22nd Oct - Lijiang

The driver dropped us off just slightly outside the 古城, she recommended us this place which is patronise by the locals. To eat at the 古城 will be a ripped off as it is catered for the tourists.

However, we found the place she recommend abit dodgy.
Decide to walk down to other shops instead. Chanced upon a guy making 刀削面, decide to give it a try.

Since we have never seen the making of 刀削面 before, we decide to take a photo of him in action. Whipping out the camera was a "mistake", it immediately warrant an astonished face from the chef and the locals at the shop !

He couldnt resist and blurted out .. "你的地方没有刀削面? Suddenly it seems like we are ailens from other planets - how can they not have 刀削面? All eyes were on us now ! Now we cant disguise ourselves as locals ! Darned !

刀削面是山西人民日常喜食的面食. The chef will have a dough in his hand, uses a knife and start shaving pieces of noodle out from the dough. 它同北京的打卤面、山东的伊府面、河南的鱼焙面、四川的担担面，同称为五大面食名品，享有盛誉。

The noodles were pretty good. A bowl will only cost you RMB3 !