Dali and Shaxi, China

In the second episode of Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong, Luke discovers the unique flavours and culinary traditions of the Bai and Yai people in the historic towns of Dali and Shaxi in China’s Yunnan Province. In Dali, Luke creates a textural vegetarian stir-fry with the Zhao family’s rice noodle, and has the best fishing experience of his life with the help of specially trained Cormorant birds.