Name: Taiwan Street Food - BEST BEEF NOODLES + 5 Must Eat Foods in Taipei!!
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Hey everyone, hope you're having an amazing day.

I'm in the food-obsessed island of Taiwan.

And so today, I'm gonna take you on an ultimate Taiwanese food tour.

Where we are going to eat five of the absolute best of the dishes you don't want to, you actually can't miss eating when you come to Taipei.

So it's gonna be an ultimate day of Taiwanese, some of the most delicious, some of the greatest, some of the most iconic and tasty Taiwanese foods that you can possibly eat.

You're not gonna want to miss any of this video and it's all coming up for you right now.

We are just actually a couple blocks down from Taipei Main Station, which is one of the busiest areas of all of Taipei.

And the name of this place is Liu San Dong Beef Noodles.

I can already smell the aroma of the first dish that we're gonna eat.

It's probably one of the most famous of all Taiwanese foods.

And this is gonna be number one on the list to eat it.

I'm talking about number one, Taiwanese beef noodles.

It's a legendary place to eat beef noodles.

This is what everyone is here for, the beef.

Uncle is just explaining to us about their special beef noodles.

And they're the only restaurant that serves this homemade noodle that's the thickness of a chopstick.

And then he was also explaining about the broth, where it's all about the bones that boil in that broth for 24 hours to release all the flavor.

And he said that floating on top, that yellow oil, the more yellow oil, the better, because that's pure beef flavor.

He's just explained to us some of the secrets of beef noodle.

And he says he only uses Taiwanese beef because of the texture, because of the flavor.

He said he found us the perfect piece of beef, which looks like a brisket type of cut.

He says it has the perfect ratio of fattiness to meat.

And when they assemble them, they boil their noodles, they add in some broth, then the slices of cut beef go on.

They add in a little bit of a stock, like braising sauce, it looks like.

More of that bone marrow beef broth goes in.

It's really one of the national dishes of Taiwan.

Something that people just absolutely love.

And what an absolute hero of beef noodles.

This metal canister, which is filled with the bones.

That's what's been boiling for 24 hours to create that rich broth.

There's strategic slices in the bone so that all of the flavor is unleashed.

That amount of flavor, that's what makes the broth.

The new bones going into the broth, and then a bone marrow shower.

Pokes the beef chunks with a chopstick, and if it sticks all the way in, then he knows it's perfectly tender.

But just by touch, by feel, that is experience.

The time has finally come, and what an education on Taiwanese beef noodles before eating it.

One is the braised beef, and then one is just that expertise of beef that's just boiled within the bone broth.

And one thing, they serve it with chopped up green onions, but then Uncle said he wanted me to try that broth first with no green onions, just to taste the purity of the broth, that beef flavor.

You can taste all of the flavor that's just been unleashed from the bones.

The marrow has seeped out to make it rich and oily.

Let's move into that other broth real fast before we jump into all the goodies and the noodles.

Oh, man, one of the things I love about food, and I love about this place, is that the food is so good.

Uncle is just how particular he is about everything.

He has a way, he has a method, and I so respect him.

Those are interesting, those are really tasty, and I think it's perfect with the beef noodles, because they're thick enough to kind of absorb some of that broth while remaining chewy at the same time.

One of the condiments that's on the table that a lot of people use is this pickled, preserved greens.

People add spoons of this to their noodles, and then they do have a bunch of condiments as well, including garlic, and this you peel yourself so it stays nice and clean in its wrapper.

That pickled greens is really good, too, that preserved flavor, a little bit of saltiness, a little bit of that complexity from the fermentation.

Okay, back over to the other bowl here, and this is the different type of beef, more of that brisket that's been braised, that's been cooked down without the spices.

I'll add some of the greens again to this one.

That's just like a pure taste of beef, whereas the braised one, you taste all those, I mean, the star anise, the cinnamon in there, wow.

You take a bite of noodles, nibble on the garlic, mix it all together in your mouth, get the full potency of that garlic to cleanse your mouth up, boost the aromatics.

So what it says on the directions is you're actually not supposed to add this to your noodles, but you're supposed to take literally one bean, you eat, and chew three times, one, two, three, and then you get the beef, chew another three times, one, two, three, and then follow with broth.

All of that's mixing in your mouth at once, you get that burst of umami from the fermented bean, a little bit of chili in there, mostly for flavoring, which mixes with that beef, mixes with that broth all together in your mouth as a harmony.

You cannot make a bad choice between the two, I mean, maybe you should just try them both.

The braised one and the fresh one, but I'm kind of really loving that fresh one because it focuses more on the purity of the beef.

And then we also got some of the side dishes, this is some of the tofu, oh, that's juicy.

They have a variety of tofu, some of the kelp, different side dishes you can eat along with your beef noodles, kind of in between bites, maybe cleanse the palate.

And another very condiment side is their pickled cabbage.

Not salty, just a bit sour, and very crisp.

One of the greatest beef noodle experiences you can have.

I mean, it's like a tiny little shop, but you really feel the energy and the action and the friendliness here.

We've had an amazing, delicious bowl of Taiwanese beef noodles, which is one of the most popular, well-known Taiwanese dishes across the world.

But right here in Taiwan, for Taiwanese people, there's another dish that might even be more popular.

I'd say it's the number one comfort food of Taiwan, and we're gonna eat it next.