A server rushes to my table with a pot of very hot chicken broth. “Be careful,” snaps his hovering manager as the young man gingerly places the soup in front of me. Already on the table is a bowl of ...

If you make your way to southwest China and the province of Yunnan, you will encounter rows of noodle shops serving just one thing: guoqiao mixian. You’ll be handed a bowl of rice noodles and a ...

If you’re unfamiliar with Crossing-the-Bridge noodles, the fable behind this unusually named dish from Yunnan Province goes something like this: A caring wife crossed a bridge to bring her scholar of ...

Yunnan cuisine doesn't get the kind of respect accorded to the cuisine from other provinces. It isn't included in the “Eight Schools” of Chinese cuisine, instead being relegated to a subset of its ...

A server rushes to my table with a pot of very hot chicken broth. “Be careful,” snaps his hovering manager as the young man gingerly places the soup in front of me. Already on the table is a bowl of ...