Beef Noodle Soup: from Sichuan, to Taiwan, and back
Added 2022-02-28 06:38:52 +0000 UTCHey guys, apologies for taking an extra week (and a day) with this one, it was... a monster of a video. Basically, we wanted to discuss red braised beef noodle soup, which you might know best according to the Taiwan version of the dish. So we wanted to tell the story of how (1) Sichuan red braised beef got to Taiwan and became this cultural icon there, followed by (2) how the Taiwan version of the dish came back to the mainland in the form of the most popular instant noodles in the country... followed by recipes for both a Sichuan and instant noodle-inspired version.
Ended up taking a lot longer than expected as we decided to not do cute little drawings for the historical bits. Just felt like using historical photos and videos was more appreciate for the slightly more somber nature of the topic.
Lastly, quick word that this video's been a long time in the works and the concept had precisely zero to do with current events. We decided to go ahead with it anyway, partially because the ongoing tragedy brings a sort of... human connection? to historical footage that's often so easy to siphon away in the whole "this is just history" section of your brain. We may or may not make a YouTube community post to describe this in advance of making the video public.
