It has never been included in the travel list, it is the best place to eat in Yunnan! It’s quite a trip around Southeast Asia!

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Yunnan is a good place. Recently, among the 10 friends who rode donkeys, seven or eight of them went to Yunnan, especially Xishuangbanna.

But what Qi Lv wants to say is that while most tourists are heading to Dali, Lijiang, and Xishuangbanna; those who know how to eat have already secretly headed to another low-key border town in Yunnan!

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It is not as crowded as Dali or Lijiang, and it has more Southeast Asian style than Xishuangbanna. The key is that if misses it, will miss half of the Yunnan food scene!

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It may have never been included in your travel list, but if you want to say where in Yunnan the food is the best and where the life is the laziest and most leisurely, then you can’t avoid it.

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Chen Xiaoqing focused the camera here many times in "The World of Flavor" ;

"Tian Tian Shang Shang", "Charming China Town", "Small Town Story" , etc. have all called for it;

After the opening of direct flights, experienced foodies even flew in on weekends to look for food.

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Dehong

A treasure trove of Yunnan cuisine

(Dehong includes 2 cities and 3 counties,

They are Mangshi, Ruili, Yingjiang County, Longchuan County, and Lianghe County respectively)

If you are a foodie, you must come to Dehong. "Dehong is delicious" is a secret and tacit understanding among Yunnan people.

There are so many delicious foods here. Whether it is the combination of various baits, the green leaf feast which is more sumptuous than hot pot, or the luxurious configuration of Yunnan delicacies: hand-made rice noodles, it sounds heavy in taste , but the SaPi is addictive to eat and makes people want to stop eating it.

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△Jingpo Roast Chicken©: W_Yan Wang Yan

Not to mention, there are countless snacks, unusual seasoned dips, Southeast Asian delicacies and special ice drinks that you can eat without going abroad.

It is no exaggeration to say that when you come to Dehong, you can eat 5 meals a day. I wish I had more stomachs to fill it!

△Dips©Source: "Origin of Flavor·Yunnan"

△Lemon chicken feet

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If you are tired of the monotonous city scenery, if you like high-saturation colors, if you like exotic customs, then you are also invited to come to Dehong.

This place is only half a village away from Myanmar. You can reach out and touch the fences of neighboring countries, and you can experience the exotic scenery without going abroad.

Highly saturated blue sky flowers, tall palm banana trees, golden Buddhist temples, monks wearing orange cassocks, dense tropical rain forests, oversized tropical fruits, and Southeast Asian delicacies can be found everywhere on the streets...

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If you feel that the world is not worth it, if you long for the warmth of life, then you should come to Dehong.

Stroll around the old town, eat, look for snacks, drink ice water, eat fruit until you’re full... The smoke and smoke here and the lazy pace of life can rekindle your love for life.

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If you catch up with the Water Splashing Festival in April, the Lighting Festival in October, the project Nao Zong Song Festival in the first month and May... you can also sing and dance with the locals and join in Holiday carnival.

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In short, why go all the way to Thailand and Myanmar? Dehong is not inferior at all... Today, we will relax with donkey riding and go to Dehong to find food and enjoy the scenery.

Five meals a day, I wish I had more stomachs to fill it!

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A big bowl of steaming Yaosi, mixed with various side dishes, and paired with a cup of juice or Burmese milk tea is the most common Dehong breakfast .

People who eat bait silk for the first time are often confused:

Bait silk includes: soaked bait silk, wide bait silk, Tengchong bait silk, Burmese bait silk...

Soup bases include: meat, chicken, beef in clear soup, braised beef, sour beef...,

The hats include: pickled vegetable puffs, beef dumplings, sauce puffs...

Condiments include: chili, grass fruit noodles, pepper noodles, garlic/sesame/pepper oil, salty/sweet soy sauce, rice vinegar, sour papaya water, fresh lemon, green onions, large/small coriander, mint, celery...

The flavors vary greatly depending on the ingredients used.

Have a bowl of shredded fish in the morning, paired with local sweet soy sauce and fresh lemon juice . The taste is sour, sweet and soft, which will instantly wake up your taste buds for the day.

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Yes, that's right. It's either "crossing the bridge" or "passing over." Yunnan’s gourmet cuisine is inseparable from rice noodles; Dehong’s gourmet business card is inseparable from hand-made rice noodles.

An authentic hand-made rice noodle is often paired with radish soup, tofu soup, lettuce, sour soup and various side dishes. When one portion was served, the table was full, which can be said to be very "luxury".

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The most authentic way to eat it is to put a ball of rice noodles in the palm of your hand, then stir it with a little sauce and put it into your mouth together.

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The red rice noodles are oily and soft in the mouth, and the ingredients are fresh and delicious, so delicious that you want to lick your fingers. After finishing the rice noodles, I had some tofu soup, which was refreshing and satisfying to my stomach and taste buds.

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Friends who have difficulty choosing snacks in Dehong may have to struggle again because there are so many snacks here:

Fried beef jerky, pickled papaya, cold bean noodles,

Rolled noodles, cold noodles, fried screws, roasted pork skin,

Grilled dada, grilled rice balls, splashed dada, soaked chicken feet, sauced chicken feet...

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On the streets of Dehong, you can also easily eat various Southeast Asian snacks:

Vietnamese roll noodles, spring rolls, Burmese fried noodles,

Dumplings, Burmese tea beans, poruda...

chicken feet

Chicken feet are the “number one” snack in Dehong. Here, you can eat lemon, garlic, braised...all kinds of chicken feet.

Pauluda

A drink imported from neighboring Myanmar, with crispy Burmese bread cubes added to the milk. When you drink it, it tastes cool, crispy and sweet, mixed with the fragrance of milk.

