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China is noodle heaven.
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Yes.
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Wait.
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Noodles, rice noodles.
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The list is absolutely endless.
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Hi, I'm Claressa and I'm excited to announce that we're doing Ah, whole Siri's just on noodles.
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So how did this come about?
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We just wrapped up a 13 part series on Chinese food called Eat China, where I traveled to four different regions of the country, learned about their food culture and ate at some of the best restaurants in town.
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If you haven't seen it, the link is in the video description.
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So actress Season one, we got a lot of feedback and you guys said you liked it when we dove deep into one specific dish.
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So this time we've decided to focus just on noodles.
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This is China Season two Noodle Edition.
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Our first episode is actually a place I went through three years ago.
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It's a noodle school in Lanzo, Gansu Province, where noodles are entirely hand tooled.
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Later, we'll also have noodles made with bamboo noodles shaved with knives and noodles made with rice.
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So why did you choose noodles?
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Because it's one of those ingredients.
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I think that really reflects the diversity of China.
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For example, wheat noodles are more prevalent in northern China because that's where we grows.
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And rice noodles are mostly found in the south because rice, as a crop requires much more rain in the south compared to the north gets plenty of it.
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And also like with pasta in Italy, making Chinese noodles is an art.
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It's not just flour and water, sometimes an alkaline substances added to make the noodles more chewing.
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Sometimes they're made with flour and egg, and how you need and shape the dough is absolutely essential.
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So what's the goal off the series?
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The goal is to get people to appreciate the nuances of Chinese cuisine and hopefully get some hungry for noodles.
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Are we to fake fake fake?