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Notes on Dry Beef Noodles in Taiwan
A bowl without soup, where the sauce remains Dry beef noodles (niurou ganbanmian) arrive without the thing most people expect.There is no broth. At the bottom sits a small pool of dark sauce.Above it, steaming noodles.On top, a few heavy... -
Notes on Tomato Beef Noodle Soup in Taipei
A Third Pole Shaped by Competition Tomato beef noodle soup (fanqie niurou mian) appears in Taipei as a red bowl that does not fit the old choices. It is not the dark soy-braised style.It is not the clear broth style.It is neither transpa... -
Notes on Taipei’s Beef Noodle Arena
The Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival, and the Quietness of the Everyday Bowl Taipei has the Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival.It takes place near Yuanshan Station on the Tamsui–Xinyi MRT Line, inside Yuanshan Expo Park. ... -
Notes on Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
A bowl shaped by history, divided into red and clear Taiwanese beef noodle soup (niurou mian) carries a specific smell.Star anise, dark soy, and the heavy edge of beef fat. It does not stay inside one shop.It leaks into side streets, mar... -
Notes on Seeing “Pig” Everywhere in Taiwanese Diners
The character that appears first When I enter a small diner in Taiwan, I often notice the same character before anything else. It is written on paper strips on the wall.It sits at the edge of laminated menus.It is taped to the glass in f... -
Notes on Why Taiwan Has Beef Noodle Soup, but Not Pork Noodle Soup
A small question over a late bowl One night in Taipei, I was eating beef noodle soup, niurou mian. A simple question caught in my throat. Taiwan has beef noodle soup.But a sign that says pork noodle soup is almost never seen. Pork is fam... -
Notes on Noodles in Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Thick or Thin, and What the Bowl Becomes Right after I finally manage to order a bowl of red-braised beef noodle soup (hongshao niurou mian), the staff asks without a pause. Which noodles? It is often not written on the menu.A quiet extr... -
Notes on the Making of Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
A Bowl That Moved from Juancun Kitchens into the City Beef noodle soup (niurou mian) is now a common sight in Taiwan, in almost any city.But its starting point was not a restaurant district.It was the postwar military dependents’ village... -
Notes on Counting Drink Shops Across Taiwan
Testing a Few Estimation Methods While Walking Walking through Taiwanese cities, the next drink shop appears before I realize it. Each turn brings a new sign.I keep thinking, “Were there this many?” On Fuxing South Road, on Zhongxiao Eas... -
Notes on Du Xiao Yue in Taiwan’s Night Markets
A word that returns to the street, and the instincts of trade Walking through a night market, my eyes pause. Amid flashing lights and shouted signs, three familiar characters appear. Du Xiao Yue. The lettering is the same as the one seen...
