Kunming • Food Guide, All the Delicacies You Crave Are Here, Bookmark This Now!

Visiting Kunming and unsure what to eat? Don’t worry! Here’s a carefully curated food list by locals, covering everything from breakfast to late-night snacks. Be sure to save it in advance! 🍞 Breakfast Recommendations 🔹 Houxiang Soft Rice Cake: Jiang’an Community 🔹 Mixiangxiang Rice Paste Pancake: Multiple branches available 🔹 Cuiman Linglong & Huixiang Xilou Puffed Pastry Buns 🔹 Chen Rangrang Stuffed Glutinous Rice Balls 🔹 Guandu Pancake 🍱 Lunch & Dinner Options 🔹 Gala Canteen: Multiple branches, offering authentic home-style stir-fries, especially recommended at Nanping Street branch. 🔹 Huixiang Xilou: Famous for puffed pastry buns, pine-needle roasted duck, and steamed pot chicken. 🔹 A Zhou Kitchen: A pure vegetarian restaurant, stunning at first sight! Each dish’s tableware and presentation are exquisite, like artworks—some even too beautiful to eat. 🔹 Sifang Stir-Fry: Specializing in Yunnan home-style dishes. 🔹 Congshuilu Restaurant: Focused on Pu’er ecological cuisine. 🔹 Leyu Spicy Fish: Fresh fish, clean environment, and amazing flavors—a hidden gem. 🍲 Rice Noodles ✨ Small Pot Rice Noodles: 🔹 Tingting Yuli Small Pot Rice Noodles (multiple branches) 🔹 Banpo Private Kitchen Small Pot Rice Noodles (two locations) 🔹 Juan’er Small Pot Rice Noodles: Located in Naijiawan Road alley 🔹 Ruidian Small Pot: Inside Jiayuan Community 🔹 Small Pot Rice Noodles in Laojiawan Road alley 🔹 Old Kunming Small Pot Rice Noodles: Xiaolong Road intersection ✨ Tofu Flower Rice Noodles: 🔹 Chenxi Tofu Flower: One near Green Lake, another near North Station 🔹 Guandu Snacks: Shops opposite Heping Village and No. 12 Middle School 🔹 Lala Snacks: Near Zhuanxin Farmers’ Market ✨ Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles: 🔹 Huixiang Yunnan Sheng Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles: Near Green Lake 🔹 Yunnan Dao Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles: Kunming Old Street 🔹 Liangmishan Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles: Nanping Street, Baida Xintiandi 🍜 Braised Noodles 🔹 Yuxi Snacks 🔹 Old Customer Linlin Snacks 🔹 Fuqiao Yuan Braised Noodle Restaurant 🔹 Ding’s Noodle House 🍢 Snack Streets & Shops 🔹 Dongjiawan Snack Street: Li Ji Hekou Rice Rolls, Jiao Sanpang Border Canteen, Yipin Tian (serving fresh milk rice pudding, sweet lotus root paste, etc.), Sanpang Fried Skewers 🔹 Culture Alley & Wenlin Street: Caishi Border Snacks, Kong Jinlian Thai Bistro, Salvador Restaurant, Anonymous Sour & Spicy Wontons, Dai-style Wontons 🔹 Kunming Old Street: Zhao Laoguan’s, Sanwan’s, Jingchengyuan Jianxinyuan Hope this guide helps you enjoy an authentic and diverse culinary experience in Kunming!