In general, I wouldn’t tell someone to go to China for the food. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than Chinatown, USA food; however, it does get monotonous after a while. Maybe it’s not even the food; it’s just eating three full meals a day on a tour – that is becoming tedious. However – there is an exception. It is well worth traveling to Xi’an, China for a bowl of the local noodle soup. It is amazing.
My friend, Wun Hung Low is the noodle soup chef at the Golden Flower Hotel in Xi’an. He stands behind his little booth, kneads the dough, hand pulls it (100 times) and throws the fresh noodles in a pot of water. Then he prepares a bowl with a bit of sesame seed, scallion or parsley, special soy sauce, a ladle of perfectly flavored special noodle soup broth and scoops up the noodles from the pot with his chopsticks(!!) and tosses the luscious noodles into the bowl. You can finish the soup with your choice of vegetables, a slice of beef, some pork mush or tomatoes. You then can add in a dash of ultra spicy red stuff – but it doesn’t even need it.
Yesterday, I had noodle soup for dinner. Today I had it for breakfast and lunch. I’d be eating a cocktail-hour bowlful right now if I wasn’t typing this blog. It’s simply the best soup I have ever eaten. We are bringing Wun home with us to open our own little soup kitchen back in the USA.
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ReplyDeleteIt is early morning, and we fal out of bed to read your missives or blogs. Becky is doing yeoman work with the blogs. When we were in China. Brad was measured for suits in HK before, when we returned to HK, they didn't fit he gained so much weight.