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sa pie

This is the most distinctive Dai flavor in Dehong. Beef, fish, pork, bitter, olives wait.

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The most popular among the locals is Kusa. The dipping sauce is usually the undigested grass juice from the cow's cecum, mixed with seasonings such as salt, chili, star anise, bay leaves, and the bitter water from the cow's small intestine.

Sounds like dark cuisine? But how many people can’t stop after just one bite.

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Friends who love spicy food can try the hot shabu shabu that "looks spicy in the eyes and chokes the nose in smelling it. If you dare to chew the food, you are considered a warrior".

Green leaf feast, whether it is rice or vegetables. They are all served in green leaves, which is very distinctive.

The key is that all kinds of dishes will appear at the banquet, including "pounding, roasting, boiling, chopping, frying, pickling, and mixing." You can eat all the special dishes of the Jingpo people in one meal.

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Hand-picked rice

Dehong's hand-picked rice is famous, but it may not be what you think. The hand-picked rice here is not a bowl or a basin, but a dustpan and a table!

The first time I ate it on a donkey in Dehong, I was frightened by its heroic appearance.

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Circles of rice of various colors are placed on the inside of a round dustpan, and special dishes are placed on the outside. There was a whole table, and I felt satisfied even before it started.

When eating, shape the vegetables and rice into "rice balls" with your hands and put them into your mouth together. The aroma of rice and vegetables blend together in your mouth. One word, fragrant, two words, really fragrant!

Ghost chicken

Shred the chicken and mix with spicy millet, coriander, lemon, etc. The smell is a bit pungent, but once the chicken enters the mouth, all the spices are perfectly combined and rich in layers.

Whenever night falls, barbecue stalls of all sizes on the streets become lively. Especially in Mangshi, the late-night canteens at barbecue stalls are even more addictive.

From meat skewers, veal tendons, pig tails, tripe, grilled fish, to leeks, small melons, cabbage, tofu... Mangshi BBQ grills everything.

The most special thing about the barbecue here, which you can’t eat elsewhere, is the plate of pickled vegetables dipped in water.

Delicate pig brains, paired with cool mint leaves, the deliciousness explodes in your mouth when you bite it.

Lemongrass with its own lemon fragrance is grilled together with delicate tilapia. The fish tastes charred and tender with a faint lemon fragrance.

Extra-large fruit, you can walk on it while holding on to the wall

There are not only many types of fruits here, but they are also all extra-large. Avocados are bigger than oranges! The point is, it's very cheap, which is equivalent to "no money" if you round it off.

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There are also many tropical fruits you may not have seen before. Come here and eat the fruit with an open stomach! △Goat Milk Fruit©: Mulan 520

Especially in Mangshi in March, the fruit is super abundant. Each street has its own kind of fruit, mango, longan, jackfruit... Even the city landscape trees are all mango trees. It is worthy of being a "Mang" city.

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Cut the fruit, marinate it with chili pepper and sour water, add lemon juice and olive juice, and stir together. It tastes sour and spicy, especially in summer. It is even more appetizing when you have no appetite.

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The juices here are all freshly squeezed on site, and no corners are cut. Tropical fruits are directly squeezed with condensed milk, and the taste is original and sweet.

For those who have never tasted freshly squeezed juice after visiting Dehong, it can be said that they are at a loss.

Experience exotic customs without going abroad

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Mangshi Menghuan Shwedagon Pagoda

It is the first hollow pagoda in Asia

In Mangshi, you can see this big golden pagoda standing on the top of Leiya Mountain from a distance. At night, the Shwedagon Pagoda under the night sky is even more magnificent.

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Mangshi Shubao Tower

"Angkor Wat Tree Cave" in Mangshi

For hundreds of years, trees have tightly wrapped around the tower, and the tower is looming among the trees.

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Ruili·One Village and Two Countries

I accidentally left the country in a matter of minutes

Next to boundary marker No. 71 on the China-Myanmar border, there is a village that is divided into two, with Yinjing in China on one side and Mangxiu in Myanmar on the other. You can reach the melons on the bamboo fence in Myanmar with your hand, and it only takes one step to return home from abroad.

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Ruili Mori Tropical Rainforest Scenic Area

The tropical rainforest is not far away

There are many rare plants here, including Ficus grandifolia, Aesculus aesculus, the "forest devil" strangler vine, and tree ferns known as "billion-year-old living fossils"...

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△Ruili Water Splashing Festival Square ©: Heidelberg Graphic Design

Ruili Jile Jinta (Lighting Festival)

You don’t have to go to Myanmar to experience the Lighting Festival

The oldest Jile Golden Pagoda in Ruili is surrounded by towering ancient trees and protected by stone lion statues. Every year before the Songkran Festival, there is a Lighting Festival, with candles and lights everywhere, so beautiful.

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Songkran Festival

Yunnan Splashing Water Resort

Everyone knows about the Water Splashing Festival in Xishuangbanna, but many people don’t know that Dehong, one of the two major Water Splashing Festival resorts in Yunnan, is even more lively!

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Mangshi Naozong Song Festival

Dance whenever you disagree

Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and May 1st, there is the Munao Zong Song Festival, which is very lively with singing and dancing.

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Dehong, life here is lazy, the pace is slow, and the days are leisurely, but the food here is sour and spicy, the colors are rich and bright, and the festivals are unrestrained and joyful.

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The best way to come here is to slow down and taste the irresistible delicacies with the tip of your tongue. Let the hot and sour food tantalize your taste buds, stimulate your appetite and satisfy your stomach.

Feel the lazy life here with your heart, and enjoy the slow life full of fireworks with the locals.

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