China offers a range of fantastic food that you might never have heard of elsewhere. How about some sweet rice, with colour added to it? It certainly sounds intriguing and if you head to the fantastic Jiulong Waterfalls in China’s Yunnan Province then you can try the sweet coloured rice. It’s near the city of Luoping in the Yunnan Province.

Whereabouts can you get Chinese coloured sweet rice?

You can find the sweet coloured Chinese rice in a load of places, but Yunnan is one province that definitely has it. If you head out to the amazing Jiulong Waterfalls you can see a lot of food stalls there and some of them sell the Chinese sweet and coloured rice.

It is very sugary, it’s hot and of course this rice is colourful, it’s a really different style of rice to the normal.

How much does Chinese sweet coloured rice cost?

Well since it’s from a market stall, it will be cheap. Don’t expect to pay any more than around 5 Chinese Yuan (RMB) for a serving!

You have to sample the fantastic sugary coloured rice in Yunnan in China.

How about the flavour? What does this rice taste like?

I have to say I loved it and scoffed it quickly. Rice itself is very flavourless to me, but the added sugar made it tasty and sweet. I’m not sure what e-numbers are in it, as they need to get the colours from somewhere but the taste was great! Really worth trying. The colours of the rice were turquoise, pink, yellow and purple.

Overall what about travelling in China, what’s it like?

Well China is quite simply the world’s largest country in terms of population and will have you amazed by the sheer magnitude of things to do, places to see and people to meet. Parts of China are really off the beaten track for backpackers and make for a fascinating experience.

When your wandering heart takes you to China, get the Yunnan Province on your schedule and make sure you try this fantastic sweet and coloured rice. You will love it!