Da Chang Mian Xian 大腸麵線: streetfood challenge
This is actually a post that's been sitting in the queue for quite some time. A while back we had a Taiwanese potluck where everyone brought a food favorite from Taiwan. I didn't have a favorite food so I said I'd make whatever someone wanted. One of my wife's friends had a real hankering for Da Chang Mian Xian (大腸麵線 also called Mee Sua), a Taiwanese vermicelli street food dish, I of course open my big mouth and say: "sure how hard could it be to make?" (famous last words). Surely there was a recipe or something to go on. As it turns out this no there's wasn't a recipe to go on. Fortunately this was something I had tried before, my wife took me back in 2012 to visit her favorite Mian Xian restaurant (Ah Zong Mian Xian 阿宗麵線) when we were visiting her old university stomping grounds. All I remember from this place were a few things: 1) it was really hot outside 2) there was no where to sit so everyone was standing around (ok a few chairs) 3) th
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My *only* complaint. The lids have warped over time. I don't think the dishwasher for the outer container is a good idea the plastic is thinner than the inner containers. They still close just not perfectly.
I should get paid for such an endorsement :) no I'm not a shill I promise.
Thanks again for dropping by. I'm hoping to add a blogs followed soon as there are so many wonderful blogs, i'll make sure you're on that list :)