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Zhaotong Fermented Sauce 昭通酱
Zhaotong Fermented Sauce (昭通酱) is a fermented soybean condiment named after Zhaotong (昭通), Yunnan (云南).
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Inflated Air-Dried Liver 吹肝
Inflated Air-Dried Liver (吹肝) is a whole pig's liver blown up with air through a straw and then cooked or dried, a way of eating liver shared by the Bai, Yi, Naxi and other peoples of northwestern Yunnan.
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Water Flower Greens 水性杨花
Water Flower Greens (水性杨花) is listed among the local specialties of Lijiang, Yunnan. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Luxi Roasted Potatoes 泸西烧洋芋
Luxi Roasted Potatoes (泸西烧洋芋) are potatoes roasted and sold at stalls in Luxi County (泸西县), in Honghe (红河), Yunnan.
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Leaf-Wrapped Grilled Dishes 包烧
Leaf-Wrapped Grilled Dishes (包烧) describes a Dai (傣族) cooking method in Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), Yunnan (云南), in which fresh leaves enclose food while it cooks over the charcoal of a fire pit.
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Nanmi Dipping Sauce 喃咪
Nanmi Dipping Sauce (喃咪) is a family of Dai sauces from Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), Yunnan. "Nanmi" is a Dai word that can be rendered as sauce or condiment, and the sauces are eaten with fruit, vegetables and sticky rice.
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Deep-Fried Bamboo Worms 油炸竹虫
Deep-Fried Bamboo Worms (油炸竹虫) uses the edible larvae living inside bamboo in Xishuangbanna (西双版纳).
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Sapie Cold Dish 撒撇
Sapie Cold Dish (撒撇) is a Dai (傣族) cold mixed dish of beef, eaten with a bitter or sour sauce. In Dai, "sapie" means a cold mixed dish, and "pie" usually refers to beef.
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Lemon Sa Cold Dish 柠檬撒
Lemon Sa Cold Dish (柠檬撒) is the sour, lemon-dressed form of sapie (撒撇), a Dai cold-mixed dish eaten in Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) and other Dai areas of Yunnan.
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Paluda Iced Dessert Drink 帕露达
Paluda Iced Dessert Drink (帕露达) is a cold, sweet milk drink topped with browned bread and coconut, counted among the drinks of Dai cooking in Yunnan. It is also written paoluda (泡鲁达).
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Lightly Torched Raw Pork Skin 生皮
Lightly Torched Raw Pork Skin (生皮) is the Bai (白族) dish of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (大理白族自治州) in which pork skin and meat are eaten with a sour-sweet dip. In the Bai language it is called 'haige' (海格).
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Guthuk New Year soup 古突
The soup is warming and filling, with soft dough and savory ingredients rather than a single dominant sauce.
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