The street lamp flashed, and we came to the small street by the river in Jinghong city. This place is called Golden Beach, which is a distinctive dining place. We are going to taste the famous Dai barbecue. My brother and sister are busy in a barbecue shop. After sitting down, we first ordered a citronella grilled fish with A Dai flavor. I saw that the shopkeeper quickly cleaned the fresh tilapia by descaling and laparotomy, and mixed the onion, ginger and some unknown spices with salt. These spices are stuffed into the belly of the fish, then tied around the fish with three citronella, clamped with bamboo pieces and roasted on charcoal fire. When the fish is seven ripe, the fragrance of the fish will be emitted. She quickly put lard on it, baked it for about three minutes, then put it on the green banana leaves and served it. In the process of charcoal roasting, the spices in the fish belly are mixed with the citronella outside the fish skin and the "three flavors" of the fish, making this grilled fish fresh, fragrant and tender. We have never eaten grilled fish like this, and our son ruined half of it at once.
Then, grilled crispy bones, roasted mushrooms, roast duck and roasted leeks, regardless of meat and vegetables, are all unique flavors and are very popular. We chatted with the shopkeeper while eating. She said that she was a native of Dai nationality, and she was good at barbecue Dai cuisine, so she found a suitable place by the river. She said she had a full schedule, buying fresh ingredients in the morning, going home to take care of the children in the morning, washing dishes in the afternoon and coming out at night. It happened that her brother had a summer vacation, so she came to help, and the business was good.
After the meal, we ordered the most distinctive local meal-pineapple rice. Out of curiosity, I stood by the fire and watched how the meal was cooked. I saw that the female shopkeeper picked a big golden pineapple, which was called eyeless pineapple. What is "no eyes"? We usually buy pineapples in the street. After peeling, there will be regular small black circles, just like eyes, but the eyeless pineapple does not have these small black circles, so it is called eyeless pineapple, which is only produced in Banna area. They are big and sweet. We all tasted it before we came to Banna, and it was really delicious. At this time, I saw the shopkeeper cut off the top of the pineapple with a knife, then took out the pulp and juice with a bamboo spoon, and then mixed the prepared glutinous rice with the pulp and juice. The owner said that this kind of spare rice is also exquisite. You should choose the best glutinous rice to soak for 2 hours, and then cook it until it is 80% mature. If it is too raw, it will take a long time to steam with pineapple, which is easy to steam and deform. If the glutinous rice is fully cooked in advance and then steamed with pineapple, the rice will be steamed too much, just right. I see. It seems that there are still many skills to master the familiar "degree".
Subsequently, the female shopkeeper put the evenly stirred glutinous rice into the empty pineapple, and only stuffed it into 80% of the space. She said it should not be too full, otherwise the rice will swell and the shell will be crushed during steaming. She spilled some broken sugar when she spoke. I asked again, pineapple meat is sweet, why do you want to add sugar? She said with a smile that eating only pulp is sweet, but sour gas will penetrate into rice when steaming. A small amount of sugar is used to remove the sour taste and keep the sweet taste of rice. Oh, there are many skills. The shopkeeper covered the freshly cut pineapple cover and gently put it into the steamer. It will be cooked after steaming for about eight minutes. Before serving, the unique sweetness has already entered the nose. As soon as one end was served, the child couldn't wait to take off pineapple cover and dig out the rice. The way he wolfed down made me laugh. I saw him eat it three times, five times and twice, so I had to order another pineapple rice. That kind of sweetness, that kind of coolness and that kind of color is the best meal in my life. I summed up the "three eights" of this pineapple rice, that is, the glutinous rice is eight ripe, filled to 80%, and steamed for eight minutes, which is a "March 8" pineapple rice. The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "We don't have so many theories in small business, but we just do it every day. By feeling, it's the same whether it's local or foreign, especially for guests from afar. Not only is the scenery here good, but the taste of the Dai people is also very distinctive. " Yes, to tell the truth, this meal is not only delicious, but also not expensive. This barbecue only cost 100 yuan, which can be described as good and cheap. The taste of Banna on the tip of the tongue is like this. Dai flavor is true and people are kind.