Li Hongkai from southwest China’s Sichuan Province has completed the supposedly impossible task of cutting noodles thin enough to pass through a pinhole. /VCG Photo

The chef showed off his trick on Tuesday by making 42 pieces of noodles, each just 0.067 millimeters in diameter, thread the eye of the needle together. / VCG Photo

The handmade noodle is an upgraded version of Sichuan’s special cuisine: Dandan noodles. / VCG Photo

Li entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007 for creating the world’s thinnest handmade noodles and has held the record ever since. / VCG Photo