1. Green Bean Cake
Among the snacks in Weishan, there is a fluffy and smooth green bean cake that integrates color, aroma, taste and shape. This is a seasonal snack that can only be eaten in the season of green broad beans. The green bean cake is made of rice and green silkworms as the main ingredients. It is green in color, fluffy and smooth, and the green beans are fragrant, very sweet in the mouth, and very sticky and waxy. The taste is very good. The local people boil and grind the green broad beans freshly picked every year to make fine noodles and mix them with rice noodles. The steamed cake is green in color, with the color of red sugar and the aroma of sesame seeds. It has become the favorite breakfast of Weishan people.
2. Carved plum
Carved plum is not only a kind of delicacy in Dali area, but also a carefully carved handicraft. It is named after the patterns carved on the green plum fruit. The production of carved plums mainly includes two steps: carving and pickling. Salted plums are used as raw materials, which need to be soaked in lime water first, then taken out and dried; , Gently flatten, the plum meat will become a chrysanthemum shape. Then soak the plums in salt water to remove the sour taste, then mix them with brown sugar and honey, put them in sand jars and soak them for several months, and wait until the plums turn golden yellow before eating. The carved plums produced in this way are fragrant, crisp and sweet.
The Yangji carved plums and Zhaoji plums in the ancient city of Dali are the most authentic, and the local carved plum brand, Erbaohuamei, is also authentic.
3. Binchuan sea fish
Binchuan Haishaoyu is made from Binchuan local water sources and local fish with exquisite craftsmanship. It is delicious and fragrant. Haishao Lake in Binchuan County is rich in white scale fish, the meat is tender and the taste is particularly good. There are two flavors of sea fish: hot and sour and clear soup. The hot and sour soup is dark red in color and tastes delicious. Its spicy and delicious fragrance reveals a strong appetite from the inside to the outside, and it is not enough to eat. The thick hot and sour soup is eaten with bibimbap, and the feeling is indescribably good. The clear soup is milky white, fresh and delicious.
The dipping sauce of sea fish is also very unique. The dipping sauce is made by frying various ingredients such as chili noodles, minced garlic, peppercorns, sesame seeds, and mustard. The second intimate contact between the fish soup and the dipping sauce is the most tantalizing time for the taste buds. When the dipping sauce is poured on the fish soup, the fresh aroma of the fish and the spicy aroma of the dipping sauce hit the nostrils, strong and delicious. The mellow fragrance is already irresistible.
4. Nuodeng Ham
The unique climatic conditions of Nuodeng ham in Yunnan make the ham produced in Nuodeng unique in taste. The pickling salt is also very unique. It is pickled with locally produced well salt. The finished ham has an attractive rose color and is very fragrant and delicious when chewed. The old ham, which has been marinated for about three years, has a rosy color and a rich aroma. It is even more delicious after a bite. The lean meat is salty and sweet, and the fat meat is fragrant but not greasy. , the taste is more delicious.
The ham in Duanji souvenir shop in Dali Ancient City is delicious, all from Nuodeng Ancient Village. The ham is marinated with local well salt for three years. It tastes delicious, moderately salty, fragrant and sweet, and has a long aftertaste. The price is also reasonable, and you can try it for free when you enter the store.