A Guide to Traveling Taiwan in Search of Local Food

If you want the best noodles in Taiwan, you'll have to take a long cab ride into the jungle-covered mountains south of Taipei, where a group of "noodle masters" stomp and hand-pull dough into long strands of starchy perfection.

Pull your own noodles
Take a taxi into the mountains to Hsu Ren Ping's noodle factory where you see noodles being pulled by hand then hung in the wind like stringy hammocks – and then try to do it yourself. Book in advance. 
• No 3 Si Fen Zi, Wu Tu Village, Shi-Ding District

t harnesses the superior air, water and sunshine of higher altitudn its Shiding District, for instance, is Hsu's Handmade Noodles Co., a rustic, communal noodle-making operation that harnesses the superior air, water and sunshine of higher altitudes to make delicious hand-stretched, air-dried vermicelli using just sugar, salt and flour.es to make delicious hand-stretched, air-dried vermicelli using just sugar, salt and flour.