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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Yunnan

Dayao Pepper-Salt Flatbread 大姚椒盐饼

Dayao Pepper-Salt Flatbread (大姚椒盐饼) is a round, flaky baked flatbread seasoned with ground Sichuan pepper, made in Shiyang (石羊), an old salt town in the northwest of Dayao County (大姚县), Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (楚雄彝族自治州).

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Hekou Rolled Rice Noodles (河口小卷粉) — dish photograph
Yunnan

Hekou Rolled Rice Noodles 河口小卷粉

Hekou Rolled Rice Noodles (河口小卷粉) are a rice-sheet snack of Hekou Yao Autonomous County (河口瑶族自治县) in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), a Yunnan county that faces Lao Cai (老街) in Vietnam across a river.

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Yunnan

Yanshan Pepper-Salt Flatbread 砚山椒盐饼

Yanshan Pepper-Salt Flatbread (砚山椒盐饼) is listed among the local specialties of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads. 椒盐 describes pepper-and-salt seasoning.

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AI illustration: A simple bowl of white yogurt beside a small plate of pale fresh cheese pieces.
Yunnan

Jianchuan Goat Milk Cheese 剑川羊乳饼

Jianchuan Goat Milk Cheese (剑川羊乳饼) is a pressed cheese made from goat's milk from Jianchuan County (剑川县) in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (大理白族自治州), Yunnan.

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Yingjiang Dai Fire-Roasted Pig (火烧乳猪) — dish photograph
Yunnan

Yingjiang Dai Fire-Roasted Pig 火烧乳猪

Yingjiang Dai Fire-Roasted Pig (火烧乳猪) is a whole pig roasted over an open fire, a traditional dish of the Dai (傣族) people of Yingjiang County (盈江县) in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州), Yunnan.

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Pea Flour Porridge (稀豆粉) — dish photograph
Yunnan

Pea Flour Porridge 稀豆粉

Pea Flour Porridge (稀豆粉) is a thick, pale yellow purée of peas that people in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州) in Yunnan eat hot for breakfast, ladled over rice noodles.

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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Yunnan

Stone Slab Flatbread 石板粑粑

Stone Slab Flatbread (石板粑粑) is a flatbread baked on a stone griddle, an old traditional food of the Derung (独龙族) and Nu (怒族) peoples of Nujiang (怒江) in Yunnan.

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