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Tan-tsu Noodle
Tan-tsu Noodle is one of the most famous snacks in Tainan, Taiwan. Tan-tsu Noodle is snack by originated in Tainan, which is in southern Taiwan about 130 years ago. Tan-tsu is Taiwanese, means “pick shoulder pole”. Tan-tsu Noodle is also called “Slack Season Tan-tsu Noodle”. The noodle most secret recipe is special mince pork, only special person can know the mince pork blend formulations and proportions, with shrimp boiling soup, and other one shrimp, a little coriander and garlic as seasoning. It seemingly simple delicious snacks, but behind the carefully executed process, has been a constant stream of tasting the crowd and from all over the world tourist has been the most substantial recognition. Tourist come to Taiwan must eat Taiwanese local food. Taiwan's snacks is not only close link with people’s live, better show the life and culture of the general public in Taiwan, therefore if you want to know Taiwan’s local characteristics, visit around the night market and enjoy delicious snacks is the most repaid method.In Taiwan people do not know Tan-tsu Noodle.

Origin
Tan-tsu Noodle originated according to the late Qing dynasty, in 1895. The founder is a fisherman name is Hong Yutou in Tainan. Hong Yutou ancestral home is Zhang Zhou, FuJian province, ancestors immigrated to Taiwan after, fishing for a living. During the Tomb Sweeping Festival and summer season (July to September) each year in Tainan, there are often have typhoon intrusive. Winds and rain cause it is not easy fishing. The fishermen couldn’t go out to fishing so the livelihoods suddenly difficult. So called frequent typhoon, hard for maintain livelihoods months for “Slack Season”. During the Slack Season, was only 20 years old Hong Yutou began to sell noodles to earn money then gradually produce this food. In the beginning, he carried his noodles on shoulder poles and sold them on the street and then he is starting a small stall on the front of the “Shui Xian” temple in Tainan. So it is also called “Slack Season Tan-tsu Noodle”

Production Methods

 * 1) Ingredients: the oil noodles, minced pork, prawn, bean sprouts, cilantro, black vinegar, garlic, soy sauce and egg.
 * 2) Head of the prawn boiled used for the soup of the noodle
 * 3) Boiled noodles and bean sprouts in hot water, need shaking them up and down
 * 4) Picked up noodles and bean sprouts, put bean sprouts on the bowl first and then put noodles on the bean sprouts in bowl. Topped with minced pork and prawn
 * 5) Join the head of the prawn soup, and then add some seasoning as your taste: black vinegar, garlic and cilantro.
 * 6) Also can topped an egg or pork ball to mention zesty flavour

Features
Minced pork in fact is a kind of braised pork; braised pork becomes a classic snack in southern Taiwan. Braised pork practice is pork cut mince with in sweet marinade brine, soy sauce and garlic, put a while and then fried, during that will very fragrant. After fried minced pork added in noodles so that almost the Tan-tsu Noodle. Feature: the feature is the meat roasted with charcoal. In accordance with current practice, general add prawn into the noodles. And the minced meats are usually stirred from braised pork. Raw material: pork (pure lean), garlic, oil noodles. It is noteworthy that the oil noodles are not ordinary noodles. It is round noodles, taste very smooth and not adhesion to each other. Also oil noodles are very matched with the taste of the braised pork. Noodles refreshing with aroma of sesame oil and interspersed with occasional meat aroma, rich and nostalgic. Tan-tsu Noodle is usually as snack rather than meal because it manufacturing process is complicated and less quantity. Also it is a little expensive about 50 new Taiwan dollars a bowl.

“Slack Season Tan-tsu Noodles”
“Slack Season Tan-tsu Noodles" in Tainan, was opened on 1895 have one hundred years of history, still get customer favourite and always the most popular restaurant. Today there are many stores in Tainan, Taiwan. The authentic century-old store is located in “Chong Cheng” street Tainan, Taiwan. The main components of this noodle are oil noodles, bean sprouts, prawn, egg, cilantro and minced pork.

Nutritional Analysis
Lean meat for human can provide high quality protein and essential fatty acids. Also can provide haemoglobin (organic iron) and to promote iron absorption and improve iron deficiency anaemia.