一分鐘知天下事：CNN記者也瘋狂的台北牛肉麵

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CNN報導指出，新任市長柯文哲上任後，曾有謠言傳牛肉麵節不辦了，一度讓市民們「陷入瘋狂」，牛肉麵之於台灣的重要性可見一斑。而一碗牛肉麵，可以讓外國人挖掘真實的台北經驗，可見得它已經成為台北代表性的美食。

牛肉麵可說是由麵條、牛肉組成了深厚的地方美食文化，簡單卻又不簡單。每年的台北牛肉麵節就如美食界的奧斯卡一樣，在「紅燒組」與「清燉組」中選出最優秀的牛肉麵，另外還有「創意組」讓廚師發揮創造力帶來料理新的展現方式。

以下是CNN記者Dave Tacon整理的八間台北牛肉麵店，頗具有代表性，你吃過哪幾家呢?

1. 台北晶華，是牛肉麵節的常勝軍，最有名一款是「新福爾摩沙」，曾奪下2013年創意組冠軍。

2. 永康牛肉麵，成立於1963年，是家庭式經營的餐廳，最有名的是半筋半肉麵，麵條相當有嚼勁。

3. 林東芳牛肉麵，據悉是其秘密湯頭放了中藥熬製，最有名的是半筋半肉麵，原味湯頭很棒，加入一點獨家辣醬更有風味。

4. 品川蘭，店內裝潢很時尚，位於大安精華區，最有名的是美國肋眼牛排麵，另外還有煎餅、醃豬肉也很受歡迎。

5. W Hotel，藝人黑人和范范2011年的婚禮中，特別要求600碗牛肉麵當做宴席菜色，在名人的加持下，現在也成為客房服務的菜色之一。

6. 麵面俱到館子，招牌料理有麻辣、清燉和番茄等湯頭的牛肉麵，四川口味非常辣，最有名的是川味麻辣牛肉蚌麵。

7. 台灣一品拉麵與刀削麵之家，其特色在於湯頭以及融合日本和中國特色的刀削麵，最有名的是番茄牛肉麵以及牛腩牛肉麵，麵條很有嚼勁。

8. 故宮晶華，招牌是雙味牛肉麵，放在太極鼎內，同時可吃辣味和清燉兩種不同的口味。

以下為CNN原文

Beef and noodles in broth — how much can it mean to a city?

For the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, so much that it has an annual festival of its own devoted to the dish.

So much that when a rumor circulates that the government isn’t planning to host this year’s Taipei Beef Noodle (New Rou Mian) Festival, the city goes wild. (Never fear, Mayor Ko Wenje came forth to clarify the popular festival will go on.)

At beef noodle soup’s equivalent of Oscar’s night, awards are given for the city’s best traditional spicy broth and best clear broth soup.

There’s also a category for the most creative take on beef noodle soup.

It’s obvious — a bowl of beef noodles is the best way to dive into the Taipei experience.

Here are eight bowls to get you started.

Regent Taipei

The Regent Taipei is a multiple-award winner at the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival and offers a number of acclaimed beef noodle dishes at its Azie Grand Cafe.

Yong Kang Beef Noodle

Founded in 1963, this small, family-run, two-level restaurant has a reputation as one of the city’s best places for beef noodle soup.

Such is Yong Kang’s status that it annually sits out the festival competition for Taipei’s best beef noodles, preferring to pass the baton to upcoming restaurants — or so it claims.

Australian beef is used for the main cuts, but the DNA of the spicy red broth can be traced to Sichuan.

Lin Dong Fang

Another heavyweight in the old school beef noodle stakes, this hole-in-the-wall eatery has been pleasing palates for three decades.

Its beef broth contains a secret ingredient the shop claims is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Pin Chuan Lan

Pin Chuan Lan’s beef noodle soup with U.S. rib-eye steak is a meal on its own.

This relatively new eatery in the trendy Da’an District has stylish interior design with pale timber and a wall feature that mimics a row of traditional Chinese medicine drawers.

More impressive is its variety of braised and clear stewed beef noodle soups.

Pin Chuan Lan also serves a range of Taiwanese classics, such as Chinese pancakes with marinated pork and stuffed green peppers.

W Taipei

The W Taipei’s beef noodles have celebrity pedigree.

Six hundred bowls of this rich soup were served at the wedding of beloved local star couple Chen “Blackie” Chienchou and Christine Fan at the hotel in 2011.

It’s since become a popular room service dish, as well as a fixture on the menu at the hotel’s tenth floor Woo Bar, where Taipei fashionistas gather.

Mien Mien Chu Tao Tasty Noodle House

Spicy, clear and tomato broths are offered at this beef noodle specialist with two outlets in the city.

Unlike many red braised broths served around town, Mien Mien’s Sze-chuan beef bone noodle soup is searingly spicy.

The soup lives up to its name with a rich flavor of bone stock, chili burn and the mouth-numbing addition of Sichuan peppercorns.

Taiwan Yi Pin Ramen and Sliced Noodle

Located on one of Taipei’s most bustling food streets, this no-frills restaurant has a record of strong showings at the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival.

Yi Pin has built its reputation on a subtle soy and beef broth, which brings Japanese characteristics together with traditional Chinese sliced noodles.

Each order of its thick, chewy noodles is carved off a big block of noodle dough.

Silks Palace, New Palace Museum

If you’re hungry after admiring thousands of years of Chinese art, the 2012 festival creative category winner is available at this elegant restaurant next to the museum, also located at the Regent Taipei.

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