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Smelly’ noodles in high demand as people stop dining out amid epidemic
In an effort to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading, Chinese people continue to order groceries online and cook at home even many of them are gradually getting back to work. Since not everyone is a “pastry master” and not everyone wants to spend the time cooking, convenience...Read more -
A bowl of luosifen shows innovative way out of trouble
The strict pandemic prevention and control measures implemented in Shanghai, Beijing and some other places have ironically helped increase the sales of luosifen, a snail-based rice noodle soup dish. In fact, it has been selling like the proverbial hot cakes. Luosifen originated in Liuzhou, Guangx...Read more -
A bowl of luosifen shows innovative way out of trouble
The strict pandemic prevention and control measures implemented in Shanghai, Beijing and some other places have ironically helped increase the sales of luosifen, a snail-based rice noodle soup dish. In fact, it has been selling like the proverbial hot cakes. Luosifen originated in Liuzhou, Guangx...Read more -
The noodles that became a Chinese national dish during coronavirus lockdown – with a smell that takes getting used to
Luosifen, or river snail rice noodles, was already the bestselling food item on Taobao last year, but lockdowns have seen its popularity soar further Famous for its pungent smell and taste, the dish originated as a cheap street snack in the city of Liuzhou in the 1970s A humble dish of noodles f...Read more -
Discover China: “Smelly” noodle’s big business
Unloading the bamboo sprouts freshly dug up less than two hours ago from his tricycle, Huang Jihua hastily peeled their shells. Beside him was the anxious acquirer. Bamboo sprouts are an essential material in Luosifen, an instant river-snail noodle famous for its distinctly pungent smell in the c...Read more -
Why does snail noodle stink? It’s because of it.
Why does snail noodle stink? It is because it believes that many people have questions about why the smelly and spicy snail noodle has become a national online celebrity. Luozhou rice noodle is a snack of Liuzhou, Guangxi, rich in spicy, cool, fresh, sour, hot unique flavor, fermented sour bambo...Read more -
Luosifen History
Luosifen (chinese: 螺螄粉; pinyin: luósīfěn; lit ’Snail rice noodle‘) is a chinese noodle soup and specialty of Liuzhou, Guangxi.[1] The dish consists of rice noodle boiled and served in a soup. The stock that forms the soup is made by stewing river snail and pork bones for several ho...Read more -
A bowl of luosifen shows innovative way out of trouble
If the epidemic can be summed up in one sentence, we hope it is this sentence: “A lot of people are looking for crazy, smelly, ridiculous things to eat.” That is Mei Shanshan, a food blogger in Beijing, in an interview with NPR. The interview mentioned the indisputable brightest side ...Read more -
Smelly Chinese Soup Luosifen Once Confused With a Bioweapon Gains Popularity With Xi’s Support
China’s controversial Luosifen noodle soup has continued to gain popularity after President Xi jinping visited the Luosifen Production Hub in Liuzhou, a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday. Sales of the noodle dish skyrocketed across the mainla...Read more -
Smelly Chinese Soup Luosifen Once Confused With a Bioweapon Gains Popularity With Xi’s Support
China’s controversial Luosifen noodle soup has continued to gain popularity after President Xi jinping visited the Luosifen Production Hub in Liuzhou, a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday. Sales of the noodle dish skyrocketed across the mainla...Read more -
Sales of Chinese “stinky” noodles soar in 2021
Sales of Luosifen, an iconic delicacy known for its pungent smell in the city of Liuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, registered soaring growth in 2021, according to the Liuzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau. Total sales of the Luosifen industrial chain, including raw materi...Read more -
Stinky Luosifen: From local street snack to global delicacy
If asked to name the Chinese foods going global, you can’t leave out Luosifen, or river snail rice noodles. Exports of Luosifen, an iconic dish known for its pungent smell in the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou, registered remarkable growth in the first half of this year. A total of around...Read more