Name: Why Taiwan Claims Beef Noodle Soup as Its Signature Dish Travel, Eat, Repeat
Uploaded: 2019-08-02T08:20:58.000Z
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But Taiwan has somehow taken this combination

and made it their own, laying claim to a dish

that is seemingly simple on the surface, but in actuality,

is a deep symbol of the national pride here.

Walk into a 7-11, beef noodle-flavored potato chips.

There's even an international beef noodle competition.

- [Reporter] The international beef noodle festival...

- [Reporter] How tasty are Taipei's famous beef noodles?

- [Iz Harris] What is it about this dish,

Taipei knows how to do a savory breakfast.

We have a bunch of different savory pastries,

dumplings, bao, omelets, all sorts of stuff,

and then then it's all balanced out by this sweet soy soup.

They make their own soy products in house,

Outside, we saw them frying these pastries.

They fry them up, and then they put them inside

The outside of it is like a fried steam bun

It was such a family-centered restaurant.

The food was made fresh, and was delicious and flavorful.

We're heading out today to a town called Jiufen,

which is good, because I seriously need to digest

One of the really cool things about this area

and it's just covered with different street food options.

We're going to go through and try a few things,

explore the different food options, but pace ourselves,

because we have beef noodle coming up tonight,

and it was actually said that it was part of

the inspiration for some of Miyazaki's films,

get some street food, and explore the main market strip.

Street food here is the name of the game.

I was told I have to try the taro ball soup,

This is one of the most popular places here.

which makes sense, with it being a rice ball,

but it almost tastes slightly like a marshmallow,

like it has that creamy, sweet flavor too.

Taiwanese sausage is a very specific thing,

and it was on, like, the top 10 list of things

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Why Taiwan Claims Beef Noodle Soup as Its Signature Dish Travel, Eat, Repeat

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