The 8-element rice, or literally eight-treasure rice, is a favored dessert dish in Yunnan, visible at weddings and funerals, in common restaurants, or even sold as a snack at roadside stalls.

This is an eatery named Dian Kitchen, which specializes in the regional Chinese food from southwest China’s Yunnan province. And it has already become a center for people who love Yunnan food in New York.

Saving food has long been a tradition in Chinese history, and it is also valued by folks and families in China’s neighboring countries. Here are some views on food-saving and being thrifty from the international audience.

Eating is an indispensable part of people’s nightlife in many cities across China, and Kunming — the capital of Yunnan province — is not an exception.

The Guoshou rice noodles, as a traditional snack of Achang people, is originated from Sahu village in Longchuan county, Dehong. “Guoshou”, literally meaning “eating by hand” in Mandarin, is the primary feature of this dish.

In northeast Yunnan’s Zhaotong City, folks have long been in love of shish beef kebabs. As Zhaotong folks are migrating to Kunming and other Chinese cities in recent years, the beef kebabs are gaining popularity nationwide.

Noodles are favored in China for it’s easy to cook, eat and get nourished from the noodles that can be taken either as staple food or a snack. Chinese noodle are rich in varieties.

In the Dai cuisine, what has fascinated us the most are those bowls of spicy and sour dipping sauces placed on table, called nanmi. Having sour bamboo shoots, peanuts or tamarillos in them, these classic sauces help add a completely new layer of flavor to plates.

Used as a dip for freshly baked bread, drizzled on top of a dish to round the flavor or mixed with herbs and spices for a rich salad dressing or marvelous marinade, olive oil is as versatile as it indispensable for households across the region.

Founded by Yang Meihuai in 1984, the shop of Deshengqiao rice noodles with tofu has grown into a chain restaurant over the past 30 plus years. Now it has dozens of branches in the spring city.

Location and climatic conditions allowed potatoes to grow to be a major cash crop in Yunnan, and for a time, it is actually the staple food in the mountainous province.

In the Bajie town of Aning city, central Yunnan province, Chef Su Qinxian runs a restaurant specializing rose cuisines. She opened the Bafangyuan restaurant in 2013 and all the dishes served to the feast were cooked by her.

In a tiny alley, 53-year-old Zhong Zhaoxian reopened her Er’kuai/rice cake shop that has warmed up countless locals in the morning.

In southwest Yunnan’s Tengchong city, there is a well-known dish named “lamp oil chicken”. What is special about this plate is that it has to be cooked by lamp oil as the fuel.

As a specialty on the national culture-heritage list, the tasty Xuanwei ham has a long history, and it is so named because the ham is made in east Yunnan’s Xuanwei City.

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in south Yunnan province staged a cooking competition near the Mekong River...

Turning away from the hustle and bustle of Baoshan Street in central Kunming, there is a cozy and elegant restaurant sitting a few meters above your head.

Near the Victory Hall in Kunming, Yunnan province, there is a Thai restaurant called "Cloud18"."Sawasdee Ka, I&#39...

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Yunnan has grown to be the largest coffee producer across China, with totally 1.8 million mu (equal to 120,000 hectares) of coffee gardens and 400,000 tons of annual output. Major producing areas include Pu’er, Baoshan, Dehong, Lincang and Xishuangbanna.

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