Uncle Sun Beef Noodles

Beef noodles are usually cooked perfectly with tender, juicy chunks of beef soaked in a rich, slightly spicy broth. However, here at Uncle Sun’s, a hole in the wall in Hualien, beef chunks are nowhere to be seen. Instead, what’s served to your table is a large piping-hot bowl of noodles topped with meaty beef bones that have been simmered for twelve hours the night before. Making the broth is a time-consuming endeavor. Cooked with various kinds of fruits and veggies, the scrumptious broth is MSG-free yet still incredibly flavorful.

The very generous serving will leave you satiated and ready to come back for more. Giant beef bones and greens are soaked in a bowl of warm and rich beef broth, whose very essence has been fully absorbed by the springy noodles. If you are not a soup person, which is quite understandable especially during the sweltering summer, the beef rice sided with veggies, half a tea egg as well as the signature beef bones will be a great alternative. In addition to the beef dishes, a wide variety of snacks are also available. For example, the sour and pungent Chinese onions are pickled for three good days and will bring a whole new experience to please your palate. Sprinkled with a pinch of corianders and topped with a spoonful of chewy pork belly with skin on, the braised pork rice is a heavenly experience at every turn. Despite of its remote location and the lack of air conditioning, Uncle Sun’s still draws in a significant number of foodies who come for a succulent bowl of beef noodles which costs merely TWD100.