Shanxi tijian noodles, a specialty of Taiyuan

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Small bowls containing tijian noodles with different toppings and sauces for visitors to sample. /CFP

Is it a type of noodle or not? Traditionally, Chinese noodles are long and round, and are either knife-cut, kneaded or pulled from dough. However, the process of making tijian noodles – or "scrape tips" when directly translated from Chinese to English – from Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, is more convenient and simple.

Tijian noodles are made from a plate or bowl of very wet and soft dough, using a tool like a chopstick or sharpened piece of bamboo to scrape the dough into small strips to add to a potful of boiling water.

These tijian noodles are commonly shorter than hand-pulled or knife-cut ones, but after serving in a bowl, they can be seasoned with similar toppings and sauces according to your preferences.