🍽️ Crossing-the-bridge Rice Noodle

Broth cooks ingredients on the spot, silky noodles, a Yunnan icon.

Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles are the most iconic food of Kunming, Yunnan. A large bowl of blazing-hot chicken broth arrives at the table, sealed by a layer of chicken fat to hold the heat. Separate plates of raw meat slices, noodles, vegetables, bean curd skin and quail eggs are added in order, cooked instantly in the searing soup, followed by the noodles. The broth is scalding and fresh; the meat tender, the noodles silky, all infused with chicken aroma. The craft is a rolling broth, thick fat and fresh ingredients, cooked to order. Equal parts ritual and substance, it is a must-try bowl for visitors to Kunming, warming and long-lasting in flavor.