Extraordinary hand pulled sweet noodles. Only a week ago, on my flight out of Taipei, I watched an episode of the Gordon Ramsay Cookalong TV series where he attempted to pull noodles under the supervision of a Chinese noodle chef. In the midst of much expletive spitting and noodle hurling he had to admit that it was extremely arduous and required much skill. In Yangshuo this week I stumbled on a pavement stall where a young Chinese guy was showing off his noodle pulling skills. I've never seen finer or more feathery noodles in my life, and yes, it looks like very hard work. I'm now on a mission to find where these are sold. They are called Dragon's Whiskers Sweets or LongXuTang 龙须糖. [click on images to enlarge] | [I found the finished product. It is not very delicious.] |