The top ten must-buy specialties in Kunming are: Yiliang Roast Duck, Baohong Tea, Ham Mooncake, Flower Cake, Sunset Sunflower Seeds, Steamboat Chicken, Salt Cake, Gululu Peppercorns, Yunnan Leg Bean Casserole, Yunnan Shilin Sweet Tomatoes.
1, Yiliang roast duck: Yiliang roast duck is Kunming City, Yunnan Province, Yiliang County, the classic local traditional dishes, which originated in the Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 600 years, has a fat and thin appropriate, crispy skin, tender inner fragrance, shiny and oily, red color, fragrance from the bone characteristics of the local flavor is significant.
2, Baohong tea: Baohong tea tea aroma is special, people circulate the "house fried tea outside the hospital incense, fried tea in the courtyard, a person bubble tea full of incense," said. Its quality is characterized by the appearance of flat straight and smooth, shaped like a cedar pine leaves, hidden hair rare, color green and green, high sharp aroma, taste strong fresh, soup color yellow-green and clear, the leaf bottom of the fat and tender into a dozen.
3, ham mooncake: ham mooncake was first created in Kunming, "Hexiang House", the shopkeeper surnamed Hu, was originally a government office of the chef, craftsmanship is extraordinary, after the domicile in Kunming, opened their own pastry store, the idea of making mooncakes with Yunnan's finest ham, for the people to praise. Its children and grandchildren and carry forward, with the cloud leg of the money elbow mixed with sugar for the filling, fresh lard and the best white flour for the crispy shell, the work of the exquisite flavor must be beautiful, and soon passed from lane to lane, the great line of the world.
4, flower cake: flower cake is a unique edible roses in Yunnan into the ingredients of the pastry, is a classic snacks representative of Yunnan with Yunnan characteristics. Fresh flower cake in Yunnan local baking brands are mostly sold. Every year in April, waiting for the listing of the flower cake has long become the local people's *** with the expectations, waiting in long lines to buy freshly listed flower cake has become a common phenomenon.
5, sunset sunflower seeds: sunset sunflower seeds is a specialty of Jinning County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, the national agricultural geographical indications. Sunset sunflower seeds planting area is a typical warm valley area, the three-dimensional climate is prominent, warm and hot with little rain, plenty of sunshine. Seeds have red, white and black three kinds of grains, full kernel large, the surface color crystal round and smooth, less empty grain.
6, steamer chicken: steamer chicken is a famous Yunnan dish, because the steamer steamed and named. Steamboat chicken is the main ingredient is chicken, the main cooking process is boiled, the practice is to wash the Toujian chicken, cut into small pieces, and ginger, salt, green onions, etc. together into the steamer to cover. The steamer is placed on top of a saucepan full of water, the gaps are closed with gauze, and then put on the fire to cook. When the water in the saucepan boils, the steam will gradually cook the chicken through the nozzle in the center of the steamer.
7, salt cake: salt cake is a popular snack in Kunming. Divided into sweet, salty two kinds, to savory mostly. Because the salt cake with fermented dough, the shape of the finished product is fluffy and soft, crispy crisp skin, there is not too obvious layer of crisp, the internal soft and greasy, taste crispy and slightly numb. If it is a sweet filling, it is filled with sugar, sautéed sesame seeds, tangerine peel and sugar plate oil cut into small dices of filling, sweet and savory.
8, Valley Law pepper: Valley Law pepper is a specialty of Xishan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, the national agricultural product geographical indications. Valley Law pepper has a large grain, color red, taste, glossy, dense and prominent oil glands, thick meat, tibia with "double ear", strong fragrance, hemp flavor. Dried fruits are purple-red, uniform size of the grains, open eyes, hemp flavor is strong, long and so on.
9, cloud legume bean casserole: cloud legume bean casserole is a traditional Kunming folk flavor cuisine, every spring and summer seasons, families have to eat a few times bean casserole. At that time, farmers pick green beans or peas and cloud legs or bacon fried, and then cooked with rice into rice. The white rice is dotted with red and green broad beans and ham, strongly stimulating the visual and olfactory senses, making people mouth-watering and appetizing.
10, Yunnan Shilin sweet persimmon: Yunnan Shilin sweet persimmon is Yunnan Province Shilin Yi Autonomous County specialties, Shilin County has the climate, soil suitable for cultivation of sweet persimmon advantages. Produced Shilin sweet persimmons with a large, fresh color, sweet and crisp, beautiful taste and other characteristics.