Lao Shandong Homemade Noodles, Noodle restaurant in Ximending, Taiwan.
Lao Shandong Homemade Noodles is a Chinese noodle restaurant in the basement of the Wan Nian Building in Ximending, Taipei. The noodles are hand-cut fresh to order and served in a clear beef broth made without artificial seasonings.
The restaurant was founded in 1949 when the owner's grandfather arrived in Taiwan along with the wave of mainland refugees. He started by selling steamed buns, then switched to noodles when surplus flour became available, setting the course for the family business.
The cooking style comes from Shandong province in northern China, where hand-cut noodles have long been a staple food. The broth is made with Chinese herbs, and watching the noodles being cut in the kitchen is part of the experience.
The restaurant sits in the basement of a busy shopping building in Ximending and tends to fill up quickly at lunch and early evening. It is worth bringing cash, as no other payment method is accepted.
The noodles are cut only seconds before they go into the pot, which gives them a texture that is hard to find outside of this style of cooking. Diners can choose between flank steak, tendon, or both, and each option changes the feel of the bowl noticeably.
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