Dishes
Pork trotter noodles
豬腳麵
Also called: 豬腳拌麵 · 豬腳麵線
Braised pork trotter with noodles, either tossed dry in sauce or with thin noodles in soup.
What it is
Braised pork trotter served with noodles. The best-known form is 豬腳麵線, trotter with thin wheat vermicelli. Noodle shops also serve trotter over dry-tossed noodles that soak up the braising sauce.
Where it comes from
In Taiwan, long noodles stand for long life and pork trotter for strength and plenty. So 豬腳麵線 is eaten on birthdays and to shake off bad luck after hard times, such as leaving hospital or prison.
How it is made
The trotters are braised until tender, then served on noodles with their sauce.
How to eat it
Dry (拌) or in soup, the job is the same: work the meat and skin off the bones.
In Kaohsiung
TVBS says many regulars at Gang Yuan Beef Noodles in Kaohsiung's Yancheng prefer the springy pork trotter dry noodles to the beef. It adds that they often sell out before 7 pm on weekdays.
Where to eat it in Kaohsiung
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