The food on the streets of Kunming is really mouth-watering. The street snacks, barbecues, and elegant indoor restaurants all have local specialties.

Tasting unique ethnic foods in Kunming is an unforgettable choice for tourists.

Ethnic dishes can be made in a variety of ways, including roasting, pickling, freezing, stewing, and pounding. The utensils include slate, bamboo, sheepskin, pebbles, etc.

What is most worth mentioning is that Kunming’s mountain delicacies are famous throughout the country, and the wild fungi in the mountain delicacies can never be tired of eating.

However, the taste of Kunming cuisine is a little salty and spicy, which is nothing for those places in Sichuan and Hunan that like spicy food. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who have lighter and sweeter tastes may not be used to it. Just do as the locals do, otherwise

It would be a shame not to be able to eat so many delicious things.

Generally speaking, the most concentrated places for eating and drinking in Kunming are Beidamen Food Street in the north, Xingyuan Road in the west, which is next to the Xishan District Government Building, and Dianchi Road, Guan Guan Middle Road, Guannan Avenue, Expo Avenue, etc.

There are countless snacks in Kunming. For tourists, it may be difficult to enjoy all the delicious food in just a few days. Let us give you a few tips.

The following is a brief guide to various specialty snacks!

Fried stinky tofu in Southwest Commercial City, braised bait shreds from the High School Affiliated to Normal University, farm dishes from Xishan Maomaogou, eel from Haigeng Highway Dam, spicy fish from Da Dian Garden, barbecue night market in Niujiezhuang, Fatty Hotpot,

The closed wild mushroom hotpot, the braised mutton hotpot under the Shizha overpass, the casserole rice noodles on the road opposite the dormitory door of Kunming University of Science and Technology’s Xinying Campus...the list goes on and on!

In terms of classification, everyone will have a clearer concept.

Snacks: The snack street next to the Southwest Building. Wild mushrooms: The wild mushroom street on Guan Guan Road. BBQ: Niujiezhuang BBQ in the east; the barbecue stall next to the Guanfang Plaza on Chuanjin Road; the "Tofu Factory" in the north; the railway near the West Railway Station Passenger Terminal

Next to it is Jianshui BBQ; to the west is Zhaojiadui and Shark Fin Road in Fenngling Community, and further west is Honglian BBQ.

Dog Meat: There are more than a dozen dog meat restaurants in Shuanglongqiao in Nanshi District for many years. Not to mention the bustle at midnight, the best one is from Qujing in Liangyuan Community.

It tastes great.

Then there is Cucumber Camp on Laohaigeng Road, which is the oldest dog meat stall in Kunming. The dog meat rice noodles and grilled dog steaks make people drool from a distance.

Places where night markets are concentrated: near Jingxing Street Flower and Bird Market, Dianchi Cinema, Xiangyun Food City (behind Bailian Plaza, diagonally opposite to Golden Horse and Jade Rooster), Honglian BBQ (opposite to Chunyuan Community), and the "Southwest Night Market Barbecue City" on Renmin Road

", "Happy Fish" Yunnan style self-service snacks (in Daguan Commercial City), "Qingming Shanghe Food Gallery" self-service snacks, Shangyi Street, Guandu Ancient Town (5 kilometers away from Kunming city).

Kunming's top ten famous snacks: Guoqiao rice noodles, Sixi glutinous rice balls, buckwheat buns, Taishi cakes, Dudu Shaomai, shepherd's purse dumplings, ham and beans stewed rice, small pot rice noodles, bait cubes, assorted cold rice noodles.