All-tea banquet in Yunnan
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2016-11-16
If the idea of leisurely sipping tea all day while nibbling at delicious food sounds appealing, then the cucurbit flute festival in Lianghe county, Yunnan province is just for you.
The county is known as the cradle of gourd flute culture and many cucurbit flute masters and famous gourd flute musicians were born there. To protect and preserve the culture, and promote its charms to a wider audience, the cucurbit flute festival was established in 2007.
Visitors can take a bus from Lianghe county town to the tea garden to watch the tea processing and sample the all-tea meal. Huilong tea is traditionally boiled on an open fire in ceramic jugs. [Photo/ynci.cn] |
The all-tea feast includes many dishes made from Huilong tea, a local product of Lianghe county.
Here's a typical menu you can look forward to at the banquet:
First dish
Local chicken raised in the Huilong tea garden infused with Huilong tea.
Second dish
Locally caught percocypris pingi, a genus of the cyprinidae fish found in East Asia, garnished with pickled Chinese cabbage and Huilong tea.
Third dish
Quail eggs boiled with Huilong tea and other seasonings.
Fourth dish
Minced pork meatballs with Huilong tea powder.
Fifth dish
Huilong tea and local eggs wrapped in pea flour and deep fried.
Sixth dish
Peeled black soya bean tofu stewed with minced meat, black fungus and a stock of Huilong tea.