Close-up of a bowl of thick vermicelli soup with oysters and a spoon.

Oyster vermicelli

Taiwan · East Asia

Short description
This spoonable noodle soup is silky, briny, and often served in small bowls at snack stalls.
Ingredients
Thin wheat vermicelli, oysters or pork intestines, thickened broth, garlic, soy sauce, cilantro, and black vinegar.
Cultural note
Street vendors often serve it with garlic paste, vinegar, or chile so each bowl can be adjusted at the counter.
Common misconception
The noodles are not rice vermicelli; this style is usually made with thin wheat noodles.

image credit

Oyster Vermicelli.jpg

creator:
Jjj84206
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Copied from Wikimedia Commons and resized/re-encoded for Gochizu; no content edits.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.