Every time you go to a city, you always have to visit the local vegetable market, especially the vegetable market in Yunnan, where there are always seasonal fruits and vegetables, special snacks, in short, the most local atmosphere, the most delicious special ingredients are from the market.
Come to the depths of the plateau in Yunnan, in Shangri-La, you must also visit the local market, which will always bring surprises. The largest market in Shangri-La is the Xiangyang Road Farmers' Market, although other small markets are also scattered throughout the market, selling the most characteristic local ingredients. The small market presents the food traditions of Shangri-La residents and showcases the local terroir.
The most local characteristics are of course beef and pork stalls, as nomadic people, the Tibetan pork and yak here are local specialties. In order to show the freshness of the meat, the stall owner often hangs the head of the cow and the head of the sheep on the stall, which truly shows the real material of the beef head sold. The meat quality here is indeed superior, and the locals also know the quality of meat in the Shangri-La region, freshly slaughtered, the meat is tender, and naturally it is a child. Yak beef hot pot, Tibetan pork hot pot and stewed beef bones are all food traditions of local Tibetan residents for thousands of years.
Dairy products are also one of the food for the survival of nomadic peoples around the world, and in the vegetable market of Shangri-La, there are always many cheese minarets neatly stacked, rough glances, and it is not clear what it is. Originally the locals' favorite ghee and milk residue, the taste is mellow and sour, and after frying, sprinkled with sugar, sweet and sour, crisp and delicious.
Originally thought that the highland area was poor, but when I came to the Shangri-La Farmers' Market, I found that this was not the case, and the large number of vegetables produced here showed the terroir of different regions. Weixi yam soft glutinous, fresh lilies, alpine carrots, potatoes, barley, maca, etc., in the spring and summer, it is still the season of highland fungi, when the Shangri-La market is immersed in a colorful small flower umbrella.
Plateau can also produce fruit, apples, plums, pears to the market season is 10 yuan three catties, which seems to have become the Yunnan vegetable market for the seasonal fruit price, the taste is the same crisp sweet and juicy. Farmers' markets are often inseparable from tapas, and there is a snack street like Shangri-La's farmers' market, which is home to cooked food and specialty snacks. Green barley cakes, noodles, rice noodles, bait silk, and kefir are the staple foods of the locals. Fried potatoes, fried milk, there are also small snacks from all over Yunnan, broken puff pastry buns, beef powder, chutney powder...
The shangri-la market is always serving locals and tourists with the freshest ingredients of the season. From a market, it presents bits and pieces of urban life.