He ordered meat-geng noodles and a plate of braised side dishes.
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羹 (thick soup) is one of the oldest food terms in Chinese — 《左传》 mentions it in 7th-century BCE stories. Taiwanese 肉羹 keeps the ancient form alive: pork wrapped in fish paste, simmered in a sweet-sour-savory broth thickened with sweet potato starch.
