Oyster vermicelli
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Oyster vermicelli | |||||||||||||||
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A bowl of oyster vermicelli | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese: | 蚵仔麵線 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese: | 蚵仔面线 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning: | Oyster noodle strains | ||||||||||||||
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Oyster vermicelli is a kind of noodle soup that is popular in Taiwan and Xiamen. Its main ingredients are oysters and Taiwanese vermicelli, made to be tasty and full of aroma. One of the famous places serving this is in Dihua Street, Dadaocheng, Taipei, with a reddish variety of vermicelli.
An alternative is vermicelli with large intestine, in which oysters are substituted with small segments of pig's large intestine. On average, the price for oyster vermicelli is around 40-60 New Taiwan dollars.