There are many vegetarian restaurants in Dali, the most famous of which is Yirantang. 5 yuan is rich in money. Not only backpackers and tourists come to eat, but also local old people bring their children to eat.
The vegetarian restaurant is open at noon11:30-13: 00 and 5:30-7:00 in the evening. Basically, when you arrive, you will see people coming here to eat with rice bowls of various shapes.
People like me who don't have tableware can only buy disposable lunch boxes for one yuan (I think this is also a disguised form to encourage everyone to bring their own lunch boxes).
At noon, there are Chinese cabbage, zucchini, beans, pumpkins, fried peanuts, cauliflower, shredded potatoes, vegetables ... The staple food is rice and porridge.
Because I live far away, there were already two rows of people eating at the gate of Yirantang when I arrived.
At the moment when the epidemic affects tourism, the only convenience is that you don't have to queue for too long.
As soon as you enter the door, everyone will pay the money in an orderly way, cook and cook, and if you don't have enough to eat at one time, you can come back to add rice and vegetables.
Although there are not many dishes left, the chef in the back kitchen has been frying. Later, two more dishes were added, and each time there was a new dish, which was quite good.
Outside the vegetarian restaurant, there is an inconspicuous small display column that reads "Yirantang Vegetable Garden". You are welcome to go to the vegetable garden to hoe, grow and collect vegetables, or you can see for yourself how the vegetables you eat come from.
At first glance, this meal seems healthier.
Finally, after dinner, everyone put the lunch box containing all the rice grains in the recycling place, ending today's happy meal.