Dali

These photos are from our visit to Dali a couple years ago. From our sources, apparently the local specialties are the smoked hams and the wide variety of mushrooms. The hams are often used to flavor soups, and I have to admit, these soups were tasty. The mushrooms are... mushrooms! I love mushrooms.


Don't remember which restaurant this was =/


Some kind of pastry/cheese thing that the tour books described as a local delicacy. We saw this stuff everywhere, but they were not pleasing to my palate. Maybe we got a bad batch? It was hard, crunchy and dry.


Snails up close


The mushroom soup was tasty.


This soup was also tasty although the chicken parts did put some of our companions off. The black boned chicken is also a delicacy and is supposed to have some medicinal effects... just don't ask me what they are.


Fatty pork with pickled plums


We were in this pizza shindig that had a cool upstairs parlor. Of the few days that we were in Dali, we were at this joint almost every night. The above shows the local beers and spirits. The "Love & Rose" and silver label were amazing. In fact, these two beers are what started me on beer in the first place. Did I mention I love beer, now? The plum wine was also good, but the pineapple beer left some things to be desired.