Old Signboard Beef Noodle Rex Of Chong Qing South. Taipei 老牌牛肉大王 |Johor Kaki Travels For Food

There are many "must try" things to exercise inwards Taipei. One is to gustation their beef noodles equally the Taiwanese dearest their beef. Another is to consume at dorsum lane nutrient stalls. So , nosotros actually enjoyed ourselves at 老牌牛肉大王 or "Old Signboard Beef Noodle King" - a famous dorsum lane beef noodle stall inwards Taipei.



The friendly possessor of 丞祖 pepper cake stall at Chong Qing South Road pointed us here. Otherwise , nosotros would create got walked past times this dorsum lane a hundred times without knowing what awesomeness nosotros missed. From my sense eating during the daytime , Taipei side or dorsum lanes are build clean together with safe.





Walk 50 paces into the side lane off Chong Qing South Road together with yous volition encounter this busy beef noodle stall. The brilliant crimson signboard boldly declared inwards Chinese "Old Signboard Beef Noodle King".



The tables were total this morning. Young , former , 3 generation families , locals , out of town folks together with fifty-fifty foreigners , similar us lah!

Actually , nosotros had pretty adept dorsum lane eateries inwards Old Singapore too. I used to function inwards a dorsum lane drinking glass window pane workshop equally fry labour , together with spent a adept part of my S$2 daily wage at a dorsum lane Hainanese beef noodle stall. I can't retrieve where inwards downtown Singapore that was , simply it was inwards the 1970s.


  
Cheerful Head Chef 李清展 was busy dishing out bowl subsequently bowl of hearty beefy goodness , non halt , the whole fourth dimension nosotros were in that place 😮

The boss King Mr. 謝錦發 (not inwards picture) has been running his stall for virtually thirty years. He started equally a noodle maker together with supplied his noodles to hawkers. He began to sell his beef noodles inwards his spare time. Soon , his beef noodles became together with then pop , he started making together with selling his ain beef noodles total time.



Besides beef noodles , No Signboard Beef Noodle King also serves braised beef parts such equally "must try" tendons together with tripe. (They also create got braised tofu 花干 together with pork caput parts similar ears together with snout.)



Oh.... The King's beef noodles come upwards inwards a fiery looking broth alongside thick fatty noodles topped alongside huge chunks of reddish brownish colouring beef. Woah! I similar beef noodles that expect similar this.



The King's beefy broth is Sichuan fashion , taught to Mr 謝錦發 past times his primary decades ago. Its torso is calorie-free simply the savoury spicy season is quite robust. There's a combat of crimson greasy slick on live on past times simply I was able to drinkable it.



The King's freshly made noodles are heavy , fatty together with round. They are tender together with softly chewy , bouncy firm. Quite enjoyable if yous similar noodles alongside a lot to chew on. The fatty noodles picked upwards the savoury spicy broth good together with I tin also gustation the subtle sweetness of wheat.



Oh my , the beef. Big chunks of beefy sweetness , releasing its juicy goodness similar H2O gushing out of a moisture sponge , bathing our natural language alongside flavours alongside every bite. The King's braised beef are all made alongside locally raised 黃牛 "yellow cow". Local "yellow cow" are the freshest. (Most other stalls serve frozen Australian beef.)



Must retrieve to guild the braised side dishes , peculiarly the soft chewy tendons together with spongy tripe. Meat , tripe together with tendon , the trinity of Chinese beef noodles.



Help yourself to the theatre made preserved vegetables for added compaction together with tangy sweetness saltiness.



4-Stars (out of 5). Memorable delicious dorsum lane beef noodle sense to create got dwelling from Taipei.

Note to self: Next fourth dimension , must endeavour the "dry" version alongside braised minced beef.



Restaurant name: No Signboard Beef Noodle King 老牌牛肉大王
Address: No. vii , Lane 46 , Section i , Chongqing South Road , Zhongzheng District , Taipei City , Taiwan 100
GPS: 25°02'40.1"N 121°30'45.6"E | 25.044463 , 121.512670
Tel: +886 two 2381 5604
Hours: 9:30am to 8:00pm

Non Halal

Date visited: 22 October 2017



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