Bai · snack
Rushan (Bai Cheese)
乳扇 · Rǔshàn
Cow's-milk cheese, fan-shaped, eaten grilled with sugar or rolled with rose petal jam. Bai-minority Dali speciality.
Rushan ('milk fan') is a Bai-minority cow's-milk cheese from Dali in Yunnan. The cheese is made by curdling fresh milk with whey, then stretching the curd into a thin fan-shape and air-drying. Eaten grilled (held over coals on bamboo sticks until lightly browned, then sprinkled with sugar) or rolled with rose petal jam as a sweet snack. Sold from carts in Dali Old Town and the Erhai Lake villages.
Where to try
Dali Old Town, Xizhou, the Erhai Lake area. Rare outside Yunnan.
Dietary notes
Dairy.
Cities to try Rushan (Bai Cheese)
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