to Mandai Dai Village to taste the original Dai flavor. The flavor shops here are all run by villagers in Zhaili, and the business is very hot. This village is about 5 kilometers away from Mengla County. You can take the shuttle bus from Mengla to Yaoqu or Mengban at the passenger station, get off at No.4 Branch, walk for tens of meters and get off at Shashi Highway on the right. Or take a rickshaw to Mengla Town, the county seat, and then take a tricycle to Mandai Village (around 5 yuan).