Dai food is really similar to Thai food, and it is featured by the hot and sour flavor.

Pineapple rice is a very famous Dai food. To make the dish, one has to empty the pineapple and put glutinous rice inside of it. The rice is very soft and glutinous, and it will mix with sweetness of the pineapple.

Sometimes, people would add peanut, sausage, shrimps and corns into the rice to make the flavor more abundant.

To make the dish, one first need to wrap the washed fish with fragrant lemongrass and grill it on the fire.

The aroma of lemongrass is intertwined with the flavor of the fish which tastes very tender. It tastes sour and spicy, and it is very tasty if one is really into the flavor of spices.

"Baoshao" is a very special cooking technique of Dai people. To make a Baoshao, it means to wrap the food with a wide banana leaf and grill it for eating.

There are a variety of things that can be "Baoshao": pork brain, beef tenderloin, mountain spider, Roasted chicken, pork and so on.

Before one wraps those food in the banana leafs, one must first chop those food and add spices such as millet spicy, ginger, lemon, garlic and salt on the food. Then, one could wrap the firm food into banana leaves and grill it on a carbon fire. After peeling off the leaves, the steaming flavor of the meat emerges, which is slightly sour and spicy.

The Dai style pilaf is very special. It is usually served on a large, round bamboo-shaped plate with banana leaves underneath. In the middle of the plate would be hand-made rice, which is eaten with fruit.

Surrounding the rice would be side dishes and meat. Those dishes include potatoes, carrots, grilled chickens, tomatoes and so on.

The method of eating pilaf is also very simple, that is, one would wear gloves, grabs a stack of glutinous rice, and eats the glutinous rice with side dishes.

Many people don't get the reason that so many people love chicken feet in China, but chicken feet is actually a famous cold dish.

The chicken feet is mixed with sesame and peanuts. The sour lemon often is added to increase the rich texture of the dish. The hot and sour chicken feet and peanuts are cleverly blended together, making it a great dish to eat before the main meal.

Chicken feet taste very tender and feel like they are melted in the mouth.

To make the dish, one has to cut off the fresh bamboo and put the glutinous rice into the bamboo, soaking it in water for several hours. After that, one could put the bamboo rice in a fire pond until it dry. After that one can peel off the thin skin of the bamboo tube to get a cylindrical rice.

The reason why bamboo rice is common in Dai culture is that bamboo is the most common plants that could be found in where Dai people live. Bamboo is especially important for Dai's daily life as they use bamboo for building houses, making cooking utensils and decorating.