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Popular Night Attractions in Mengla [2025]
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Nanlahe Star Light Night Market
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8 reviews
3.8
2.6 km from downtown
Address: 云南省西双版纳傣族自治州勐腊县气象路与曼它拉路交叉口东420米
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 hour
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Mengla also has its own Starlight Night Market
Mengla is a border county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna, bordering Myanmar and Laos. There are 741 kilometers of national borders on 6,860 square kilometers of land. Although it is just a small border county, it is well built. The Platinum Hotel where we stayed should be near the new urban area. The surrounding buildings are very new and the roads are very wide. There are water splashing squares and Starlight Night Market not far from the hotel, which is very lively.
The Starlight Night Market in Mengla is located on the banks of the Nanla River, so it is named Nanla River Starlight Night Market. The entire night market is almost a smaller version of the Gaozhuang Starlight Night Market. There are also buildings similar to Buddhist temples next to the night market. The lights are very beautiful. Unlike the Gaozhuang Night Market, which is specifically for tourists, the things sold here are mostly fruits, food, ethnic costumes and other daily necessities, full of life, and more interesting to visit. I bought some fruits with my baby, took a simple walk and looked around, and then went to the next stop to find food.
I heard that the most famous barbecues in Mengla County are grilled tilapia and grilled pork belly. We came to the famous Nanla River Starlight Night Market. Of course, we ordered these two, and also some leeks, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, beef, etc., as well as glutinous rice cakes. This white, long glutinous rice cake is rarely used for barbecue. It is burnt, fragrant, soft and delicious.
The grilled leeks and enoki mushrooms are actually served with fried soybeans, which is particularly delicious; the grilled tilapia is different from that in Guangxi. It is not put on a plate with various ingredients, but eaten directly with sauce, which highlights the freshness of the fish meat, sour and spicy; the pork belly is grilled in large pieces and sliced after it is grilled, and the taste is also good.
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