More rice :) well we are in Dazhai, Longsheng :) home of the rice fields. Great fried rice. Carrot ginger white pepper beef garlic oil rice. No soy sauce or egg. You think it's going to be dry but it's not it's perfect. Actually there may be some soy but here the food is much drier than the Chinese food at home. You think it will need more sauce including the meet dishes as they come with plain boiled sticky rice. But they are great on their own.

Beef with peppers. In ping an too. Still Longsheng area. Longi rice terraces. Mild. Simple. Great lunch for hiking ;)

In ping an. Longsheng rice terraces. V close to Dazhai. We did a 3.5 hr trek to get there. This bamboo chicken is the typical dish of the area. Bit dry but the subtle burnt bamboo flavour is nice and I love how it's served. Took 4.5 to get back so a good 8 hr day today. Really stunning. Happy to be back in Dazhai. Less people. Real countryside :)

Eds beef with red onion. The hostel food is amazing so we've decided to move to this one for a night. Really funny owner too.

Delicious fresh bamboo in a hostel in Dazhai. Not our hostel. Very delicious. Ginger in it too and garlic. Apparently bamboo is really good for you. Low fat low salt. High fiber. High potassium. High in other great plant elements. Its seriously tasty fresh. And pandas love it and I love pandas :)