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Mangshi is not busy, but the mouth is the busiest

🌴【Mangshi|Busier than Mangshi is my mouth, never stopping】🌴 ✨ When the Dai flavor of Xishuangbanna is "Northeasternized," Mangshi is the border town that secretly preserves the sour and spicy soul—the bitterness of sapie, the knockout of lemon ghost chicken, the sweetness of puluda... Every bite here is an original flavor bomb cooked by Dai grandmas, no need to carefully choose where to eat because every place will hit your taste buds hard. 📸 "Golden Pagoda and Silver Pagoda, capturing the Southeast Asian movie vibe" — The sunset golden glow over Menghuan Great Golden Pagoda overflows, and the Silver Pagoda’s reflection is like a mirror of the sky. Dress in Dai costume, let the travel photographer teach you the "peacock gesture," and your nine-grid Moments will be instantly legendary. ☕ "Drinking coffee sitting in a tree" Who says coffee shops have to be formal? Big Tree Coffee hangs seats on banyan tree branches, swing your legs while sipping iced Americano, with dappled light and shadow beneath your feet—this kind of "wild afternoon tea" is the right way to enjoy Mangshi. 🍜 **Mangshi Food Walk List** ▪️ Broken Road Breakfast: Beef rice noodles with 12 kinds of seasonings, sour and spicy enough to tingle your scalp ▪️ Zhefang Morning Sapie: Hand-grabbed rice with lemon sapie, a bite that transports you to Myanmar ▪️ Mengbanaxi Night Market’s Grilled Pork Skin: Crispy enough to hear the "crack," and the fire-roasted pork rice noodles are so good they make you cry ▪️ **Ganying Pickled Chicken Feet**: 2 yuan each, seven levels of spiciness to challenge your taste buds 🌆 The AB sides of the border town By day, devout under the Buddhist pagoda; by night, it transforms into a barbecue stall world—puluda paired with grilled tilapia, Myanmar beer soaking the midsummer, streets full of jackfruit trees, and even the breeze carries the intoxicating tropical fruit fragrance. ✈️ Reasons to go on a whim** ✔️ 50 minutes flight from Kunming, half the price of going to Xishuangbanna ✔️ Affordable prices, 30 yuan per person to eat until full ✔️ Rainy season (June-August) fills the streets with jackfruit fragrance, romantic in both sun and rain 📮 Keep this guide, next time someone says "Xishuangbanna = Dai flavor," just throw Mangshi in their face! #MangshiIsTheRealDaiFlavor #YunnanBorderTour #HiddenTravelPhotographySpot #CoffeeInTheTreeAdventure 📍 Recommended locations: Menghuan Great Golden Pagoda / Big Tree Coffee / Mengbanaxi Food City / Xinwan Factory ✨ **Bonus**: Silver Pagoda night tours open every Saturday, the pagoda under the starry sky is even more dreamy~
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