Food is always a great topic and I'd love to get some suggestions for dishes I haven't tried yet,, and let's face it: most of us foreigners have tried only a fraction of the insane amount of dishes from the Chinese kitchen(s).
Submit your top 3. Here are mine (excuse my lousy hanzi/pinyin)
1. Gong Bao Ji Ding, 宫爆鸡丁. Sorry,, no way around a top spot for this laowai all time favourite :)
2. Hong Shao Rou, 紅燒肉. When cooked right hui fan this is just heaven. Sadly it often contains a truckload of fat.
3. Ji Dan Huo Tiu Cao Fan. I am lost here on the spelling. Egg friend rice with ham and green peppers. This is just so darn good.
Top 3 only so no room for Hui Guo Rou, Yang Rou Chuar, Xihong shi chao Ji dan, Ma Po Doufu or,, or,,, or,,
(宫保鸡丁,红烧肉 (in simplified), Jidan Huotui Chaofan 鸡蛋火腿炒饭)
Mine are:
1.小刀鸭
2.水煮牛肉
3.地三鲜(vegetarian)
But every dish made here in kunming is totally different, different ingredients, different taste.
I believe ten restaurants can give you ten different 宫爆鸡丁。
Good topic man, So hard to decide.
Mine could be:(top 3)
烤鸭
涮羊肉(good good good)
地三鲜(Vegetarian, but soo different)
Single dishes:
红烧牛肉
京酱肉丝(peking cuisine, sweet sauce)
沙茶牛肉(guangdong cuisine)
水煮牛肉(hot hot spicy but decilious)
夫妻肺片
Yunnan cuisine single dish:
红三剁(easy for you to do this dish)
香草鱼
Every dish made here in kunming is totally different, different ingredients, different sauce.
I think people here they so much love oil.
"Dubai Club" is one branch of "伊天园＂, they have several branches around kunming, each one has different cute name, like:Aladdin, Sinbad,dubai club, etc. The one on Jiaoling Rd. is the oldest and smallest branch, price is acceptable. My favorite dish is the "xiaodao duck小刀鸭＂,different from"片皮鸭＂,more 嫩,delicious, give a try.
@Johnson02 - why are you copying posts from other people in other threads? the above post was by '123go' on March 27 it the thread 'Middle-Eastern restaurants?'. are you 123go? but you've also been copying other posts from other people.
when i look in the forums on here i don't want to be seeing loads or irrelevant and copied posts. i asked the management about this but have had no reply as yet. i've also PM'd the user... i'm waiting for the reply.
I like to stir dry silk potatoes, pickled fish, lotus root folder
The only dish that I really have gone back for is Hui Mian.
It is a Henan dish, and as it is noodles, it is hard for cooks to cook it wrong.
Basically pulled noodles in a lamb broth. With added vermicelli, quail egg or two, a little lamb meat, and a smattering of veg.
BTW, is was in a hotel last week and had the noodles for breakfast. I figured that noodles wouldn't be prepared incorrectly. Unlike the omelettes, bacon, sausage, and cake bread I have been offered.
Sorry - more than 3 in each category!
Yunnan - Bridge Noodles
Yunnan - Pineapple Rice
Yunnan - Dian Dou Hua
Yunnan - Steamed Chicken and Chili Sauce
Peking Duck or Yi Liang Duck
Yang Zhou Fried Rice
Egg and Tomato Soup with Cilantro and Sesame Oil
Mapo Dofu
My wife - all top 3 categories - and anything she cooks. And I know JJ will vote his wife fills all of his top 3's also. Not sharing...
