Pan Shun Long Fuzhou-style Handmade Noodles Introduction
Master Pan Shun-Long has been making noodles for over forty years; the second-generation Master Pan Jian-Zhong has inherited his father's skills. He is currently the youngest master of Fuzhou-style noodles in Taiwan who can fully handcraft Fuzhou noodles using traditional methods. Making Fuzhou handmade noodles not only involves difficult pulling techniques but also goes through seven major processes: rolling, kneading, pinching, squeezing, pressing, pulling, and flicking. From a large ball of dough, it is kneaded into a noodle resembling a large snake. Next, the noodles must be hung in a figure-eight shape; this is both the most laborious and the most intricate step. It’s not simply hanging the noodles; at the moment of hanging, the noodle strands must be twisted and turned to endow them with greater elasticity, allowing the noodles to spin. This instantaneous action requires highly skilled technique to complete.
