The Dai people usually feast guests with this dish. Lemon grass grows in subtropical region. It emits lemon fragrance and is effective in strengthening stomach, refreshing mind and stimulating the oestrus. Dai people like to stew locally bred chicken with lemon grass as the flavoring. The strong smell of chicken mingles with light fragrance of lemon grass, making the dish tasty.

　　Dai-Flavor Pickled Vegetables

       Dai people believe that eating sour food is effective in refreshing mind, improving eyesight, helping digest and relieving summer heat and fever. Thus, there are lots of sour dishes in Dai cuisine, like sour steamed meat, sour fried fish with bamboo shoot, sour stewed beef with pawpaw, stewed bean curd with pickled vegetable. Without sour dishes, Dai people will lose their appetite. If you come to Dehong Prefecture, you’d better go to a secluded Dai-style bamboo stilt restaurant for a taste of sour food. (Source: Tourist Bureau of Dehong Prefecture)