Good Food

BBQ
They have all sorts of meat.. Sparrows... Rabbits.. etc...





木桶饭
The rice in the first pic is topped with Chilli Padi.




过桥米线

This dish has a history. Ok I shall be really brief. Once upon a time, there is a wife, whose husband is a scholar. Everyday, she will prepare a pot of hot soupy dish, covered with a layer of oil (to keep the food warm) and meet him at a bridge to pass him the food. That's all =)

Literally translated, the name of the dish is "Cross Bridge Vermicelli".

We are suppose to dump our food ASAP into the pot of hot oily soup =(



过桥米线最初起源于滇南的蒙自县城。相传在城外有一个南湖（现在犹存），湖水清澈如碧，湖畔垂柳成行。湖心有个小岛，岛上不公有亭台楼阁，而且翠竹成林，古木参天，景色优美幽静，空气清新宜人，是附近学子们攻读诗书的好地方，有个书生到湖心的小岛去读书备考，但因为埋头用功，常常忘记吃妻子送去的饭菜，等到吃的时候往往又凉了。由于饮食不正常，天长日久，身体日见消瘦，贤妻十分心疼。有一次，妻子杀了一只肥母鸡，用砂锅熬好后送去，很长时间仍角温热，便用当地人喜欢吃的米线和其他佐料放入，味道很鲜美，收生也喜欢吃，贤惠的妻子就常常仿此做好送去。后来，书生金榜题名，但他念念不望妻子的盛情，戏说是吃了妻子送的鸡汤米线才考中的。因为他妻子送米线到岛上要经过一道曲径小桥，书生便把这种做法的米线叫做"过桥米线"，此事一时传为美谈。人们纷纷仿照书生妻的做法吃米线，过桥米线从此流传开来。经过后人的加工改进，过桥米线越做越好，越传越远。