Besides the beautiful scenery, tourists can also enjoy the farm cuisine in Hani Rice Terraces (Chinese: 哈尼梯田) of Yuanyang (元陽) County , Yunnan (雲南), China. Perhaps the soil and water is clean here, the foods are unexpectedly delicious.
Duoyishu (多依樹) is one of the popular locations for viewing the rice terraces, so there are many restaurants around. Choumeizai chooses a restaurant which looks neater, the owner is a friendly Yi (彝) ethnic woman, she recommends several signature dishes.
The brown rice of Hani Rice Terraces is very famous, and the restaurant steam the rice in the traditional way instead of using a rice cooker, so the rice is very tasty.
‘Tree Flowers’ are actually a kind of mushroom, they look like flowers and grow on the tree trunks. Tree Flowers smell good, which are the perfect match with free range eggs.
These tongue liked things are konnyaku (蒟蒻), a natural jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue, konnyaku is tasteless but springy and good for health.
Chinese ham fried with garlic sprouts looks simple, but the saltiness of the ham is a good match with the pungency of garlic sprouts.
Deep fried pork ribs are quite tender but not oily, they taste even better when eaten with the crispy fried mints.
All vegetables are homegrown, taste so sweet, among the best is Chinese Kale, looks slimmer and greener than the one in the market, it already tastes delicious even without any meat.
