knife cut noodles
please don’t let this tradition die out! It was one of the absolute most delicious bowl of noodles ever had!
knife cut noodles the real, traditional way. This young man…
knife cut noodles the real, traditional way. This young man rolled out the dough to order, cuts the noodles, and my bowl of soupy noodles arrived in under 10 minutes. Who needs fast food when it can be this delicious, and this fast!
True white tea
Visiting with Mr. Lin, one of the producers of white tea in the Fuding area. As we had dinner right on the water in a fishing village, he commented on how just not too long ago, when he and his brothers were harvesting tea up in the hills behind us, his sister would cast a net right here, catch some fish, and walk them all the way up the mountain for her brothers. This beautiful new highway and…
April 4 harvest of Silver Needle white tea The earliest, Qing…
April 4 harvest of Silver Needle white tea
The earliest, Qing Ming harvest is considered the best. It was bright, clear, and sweet.
Hand pulled noodles for lunch. Incredibly delicious noodles made…
Hand pulled noodles for lunch. Incredibly delicious noodles made on the spot to order in the dingiest of dives, ran by a couple of young guys whose handicraft with the noodles was expert, unassuming, and definitely family tradition. The knife cut noodles tasted even better than the hand pulled version. All for about 7 yuan each bowl, about $1 USD. I can eat 5 of these bowls at a time.
Fuding by express rail
Not quite as fast a bullet train but the trip from Xiamen to Fuding only took a total of 2 hours by the new express rail. It’s like going from L.A. to SF in that amount of time. If only the U.S. had spent money on the train system…
Fuding is the home of white tea. Here is where people may stop me and argue that white tea is a process of airdrying some leaf buds and therefore, can be made anywhere….