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Recipes
As a culinary region in China, Yunnan doesn't have the same cache as Sichuan, Hunan, or Guangdong. That doesn't mean, however, that Yunnan food isn't good. In fact, some of the regional specialties are absolutely delicious and difficult to find outside of Yunnan. These include "Grandma's potatoes", a mashed potatoes dish that's spicier than what your mom makes for Thanksgiving dinner, stir-friend broccoli with goat's cheese, and Yunnan-style hash browns.
Fortunately, these dishes aren't too difficult to re-create if you're far away from Yunnan. Here's a recipe for Grandma's potatoes, (courtesy of GoKunming). Scroll to the bottom of the entry for links to other recipes. Follow them, and you won't be disappointed.
December 11th, 2008 - 14:13
I think the food was one of the best aspects of the week I spent in Yunnan. That and the weather (mid-January). First meal I had in Yunnan was mixian at a little hole-in-the-wall just up the road from my hotel, and it was great. The rest of the local food I ate was similarly awesome. In fact, the only bad food I had that week was non-Yunnan food.
Oh, and twice since then I’ve had 过桥米线 outside Yunnan. Once in Dalian, and it was atrocious. Once just a couple of weeks ago here in Beijing but it was alright, but paled in comparison to my memories of culinary bliss down in Yunnan.
December 12th, 2008 - 08:28
That’s funny, as 米线 is one of the local items I’ve never learned to enjoy. I typically opt for é¢æ¡ at noodle joints, or some variation thereof. Usually I’ll spring for a Muslim noodle dish as those I find most delicious.
I do miss that fantastic Xinjiang place opposite Alan’s old place in Beijing, though, as well as the one you took me to in your neighborhood. I wish there was something like that here.