Where to Eat in Lijiang

What to eat in Lijiang? Great Stone Brigde nearby, Zhongyi market and Sifang street are places to eat snacks in the Lijiang Ancient City. Sifang Street is a famous snack street in the Lijiang ancient town.

Qiyi Street

Qiyi Street is a well preserved old street of Lijiang ancient city, and is also the longest street of Lijiang. On both sides of street, the wooden house is crooked ranged from Sifang street towards southeast stretch to the ancient city of the south gate street, and connected with the Qiyi street. Shops on both sides of the street are very busy. The Qiyi snack street has gathered a lot of the local food of Lijiang. And the food has many varieties in here with more local characteristics. Qiyi Street must be the first choice for where to eat in Lijiang.

Qiyi Street

Native Black Goat Street

Here is mainly a place to eat native goat hotpot, actually there are a lot of native goat hotpot restaurant in Lijiang, but the most concentrated and most influential is the "Native Black Goat Street", where is located in Jinkai Square. Every evening, traffic here is very busy. Famous black goat hotpot restaurants are “Ashou” "Puji" "Ayidan" "Alaqiu" and "original flavor", each has its own characteristics. In the wall of “Puji Black Goat Restaurant”, there is covered with the customer's sticky note with their comments and wishes, the shop is confident about their taste and service, the customer's comments are also informative which is worth to try for visitors.

Native Black Goat Street

Sifang Street

Sifang Street is a famous snack street in Lijiang ancient town. Within a narrow street on both sides, there are dozens of small restaurants, every restaurant has Yunnan rice noodle with many variety, so the street is also called "Lijiang Rice Noodle Street”. Sifang street is a good choice in where to eat in Lijiang.

Sifang street is the center of Lijiang ancient city, where is said to be built according to the shape of seal by the Mu’s Tusi (system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties) in Ming dynasty. This was one of the most important hubs in the Ancient Tea Horse Road, since the Ming and Qing dynasty all merchants gathered here, and the national culture is confluent. It used to be Lijiang economic and cultural exchange center. The Sifang street now is still the most prosperous place in the ancient city, is a local famous bar street, shopping street, and famous snack street, famous by running a small pot of rice noodle and casserole rice, and it is one of the most concentrated food street in the ancient city. Early in the morning every day, there are a lot of naxi old people dancing here.