US news network CNN on Wednesday picked eight restaurants that it said serves the best beef noodles in Taipei, a city that it noted has an annual festival devoted to the dish.
“At beef noodle soup’s equivalent of Oscars night [the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival], awards are given for the city’s best traditional spicy broth and best clear broth soup,” CNN said in its review.
“It’s obvious — a bowl of beef noodles is the best way to dive into the Taipei experience,” it added.
At the top of CNN’s list of Taipei’s best beef noodle restaurants was the Regent Taipei hotel, whose “award-winning dish features beef slices alongside bird’s-nest fern, a crunchy and slightly bitter green from Taiwan’s mountains,” the network said.
In second place was Yong Kang Beef Noodle restaurant, a family-run business that serves “chewy noodles, tender Australian beef, gelatinous tendons and flavorful broth with a hint of star anise,” CNN said.
CNN picked a small, long-established eatery, Lin Dong Fan, as the third-best beef noodle joint in Taipei, saying that it is famed for its old-school recipe and “has been pleasing palates for three decades.”
Other restaurants in the review included Pin Chuan Lan, W Taipei hotel, Mien Mien Chu Tao Tasty Noodle House, Taiwan Yi Pin Ramen and Sliced Noodle, and Silks Palace at the New Palace Museum.
In response to the recognition, Regent Taipei said support for the nation’s beloved cuisine helps to preserve and improve the beef noodle culture.
“Hopefully, through the recommendations of media heavyweights like CNN, international travelers and local gourmet lovers will appreciate the chefs’ culinary skills and creativity,” Regent Taipei said.
RESOLUTIONS DEBATE: Taiwan’s allies said that UN and WHA resolutions cited by China and other nations ‘do not determine Taiwan’s participation in WHO activities’ A proposal to invite Taiwan to this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) was rejected on Monday, resulting in Taipei’s absence from the annual meeting for a ninth consecutive year, although partners spoke up for Taiwan’s participation at the first day of the meeting. The first agenda item after the opening was a “two-on-two debate” on a proposal to invite Taiwan to participate at the WHA as an observer. Similar to previous years, two countries made statements in favor of the proposal, while two others expressed their opposition. Philippine Secretary of Health Teodoro Herbosa, president of the 78th WHA, accepted the WHA General Committee’s
Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr arrived in Taiwan last night to kick off his first visit to the country since beginning his second term earlier this year. After arriving at Taoyuan International Airport at around 6:30 pm, Whipps and his delegation were welcomed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍). Speaking to gathered media, the Palauan leader said he was excited and honored to be back in Taiwan on his first state visit to Taiwan since he was sworn in this January. Among those traveling with Whipps is Minister of State Gustav N. Aitaro, Public Infrastructure
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Friday laid out the Cabinet’s updated policy agenda and recapped the government’s achievements ahead of the one-year anniversary of President William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration. Cho said the government had made progress across a range of areas, including rebuilding Hualien, cracking down on fraud, improving pedestrian safety and promoting economic growth. “I hope the public will not have the impression that the Cabinet only asked the legislature to reconsider a bunch of legal amendments,” Cho said, calling the moves “necessary” to protect constitutional governance and the public’s interest. The Cabinet would work toward achieving its “1+7” plan, he said. The
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) hosted a dinner in Taipei last night with key Taiwanese suppliers to celebrate the successful mass production of the company’s new Blackwell AI systems. Speaking to the media earlier yesterday, Huang thanked Nvidia’s Taiwanese partners for their contributions to the company’s ecosystem, while also sharing his plans to meet with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) founder Morris Chang (張忠謀). In response to rumors that Nvidia will launch a downgraded Hopper H20 chip for China in July, Huang dismissed the reports, saying, “That is not true.” He clarified that there
RSS