Yiliang Roast Duck has a history of over 600 years; this savory dish can be on a par with Peking Duck, and can be classified into two types, namely Green duck and Fat duck. Green duck is famous for the tender meat and sweet taste while fat duck has got much fat to makes the meat more appetizing; with green onion, soy sauce or special jam, Yiliang Roast Duck is full of local flavor, especially the Roast Duck made in Goujie Street of Yiliang County in the east of Kunming; with honey, and roasted by pine branches and needles, Yiliang Duck is unique.
Peking duck has been around a long time – the first known mention of it was in a cookbook published in the year 1330.  And in 1901, during the closing years of the Qing dynasty, a Yunnanese restauranteur named Zhang Wen went to Beijing to study cookery there, most notably the art of preparing Peking Duck.  When he returned to his home town of Yiliang, he opened a restaurant called Zhibin Garden at the local train station.  But restauranteur Zhang was not content to merely reproduce the Beijing Duck of the capital; he wanted to localize it and make it something unique to the region.
Zhang used a mud oven instead of a brick oven, honey instead of malt syrup for the glaze, and most distinctively pine branches and needles instead of the Gaoliang hardwood normally used for Peking duck.  The end result is now called Yiliang Duck and has become a Yunnanese speciality.  One I certainly intend to try when we arrive.
Yi Liang is not far from the Stone Forest so a trip to the famous duck restaurant is very viable. I ate this duck 17 years ago after doggy bagged it at a road side roaster. The duck was infused with pine fragrance from pine branches and needles. It has a distinctive fragrance makes it the first choice when it comes to fowls.

Yiliang Roast Duck has a history of over 600 years; this savory dish can be on a par with Peking Duck, and can be divided into two types, namely Green duck and Fat duck. Green duck is famous for the tender meat and sweet taste while fat duck has got much fat to makes the meat more appetizing; with green onion, soy sauce or special jam, Yiliang Roast Duck is full of local flavor, especially the Roast Duck made in Goujie Street; with honey, and roasted by pine branches and needles, Yiliang Duck is unique.

Om Café & Gallery located in Dali Renmin middle road, is a chill out place with a decent collection of music, has roof top garden, and the first floor runs as Café, serving world cuisine with southeast Asian curries, middle eastern hummus and  nuances from around the world. The Burmese owner is super friendly serving French wine at 85y per bottle.

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Courtyard style upscale Chinese restaurant. Prices ranging from 50-100 yuan per person.

Went there last week for the second time and was again impressed with both the food – we had six dishes that all left nothing to complain about – and the way they have kept the place in such a great state. Good to see old style houses to be maintained so well.

One of my new favourite Chinese restaurants in town.