Green Leaf Banquet

Green Leaf Banquet

　　The Green Leaf Banquet is a distinctive and rustic feast originating from the Jingpo ethnic villages. It primarily features the area’s abundant wild vegetables and game, prepared using traditional cooking methods such as grilling, boiling, frying, and pickling. Meals are served wrapped in large leaves or banana leaves, and soup is held in bowls and spoons ingeniously folded from leaves—earning its name from the all-green spread and the complete absence of utensils. One by one, you open the "green packages": there’s fragrant glutinous rice, delicious heartleaf (a type of herb), honeycomb custard, along with deep-fried flying ant pancakes, pounded grilled spotted doves, and Pa Gun pickled fish, making it hard to decide what to try first. Facing a table full of lush greens and exquisite dishes, paired with mellow rice wine and local spirits, plus the warm hospitality of the Jingpo people… (Dehong)