A trip to Taiwan without eating at least one bowl of beef noodle soup (牛肉麵 / Mandarin: niú roù miàn) is like not having visited Taiwan at all. There are so many restaurants, corner shops, and roadside stalls that serve the supposed national dish in various forms and flavors. Whether it is the red roasted version (紅燒 / Mandarin: hóng shao) that is darkened with soy sauce, the version with clear, unadulterated beef broth (清燉 / Mandarin: qin dùn), the version that is stewed from tomatoes (茄汁 / Mandarin: qié zhi), or the increasingly popular spicy Szechwan flavored (川味 / Mandarin: chuan weì) version, there is a flavor for everyone. Everyone's tastes are different. What one may think as the best beef noodle soup, another may think of it as nothing special. Despite the annual search for the top purveyor of noodles at the Taipei International Beef Noodle Soup Festival (臺北國際牛肉麵節), it really is quite difficult to say which restaurant makes the best noodle soup. I tried Chen's Beef Noodle Soup (陳記牛肉麵), and it was pleasantly palatable.
This is pure and indulgent beef noodle soup porn. Tender beef shank... yesssss.
Umami broth completely indulgent in beef essence... ohhhhh, yesssss. Slurpable, slurpable, slurpable hand cut noodle strands... oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yessssssssss. Hot and bothered yet? Sweating a little bit? That's what I thought. Until next time, let's all get
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Chen's Beef Noodle Soup (陳記牛肉麵)
台北市大安區安東街56號
No. 56, Andong St., Da An District, Taipei City
ML - 20130701
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