Lijiang Food

Authentic Naxi cuisine consists of a number of tasty snacks that can be easily found in the streets of Lijiang City. Lijiang food is most famous with the vegetarian dish that the region produces, paying attention to the eating clearness, and many are delicacy in type. Such as Jidouliangfen, Lijiangbaba, Qingdoumenfan, Rumixuechang, Yansuanyu, Toutuorou of Yi Clan, Shuyoucha etc., which are good enough to let us satisfied joy of eating.

There are three primary types of restaurants in Lijiang: Naxi, Tibetan, and Sichuan. Some restaurants offer more than one type of food. Much Western food is also available, but more expensive.

Lots of local snack-type foods available from street vendors, including:

Baba - a flat wheatbread available; a savory version sometimes served with chili sauce and a sweeter version that tastes honey-flavored.

Naxi style fried white cheese - A soft white cheese cut into slices then fried in a non-greasy batter. Served with sugar sprinkled on top and very delicious (only seen in restaurants).

Yak's milk yogurt - Has a bit of a different flavor than cow's milk yogurt, but very good. Commonly served with honey, muesli, and/or fruit. Can also be made into fruit shakes.

Fried yak meat - served on skewers.

Most restaurants are in the center of the Old Town, which is an UNESCO World Heritage site, and many of them face the waterways. Prices are lower in the back street restaurants.

Tuotuorou has the most fame in Yi Clan's featured food.It is similar to the Shouzhua Mutton of Xinjiang.Tuotuorou,as the name suggests,it looks like Tuotuo.

Jidou Liangfen is made of beans grown locally and jelly-like. Though with a weird color, it is one of the most popular foods in Lijiang.

The Lijiang Baba is one of the local special snacks. It can be classified into two categories of sweet and salty, catering to different tastes. The strongly aromatized pastry features a golden color and a crispy flavor. It is the most popular food in Lijiang.

Arriving at Lijiang usually let the persons neglect its delicacies- because there are too many beautiful types of scenery. In fact only Maoniu Chafing Dish is good enough to let you be in love with Lijiang thoroughly.

It is the special kind of tasty food of Lijiang, with pig blood, rice and various spices, according to certainly go together with the ratio to mix in a cake of, the pig bowel son that infused to go in to process but the rice bowel that make into. The edible hour cuts into a film, or fry in oil to fry with the heat, or use to steam the pot to steam the heat. The rice infuses the ancient oil of the bowel color and luster bright, the flavor is heavy, the nourishment value is high, is to increase the blood, repair the good product of the spirit.
Restaurant: Yuyuan Restaurant
Add: Fuhui Rd. Lijiang
Tel: 0888-5182436
Price: 35-200/pax

This is a famous dish that the people of Yi Clan entertain guests, all of all parts of the fatty sheep cut into the piece after will slaughter, put in a pot to boil, boiling in addition to putting the salt, no longer permissive condiment, be edible of time put the wild pepper, hot pepper powder, mint etc.
Restaurant: Xinju Restaurant
Add: Yuhe Village. Lijiang
Tel: 0888-5121535
Price: 100-200/pax