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Kristina Cho's avatar

This is the farmers market of my dreams!

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George Stiffman's avatar

Hannah I need to stop reading your posts… literally every two sentences jolts me back into the China nostalgia!!

Yunnan produce is so special... I wonder if a great chef could open a restaurant like the Peruvian Central to highlight it? With solid execution and decent PR, I could see it becoming THE destination restaurant of China.

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Sapphira Toh's avatar

We have a fern that's similar to those fiddlehead ferns called midin and it's commonly consumed in East Malaysia. 😊 It's so delicious with that silky crunch. We stir fry it with red wine; sambal belacan; or just ginger and garlic.

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Hannah Che's avatar

Ooh, that sound delicious. I used to forage for fiddlehead ferns in Portland, Oregon - I love how they pop up in the wild all around the world!

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Bella Jones's avatar

These are gorgeous shots! All my family is in Yunnan and I miss my homeland, its beautiful landscape, the bounty it offers in flowers and produce. I’m so grateful to get to experience it from afar through you. Thank you!

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Hannah Che's avatar

it's such an incredible place.

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Yi Xue's avatar

Gorgeous food and gorgeous place! (And I was genuinely “confused” when I tasted olives (like, the real olives) for the first time after I came to the States lol)

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Angeline Yang's avatar

Love how vegetables/plants/fungi are the main ingredients in all these dishes :) Thank you for sharing the China I never knew!

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Sophia Lin's avatar

what an amazing selections of produce, many I have never seen or tried. And instagram didn’t work for me either when I visited China, even with vpn.

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Bits and Bites's avatar

Wooow! It is so fascinating that there are so many vegetables that I didn't even know about! I would love to try all of these...

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MaTea's avatar

I think I had jasmine buds with eggs, when I was in China. I remember seeing it in restaurants (not only in Yunnan)

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