china is noodle heaven
wheat noodles
rice noodles
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the list is absolutely endless hi
i'm clarissa and i'm excited to announce
that we're doing a whole series just on
noodles
so how did this come about
we just wrapped up a 13 part series on
chinese food called eat china where i
traveled to four different regions of
the country
learned about their food culture and ate
at some of the best restaurants in town
if you haven't seen it the link is in
the video description so after season
one we got a lot of feedback
and you guys said you liked it when we
dove deep into one specific dish
so this time we've decided to focus just
on noodles
this is eat china season 2 noodle
edition
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our first episode is actually a place i
went to three years ago
it's a noodle school in lanzo gansu
province where noodles are entirely hand
pulled
later we'll also have noodles made with
bamboo noodles shaved with knives and
noodles made with rice
so why did you choose noodles because
it's one of those ingredients i think
that really reflects the diversity of
china
for example wheat noodles are more
prevalent in northern china because
that's where wheat grows
and rice noodles are mostly found in the
south because rice as a crop requires
much more rain
and the south compared to the north gets
plenty of it
and also like with pasta in italy making
chinese noodles is an art
it's not just flour and water sometimes
an alkaline substance is added to make
the noodles more chewy
sometimes they're made with flour and
egg and how you knead and shape the
dough is absolutely essential
so what's the goal of the series the
goal is to get people to appreciate the
nuances of chinese cuisine
and hopefully get them hungry for
noodles
are we too fake