Beef Noodle Soup with Knife-shaved Noodles. I have miserably failed to make this at home, so I'll resort to gorging myself on this every time I'm here. The soup has been stewing since early in the morning and is perfect for lunch - especially since it's cold and rainy out. The noodles are freshly cut to order. The chef uses a block of dough and gently shaves off long noodle-like pieces into the soup -- similar to using a carrot peeler. The result is an uneven textured noodle that's soft on the edges and chewy and doughy in the middle. Yummm...
Friday, March 11, 2011
Taiwanese Beef Noodles (刀削牛肉麵)
Beef Noodle Soup with Knife-shaved Noodles. I have miserably failed to make this at home, so I'll resort to gorging myself on this every time I'm here. The soup has been stewing since early in the morning and is perfect for lunch - especially since it's cold and rainy out. The noodles are freshly cut to order. The chef uses a block of dough and gently shaves off long noodle-like pieces into the soup -- similar to using a carrot peeler. The result is an uneven textured noodle that's soft on the edges and chewy and doughy in the middle. Yummm...
