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Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles with broth and ingredients served separately
N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yunnan steam-pot chicken in its clay cooking vessel
tak.wing · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kunming grilled erkuai spread with sauce and fillings
瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yunnan flower cakes showing rose-petal filling
Hyuki · CC0 1.0

Hidden-gem food city · Yunnan

Kunming

Flowers, rice noodles, and a steam pot make the Spring City taste fresh and wonderfully untamed.

Kunming is an inviting gateway to Yunnan food. Rice noodles appear in countless forms, a clay steam pot condenses its own pure chicken broth, and grilled erkuai or rose cakes turn rice and highland flowers into everyday snacks.

Many rice noodles Highland freshness Floral pastries
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What to eat in Kunming

  1. Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles with broth and ingredients served separately
    N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles

    Scalding broth arrives with raw and cooked ingredients to add in sequence before the noodles.

  2. Yunnan steam-pot chicken in its clay cooking vessel
    tak.wing · CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Steam-Pot Chicken

    Steam condenses through a clay pot’s center to produce an exceptionally clear chicken broth.

  3. Kunming grilled erkuai spread with sauce and fillings
    瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Grilled Erkuai

    A pliable rice cake is grilled, spread with sauce, and wrapped around crisp dough or vegetables.

  4. Yunnan flower cakes showing rose-petal filling
    Hyuki · CC0 1.0
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    Yunnan Flower Cake

    Flaky pastry holds fragrant rose-petal filling with a light, floral sweetness.

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Eat like a local

Add raw meat to crossing-the-bridge broth first, and remember that its insulating oil cap hides serious heat.

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