date:Jul 07, 2014
If you think Chinese noodles are just thin, long strips of dough, think again. In Taiyuan alone, you'll find a remarkable variety of sizes and shapes. There are short and tapered ones that look like little chilis, flat and wide ribbons, slivers with ragged edges, thin square pieces, as well as ones shaped like cat ears.
Taiyuan, the capital of the northern province of Shanxi, dubbed the home of wheaten food in China, considers noodle making an art. Some local chefs can produce up to 260,000 noo