The kebabs with Dai flavor in Xishuangbanna must be tasted!

Source: Le Tu Travel Network and columnist Mo Xiaohe

It will basically take a whole day to fly to Banna in Changchun, but it is also much faster than the 61 hours by train at that time. After all, it is from one end of the motherland to the other, and it arrived in the night, but it regained its vitality at the moment of landing, put down its luggage and washed away the dust, and it appeared on the crowded street of Binjiang Night Market. When you come to Xishuangbanna, you must not miss the wonderful nightlife here, visiting the night market and eating barbecue.

It’s the first time to try Dai barbecue, which is very different from Lijiang barbecue, especially with the aftertaste of chicken bean jelly. In Dai barbecue, there are many kinds of fish, which are especially tender and delicious. At the beginning, I didn’t dare to order too many pieces of string. When serving, it was not a string, but a plate. It seems that the plate is not big, and I was full before I ate it. Potato chips, grilled fish and eggplant.

In Binjiang Night Market, a particularly interesting thing happened. Standing in front of rows of barbecue stalls, I didn’t really know what to choose, so I ordered a restaurant at random. But just as I stepped inside, there was already a table of guests who repeatedly told me, "Don’t come to this restaurant to eat, our order hasn’t come up yet … Don’t come to this restaurant …" I went to the next door with a skeptical step, and the boss patiently and carefully followed. What are the flavors, and many people who are wrapped up and can’t see the ingredients inside also explained them to me one by one, until we all got up and left, and glanced at the next door. I am glad that the table was in a mess.

Binjiang night market is more lively in a circle of border trading market. It takes about an hour to get back to the starting booth while walking. There are a wide range of border commodities, cigarettes, ornaments and clothes. Of course, there are many beads and jade here. Gadgets are my favorite. There are many small bars outside the night market square. Locals love to come here. It takes about 30 yuan to take a taxi back to the hotel from here ~

Gaozhuang Night Market on the other side of the city is not my dish. The business atmosphere here is rich, and it is full of meaning for tourists. I don’t like those uniform roads and buildings with almost the same decoration style. The Banna style I want to find should be in the streets and lanes, but in the ordinary life of the Dai people.

Another must-taste of Dai flavor is roast chicken, so I actually came to Gaozhuang Night Market to eat roast chicken. I was not surprised when I heard the word roast chicken mentioned by my friends. I just thought that it might be a chicken different from the previous practice. After all, there are many nationalities in China, and 56 practices are not unusual. However, as soon as I stepped into the store, I was shocked by this battle. The stacked bamboo plates and the flying kitchen knives never stopped for a moment. The long carbon stove, There are about a hundred chickens with two rows of plucked hair on them, bubbling with oil by the charcoal fire. Workers turn over their faces from time to time, and there are long bamboo sticks with 50 chicken legs and feet on them, and fresh chicken on one side is being tied with sticks …

I thought this was all, but it wasn’t. Many small dishes with Dai flavor were served first and surrounded the table. There were pineapple rice, bean jelly, Baba, rice noodles, grilled fish and many others I couldn’t name, and the main event was always the last one, which was the delicious roast chicken.

There is a striking Pagoda in Gaozhuang Night Market. From day to night, hot air balloons are constantly put into the air, and there are an endless stream of tourists. No one is allowed to stand under the hot air balloon. Except the person who grasps the direction, I have also chatted with him and asked him what is in the Pagoda. He said with a smile that there is nothing in it, and there is no need to go in to pay homage. Just when I was startled, he said, how can there be a real pagoda every day?