emphasize tourist trade much more than the other four. The Inle lake area is renowned for its weaving industry. The Shan-bags, used daily by many Burmese as a tote-bag, are produced in large quantities here. Silk-weaving is another very important industry, producing high-quality hand-woven silk fabrics of distinctive design called Inle longyi. A unique fabric called lotus silk, made from the lotus plant fibers, is produced only at Inle Lake and is used for weaving special robes for Buddha images called kya thingan (lotus robe). While hot air balloon flights are more popular in Bagan, they are also provided over Inle Lake with Balloons Over Bagan. There is also a winery near the lake, called Red Mountain Estate. Cuisine Inle cuisine is different from Shan cuisine, as it incorporates local natural produce. The most well-known Inle dish would be the htamin gyin - a rice, tomato and potato or fish salad kneaded into round balls dressed and garnished with crisp fried onion in oil, tamarind sauce, coriander and spring onions often with garlic, Chinese chives roots (ju myit), fried whole dried chili, grilled dried fermented bean cakes (pè bouk) and fried dried tofu (topu chauk kyaw) on the side. See also Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary References External links Inle lake tourism Large scale manufacture of Shan tofu at Inle Lake video Inle Lake moving postcards Inle Lake in Photos Lakes of Myanmar Tourist attractions in Myanmar Ramsar sites in Myanmar Geography of Shan State Freshwater ecoregions Shan Hills