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Guo qiao mi xian (过桥米线, crossing-the-bridge rice noodles) is the signature dish of Yunnan province — a theatrical presentation in which a bowl of boiling-hot, fat-sealed broth is brought to the table accompanied by raw ingredients (sliced pork, chicken, ham, tofu, vegetables, quail eggs) and fresh rice noodles, which the diner adds to the broth in sequence, cooking them at the table. The name refers to the legend of a Yunnan scholar's wife who brought her husband — studying on an island accessible only by a long bridge — her daily meal. She discovered that a thick layer of rendered chicken fat on top of the broth kept it hot enough to cook ingredients upon arrival.
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