Overview
Food has always been a unique label of a city and an important part of tourism. Kunming's unique geographical has created a unique catering culture. Here, we listed some of the Kunming cuisine as belows: Stinky Tofu ???, Xuanwei Ham ???, Ru Bing ??, Pineapple Rice ???, Braised Wild Mushrooms ????, Yunnan Mashed Potatoes ????, Rice Cake/Er Kuai ??, Steam Pot Chicken ???, Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles ????. And the most representative Kunming cuisine is: Braised Wild Mushrooms, Steam Pot Chicken, Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles.

Wild Mushrooms
Yunnan's climate is suitable for the growth of all kinds of fungi, of which the Wild Mushrooms is the most delicious, known as "the crown of all fungi". It is brown or yellowish on the surface. It tastes delicious and delicious. It is a good dish to sprinkle. It can also be used as seasoning. The dishes cooked with it have a special flavor.

Steam Pot Chicken
Steam pot chicken is named after the purple pottery steam pot produced in Jianshui area of Southern Kunming. The unique feature of the boiler is that there is a pipe from the bottom to the top in the center of the boiler. Put the diced chicken with seasoning into the steam pot, and then put the steam pot into a large casserole filled with water and steam for 3-4 hours. When steaming, steam is sprayed upward from the bottom of the boiler along the pipe into the steam pot, and then condenses into water droplets in the pot to become soup. The steamed steam pot soup is tender and delicious.

Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles
Rice noodles, are round linear foods made from rice processing. They are popular in Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, but the eating methods are slightly different. According to folklore, a scholar shut himself up on a quiet island in the lake and studied hard day and night in order to get into the examination. His wise wife brought him food every day, because he was far away from home. Because every time his wife delivers food, and have to passes a wooden bridge, so the scholar named his wife's delicious food "cross bridge rice noodles". Every time the food was sent to the scholar's hand, it was already cold, which affected the scholar's appetite, and his wife was very worried. One day, his wife stewed a chicken, filled the chicken soup in the clay pot, and took the rice noodles and vegetables that the scholar liked to eat, and sent it in a basket. When she filled the soup for the scholar, she found that the chicken soup was still hot because of a layer of chicken oil on the soup, so she put rice noodles, vegetables and so on into it, and the scholar praised it after eating it. Because every time his wife delivers food, and she have to passes a wooden bridge, so the scholar named his wife's delicious food "cross bridge rice noodles".

Where to eat in Kunming
There are many restaurants in the Kunming downtown area and the major sceic sport offering local food, such as Stinky Tofu, Steam Pot Chicken, Pineapple Rice and Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles.