San Niu Beef Noodles

三牛牛肉麵

Address

No. 207, Jiuru 1st Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City, 807

City

When Kaohsiung locals debate the best beef noodle soup in the city, San Niu is always in the conversation. The beef here is something special - they use premium cuts and braise them until they're so tender they practically fall apart when you pick them up with chopsticks. The broth is rich and deeply flavored, simmered for hours with beef bones, aromatics, and spices until it achieves that perfect balance of savory and slightly sweet. You can choose between clear or spicy broth, and both are excellent. The noodles are springy and made fresh, providing the perfect vehicle for soaking up that incredible soup. It's the kind of meal that warms you from the inside out, even on a hot Kaohsiung day.

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Beef Noodle Soup

Beef noodle soup is a Chinese and Taiwanese noodle soup made of stewed or red braised beef, beef broth, vegetables and Chinese noodles. There are two common variations of beef noodle which differ in the way the broth is prepared. When soy sauce is added, the soup is called red roasted or braised beef noodles (紅燒牛肉麵). Braised beef noodles was reputedly invented by KMT's Sichuan Province recruits who fled from mainland China to Kaoshiung, Taiwan. Therefore, it is sometimes (misleadingly) referred to as "Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup" (四川牛肉麵). The red braised beef noodles is the most common type of beef noodle in Taiwan. The beef is often stewed with the broth and simmered, sometimes for hours. Chefs also let the stock simmer for long periods of time with bone marrow; some vendors can cook the beef stock for over 24 hours. This type of beef noodle tends to be spicy because doubanjiang and five-spice powder are sometimes added. However, the broth may also have a sweeter taste if the fat from the beef is simmered. There are several variations with the soy-based broth, such as spicy, tomato, garlic, and herbal medicine. The tomato variation (番茄牛肉麵) is popular in Taiwan and features chunks of tomatoes in a rich red-coloured soy-tomato broth.

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