Rice cake, called Er'kuai in Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and many other parts of Yunnan, is a popular snack and always served as breakfast; people also offer Er’kuai to each other when spending China's Spring Festival. As described in a poem of the Qing Dynasty, the northerners eat dumplings in Spring Festival, while people in Kunming cook Er'kuai rice cakes, Er'kuai could be prepared by frying, boiling, stewing and roasting etc; in the morning, you can see lots of people take Er'kuai as breakfast. Sometimes, you can even take it as Yunnan's fast food of KFC or Mc. Donald.
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