Cross Bridge Rice Noodle Soup

We ordered the wrong noodle soup the disastrous noodle house visit last time. We were suppose to order cross bridge noodle soup. We told our tour guide of our experience and she suggested another noodle house. Hebron loves those noodle sooooo much that he insisted that we try it. So we went to another noodle house at 5 pm to beat the dinner crowd. This place actually have English menu. So we ordered the cross bridge noodle. Thankfully they brought our food to us.

The legend behind cross bridge noodle soup in Kunming is that a long time ago there was a scholar in Kunming studying for the imperial exam to enter the palace to be the King's advisor. He found a good place to study in a pagoda in the middle of the lake. His wife would cross the bridge to bring him food everyday. He complained all the time about her food. Until one day she made him chicken soup. She separated the chicken stock from the meat, vegetables and rice noodle so things won't get soggy. The husband loved it so much that he request to eat that everyday. After a long time of studying, he made his way to Beijing to take the imperial exam which he passed and became the King's advisor and got rich. People here like to eat this noodle before major exam for good luck. That is why there is a cross bridge noodle house in every corner. As you can see, the meat, vegetables, and noodle is separate from the chicken stock. We are suppose to combine it ourselves. It is really good.