My favorite restaurant in Kunming is on a side street and serves basically one dish.  Kunming, for those who don’t know their Chinese geography, is the capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China and where I lived and studied for half a year in 2006.  I was back to my old stomping ground two weeks ago since it was Mid-Autumn festival and I had four days off from teaching.  The train to Kunming was 17 hours and rolled through the breath-taking Guizhou province – all green mountains, clear streams, and quaint villages.  I arrived early in the morning on a crisp Kunming day.  My day was spent greeting old friends, eating western food and drinking coffee at Salvador’s, and walking down sunny streets.  When it came time to pick a place to have dinner I knew where to go – Spicy Crab.

“It’s the best restaurant in Kunming,” I told my friends.  They were down to try it out.

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