Roast duck has always ranked first among Yuxi recipes and is well-known throughout the province. Yang Zhuxi, a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Qiyang Zhuzhi Ci" to praise Yuxi roast duck.

His poem goes: "Duck eggs can teach grains to grow, and hundreds of thousands of billions of resources can give birth to children. When the buns are cooked in a red clay oven, there is no need to chew and drink from the giant goblet." Yuxi roast duck is similar to northern roast duck, but it has its own characteristics.

, mostly made from ducks that are 40 to 60 days old and weigh about one kilogram, and are processed and roasted. The skin is crispy and fragrant, and the meat is tender. The addition of pepper and salt makes it even more fragrant.

Yuxi roasted duck is also called "Qingsong roasted duck" because it uses "grass balls" made from dried and twisted green pine needles as fuel. It has a unique Yuxi flavor.

Every summer and autumn, there are many roast duck shops in the streets and alleys of Yuxi, and people are bustling with people tasting the duck, commenting on the color and taste, and feasting their eyes and mouth.

Green pine "grass ball" is pure and has a refreshing fragrance. Its charcoal firepower is strong and resistant to burning.

The roasted duck cooked with it is moderately cooked, golden in color, beautiful in color, and fragrant and delicious.

This kind of roasted duck uses 40-50-day-old Yuxi fat ducks as raw materials. After removing blood, plucking hair, removing internal organs, cleaning, scalding with boiling water, adding honey, filling the soup and other processes, it is hung on an iron hook.

The green pine "grass balls" are burned hot and the remaining charcoal is still red in the earthen oven. Keep watching the rotation. When it is cooked, take it out and serve it on the table. Serve it with salt and pepper and scallion sauce.

Candied winter melon is one of the famous snacks in Yuxi, Yunnan.

It has the characteristics of cool, sweet and crisp, transparent and residue-free.

There are two types of candied fruit: red candied fruit and white candied fruit. Both types of candied fruit are transparent and bright in color.

Although Yuxi winter melon candied fruit is called candied fruit, it is not made from honey, but is carefully made from the finest red and white sugar. It is of high quality and delicious, and makes people feel like "it tastes more like honey than honey" after eating it.

It is said that the production of candied winter melon in Yuxi began in the late Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Tang Jiarong, the famous pastry chef of Yuxi Fengxiangzhai Pastry Shop, created "Crystal Preserved Fruit", which made Yuxi Winter Melon Preserved Fruit famous and sold well at home and abroad.

Yunnan food - eel rice noodles is a famous snack in Yuxi, Yunnan.

Rice noodles are a kind of food culture for Yunnan people, and they are an indispensable food in life. Rice noodles can be eaten with three meals a day.

There is a folk story about the origin of eel rice noodles: a long time ago, a poor family had a son in his later years, and relatives and friends came to congratulate him.

However, his family was so poor that they had not eaten meat for half a year and only had some rice noodles, but where did they get the rice noodle "hats"? They were so anxious that they caught some eels to make "hats" for guests.

Unexpectedly, when one end of the rice noodles was served on the table, the aroma was overflowing. The guests were full of praise after tasting it. They even asked what the name of this kind of rice noodles was, and the host casually replied: "eel rice noodles".

Since then, eel rice noodles have gradually spread.

And the more refined it becomes, the better it gets.