Dali Food Restaurants

Diversity is the catchword on Bao’ai Lu and Huguo Lu.There’s something for every mood：Western，rustic country and ethnic Bai cuisine to name a few.Modern Bai cuisine is amixture of southern Chinese and the Bai flavors.Barou ersi，one of Dali’s local specialties，is made from pig’s knuckle and a vegetable unique to Dali called er cai.The Erhai Lake area is famous for its fresh and plentiful fish.Try some Dali plums calleddiaomei.The plums are preserved for months in brown sugar and honey；the sweetness of the sugar and honey contrast with the sour plum to make it a yummy treat.

A unique tea is the“Three Courses of Tea”（sandao cha），which symbolically mirrors life’s progress-first bitter then sweet.The first course is slightly bitter；the second course a trifle sweet（walnuts and candy are added to the tea），and the thirdcourse is unforgettably satisfying.If you feel like a martini or a beer，head to Yangren Jie where there are Western bars and menus written in English.Go to the restaurant-lined Jinxing Mingshi Jie at Shangduan Canglang Lu in the Dali Economic Development Zone for a local atmosphere.

RESTAURANTS

Dali Renjia

Canglang Lu Nanduan，Xiaguan

Sifang Xiaochi

Specializes in Bai cuisine，their house specialty is clay pot fish（shaguo yi）.

Yu’er Lu，old Dali

qingquang

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