So I just had to settle down and buy some food. Waaay too much food, all very very tasty and all new to me so that was a great delight.
The community around here is more than 60% Naxi people (pronounced Nashee) and their food, language, clothes, customs, etc. are all unique from ‘main land’ Chinese.
This is Naxi food including: a local stewed tofu specialty with a thick sauce and yummy ginger, then there is ‘fried pea jelly salad’, dark gelatinous bits with a flavorful tempura like coating, and then a ‘Naxi pancake’ with sheets of crisp oily tasty dough and a sweet and spicy filling that I have no idea what it was.