Kunming has been the intersection of the Chinese cultural circle, the Indian cultural circle and the Southeast Asian cultural circle since ancient times, and is the gateway hub for China to open up to Southeast Asia and South Asia. near

Kunming BenBang Cuisine (Part 2)

Since ancient times, Kunming has been the intersection of the Chinese cultural circle, the Indian cultural circle and the Southeast Asian cultural circle, and is the gateway hub for China to open up to Southeast Asia and South Asia. In the past hundred years, Kunming's influence in the country has increased day by day: the opening of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway has brought Western civilization, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Kunming once became a major rear, from the southwest to the south, the coastal factories moved south, to the Hump route after the opening of the US Flying Tigers gathered in Kunming, the Stilwell Highway on the vast car, people from all over the world gathered in Kunming. After Kunming has close contact with the outside world, internal and external trade is booming, all parties have tasted Kunming, the food market is extremely active, the diet has been affected by the outside, with Kunming as the center, forming a diet pattern supplemented by Dian cuisine as the main and other helpers. In order to adapt to the taste characteristics of the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan, coupled with the rich raw materials, the chefs exchanged cooking skills with each other, accelerating the development of Dian cuisine and promoting the development of Kunming's food culture. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Kunming's catering industry has a clear division of labor, high-end and low-grade independent portals, inside and outside the province, the intersection of China and the West, each with its own strengths. After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, the development of Kunming has accelerated, and the catering industry has also ushered in new development opportunities, from famous building liquor stores to street barbecues, from luxurious decoration to food stalls, from small pot rice noodles, bridge rice noodles, steam pot chicken to Sichuan and Guangdong Hunan cuisine, as long as the taste is good, the dishes have characteristics, and the business is very prosperous. Today' Kunming, with a permanent population of more than 7 million people, has expanded and won many honors: the happiest city, the livable city, the first Chinese food city, etc. Kunming is also the capital of Yunnan Province, which has the largest number of ethnic minorities, and the cultural background and food customs of various ethnic groups have their own characteristics, and a gastronomic civilization with a hundred flowers has developed. The influence of Dian cuisine represented by Kunming is constantly expanding, and we can see the development context of Kunming in the past century. Kunming Ben gang cuisine is a tribute to the people of Kunming!