Jianshui in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province is not only beautiful, but also a "living museum of ancient buildings" with many buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are Yi, Dai, Zhuang, Miao, Hui and Han nationalities living here, and about 4% of the residents are ethnic minorities. You can not only enjoy the special dishes of Yunnan ethnic minorities, but also enjoy affordable prices. Even if you travel alone, you can eat local specialties for only fifty cents and one yuan.
Boiled tofu is a favorite food for adults and children. Soybeans soaked in a big plate well are ground and beaten, and then small tofu is wrapped by hand. After drying, it will appear in the street oven in the morning and evening, and the golden-baked, bulging tofu will roll back and forth on the grate. When the eater wants to eat, he sits on the stool, sticks the tofu with a toothpick, dips it in the water prepared by the store, and sends it into his mouth while it is hot. One is only 5 cents!
The way to cool the spoon powder is to cook the dried potato powder in water, stir it into a transparent shape, take out the sweet potato powder, filter it into a pasta shape, and put it directly into cold water, which is the spoon powder. Moreover, ginger juice, garlic water, soy sauce, Jianshui's unique sweetness, in the hot summer, it is definitely the first choice snack to relieve appetite and fatigue. The papaya cold water in Jianshui ancient city is not as spicy and delicate as the Hong Kong dessert, but it uses well water from Dabanjing. In the hot summer, eating tofu peppers and hot and sour spoon powder can have a delicate and sweet ice powder this time, which is definitely the best choice.
The steamed chicken in Yunnan has long been known, but you know that it comes from Jianshui (formerly known as Lin 'an Prefecture). Steamed chicken was invented by Yang Li, a rich chef in Lin 'an during the Qianlong period. He made a steamer by combining local people to eat hot pot and steam bread. There is also Jianshui's unique purple sand steamer. At the moment when the lid is opened, the food is hot and fragrant, the chicken soup is delicious and the chicken is delicious.