Yunnan Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles (Guo Qiao Mi Xian)
Mengzi, Yunnan Province — one of China's most iconic regional dishes; dates to the Qing Dynasty
The legendary noodle dish of Yunnan: a large bowl of boiling-hot chicken-pork-ham broth kept insulated under a thick layer of rendered chicken fat, served with thin rice noodles and raw accompaniments (thin-sliced raw chicken, pork, quail egg, vegetables, tofu skin) added by the diner. The fat seals the heat so the raw ingredients cook tableside.