- What's up cuties?
Today we are at Tonghua Night Market, one of my favorite
night markets here in Taipei, Taiwan.
Now I'm gonna show you three Taiwanese noodle soups
you must try, a.k.a. I'm sending you nudes.
N-o-o-d, noods, because then that'd be awkward,
if it was the other one.
Okay, I'm gonna start the video now.
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We are here at our first stop to try some delicious
danzai noodles.
Check this out.
♪ Ahhhh ♪
I don't know if you can hear in the background,
but there's this romantic, sexual jazz music playing,
and I think it's very fitting for this noodle right here.
I think it's time for some noodle bowl porn.
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♪ Oooh yeah ♪
- Ooh snaps, mm, noodle bowl.
So if you actually search up danzai,
or danzai noodles online, you're gonna see the photo
very similar to this, but it has a piece of shrimp on top.
So we're missing the shrimp, but we basically got
everything else.
We have some minced pork, we have bean sprouts,
cilantro, black vinegar, garlic, soy sauce, and egg.
These are the usual ingredients you need to make
a delicious danzai noodles.
Yes, queen.
Noodles actually dates back to the Qing dynasty
130 years ago.
Yes, thank you Google search for that information.
We are going to try this delicious bowl of noodles.
Oh my gosh, I am salivating already.
Here we go.
Mmmm, oh, oh my goodness.
That was so delicious, that was actually really good.
Oh yeah, okay, the noodle is chewy.
It's super soft.
It's also flavorful.
It really soaked in that soup, and this broth, ohh,
it's so good.
It's got that light, savory meat sauce flavor in it,
and it's like salty, but not too much, it's perfect.
This is pretty dang good.
I'm gonna take a bite with the bean sprouts.
I love bean sprouts.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.
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Ohh, woo.
Okay, I'm gonna give this bowl of noodle a
four out of five noms.
It's pretty darn good.
It tastes very traditional and brings me back
to my childhood.
I'm loving it.
Okay, now it's time to try the second noodle soup.
Let's go.
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Hello you guys, we are now trying our second
Taiwanese noodle soup over here.
And it's actually one of my favorites as well.
All my food is my favorite.
Mm, yeah.
This noodle soup here is called orh ah mee sua.
Now what it's got in here is some wheat noodles right here.
Don't confuse it with rice vermicelli,
because they're very different.
Rice vermicelli is made with brown rice.
This right here is wheat.
It is much darker.
In here is also cilantro.
I love cilantro.
And we got some oyster and some large intestine
mixed in as well.
The large intestine is (speaks in Chinese).
To be honest, cooked oyster, I don't know how I feel
about that, the texture is kind of weird to me.
But I do love the intestine in the soup right here.
It's really chewy and just so good.
The thing about this noodle soup that I particularly like
is how the soup is really thick.
It's because they added some tapioca powder in there
to make that sticky, gooey soup right here
that you see.
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♪ Ooh yeah ♪
- Shall we take a bite?
Yes, okay, let's go.
I want to get a big bite with noodles and soup
and intestines in there.
Mmm, here we go.
Mmmm.
Oh, okay, okay, have to be honest.
I wasn't sure how good this particular shop was because
I haven't tried it, but I've tried the other two.
But dang this is a good bowl of oyster vermicelli.
It really is delicious.
I think the broth here is especially light.
A lot of times, these vermicelli noodles, the broth
is all really dark brown, they probably put a lot of
sauce in here, but this is just perfect.
It's quite wonderful.
It just looks like chunks of yummyness.
We're gonna eat an oyster.
I don't know how I feel about this oyster,
but I'm gonna put it in my mouth.
Here we go.
Mmm, oh, surprisingly really, really good.
The oyster was quite pleasant.
It kind of just melts in your mouth.
Just a little bit of seafood taste.
The soup is yummy, the noodles are delicious.
I'm such a noodle person.
Okay, I'm gonna take another bite.
Here we go.
Mmmm, that's yummy.
If you're trying to get to this particular noodle shop,
you have to walk all the way down to this intersection,
and then make a right.
Make a right.
I just, I don't know my directions.
Make a right and then walk about 50 kilometers,
and you're gonna reach a shop that sells stinky tofu
and these oyster vermicelli.
Oh boy, it really is so yummy.
I'm a fan.
I'm gonna give this noodle a four out of five nom as well.
And that was the second bowl of noodle soup you must try
here in Taiwan.
Are your stomachs ready for the third one?
Let's go.
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Oh yeah, noodle teleportation,
oh yeah, oh yeah.
We are at our final stop trying our third and last
noodle soup.
This is one of my favorites.
It is not just only one of my favorite noodle soup,
this particular restaurant has some of the best
(speaks in Chinese) I've ever tasted.
Seriously, just take a look at this,
can we get a little close up?
Can we get some noodle bowl porn?
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♪ Ooh yeah ♪
- If you try to search for this online,
there's not really an English name.
I found a variation.
I'm gonna call this the pork rib noodle soup.
This rib right here though, it is actually pre-fried,
so what you see around it is a beautiful glistening batter.
Oh yes.
This particular shop, why I love it so much,
is that this spare rib right here,
when you take a bite, it literally just melts in your mouth.
And the spare rib is so soft,
you just chew right through it.
It's like magic.
Let me show you what I mean.
Mmm, mmmm.
Oh meat is seasoned, the pepper spicy.
It's just so nice, so flavorful.
Did you see how it just fell off?
Look at this again.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
That chew, that bite right there,
I literally just, I bit through the bone,
I didn't even need to chew it.
Let me tell you something.
When you come to this night market,
you're gonna see a shop that sells (speaks in Chinese).
Don't get it from there.
It's not as good.
This spot, this spot, is the spot, okay?
Let's try our favorite part, the noodles.
Ooh, look at this, look at this noodle skills.
The spoon, noodles, right there, you do a little spin.
Oh, just kidding, never mind, don't follow,
don't do this at home, never mind, oh shit.
This looks so good.
Mmm, ohh, this is literally perfection.
It's my favorite noodle soup out of the three that we tried.
This soup here is a beautiful pork broth.
It is so good.
It's the kind of soup where you take one spoonful,
and you're like I've got to drink the whole thing.
I always finish the broth.
Mmm, just one more delicious bite with the noodles,
with the soup, ohh, oh my gosh, here we go.
Mmmm.
You guys, this noodle soup is a five out of five noms.
You heard it here first.
You guys have to check out this restaurant right here.
You won't be disappointed, I promise.
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Mmm, oh yeah.
Alright cuties, so that was three Taiwanese noodle soups
you have to try if you are here in Taiwan.
Now I want to know which one of the three was your favorite.
Comment below, and I'll comment something back.
I'll see you guys later.
Bye.
I'm gonna go ahead and take another bite because
darn that was yummy.
Oh fuck, oh fuck it's so hot.
Oh fuck.
I'm gonna take another (laughs).
And I'm gonna show you three Taiwanese noodle soups
you must try.
I gotta move out for this cart right here.
Mmm, that Chinese pop song in the background though.
Am I gonna get a copyright?
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