Taiwan’s Unlikely Beef Noodle Soup

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Beef noodle soup is Taiwan's national dish, but its existence is surprising, given that eating beef was taboo on the island not too long ago. Today, there's an annual beef noodle contest where chefs from around the nation duke it out to see who makes the best bowl. How did this happen? Reporter and cookbook author Clarissa Wei investigates. (Clarissa’s forthcoming cookbook, Made in Taiwan, is scheduled for release on September 19, 2023.) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.0	People noodles are my all time favorite food.
1:07.0	I can't help it, I'm Asian.
1:09.2	And within the canot of noodle dishes, there's one that's in my opinion, in the top five,
1:15.8	maybe even top three.
1:17.2	I'm talking about Taiwanese beef noodles, and there's no one I know who's more of an expert
1:23.9	on Taiwanese beef noodles than Taiwan-based food writer and author Clarissa Wei.
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