Chinese Noodles as Thin as a Thread - Eat China (S2E6)

These are gold thread noodles (no relation to Goldthread). They’re so thin that you can run them through the eye of a needle. And they’re only made for special occasions.
We went to Sichuan in southwestern China and met one of the few chefs to master the art of making these delicate noodles.
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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer: Yong Guo
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Mastering: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network

[@Jzelin12]

some ancient Chinese: "lets make the thinnest noodle with the biggest knife!"

[@kokodayo5796]

And surprisingly,its worked...

[@YiroYiro]

i am pretty sure it has something to do with the weight of the knife and let gravity help so the cut can be more precise or something

[@hardlyguerita4300]

Not so ancient. It's only 100 years.

[@mayhudson]

obsessed with the final fantasy knife

[@baodimsumhouse7478]

🤣🤣🤣 Cloud definitely wielded this

[@aaronlimeuchin7352]

@@baodimsumhouse7478 bloody hell, the knife is almost the size of my own katana I kept at home.

[@gummymansg]

Indeed! It's a buster sword! Wish there were slots for materia though! 😝

[@heinlich]

@@baodimsumhouse7478 well, he might haved used saphiroth as the broth.

[@teebo5298]

It gives me a yakuza weapon vibe lol

[@DisplayName]

Gold thread noodles on gold thread channel. So satisfying!

[@wangwang9077]

Yes! A golden match !

[@floristkurt3052]

I didn’t fucking know.

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

That knife looks like a sword straight out of an anime.

[@jordanallen3078]

Overcompensation.

[@novaexx6587]

It's a smaller version of a bankai xD

[@georgebrantley776]

@@jordanallen3078 I believe the extra height makes it easier for the left hand to guide the knife, keeping it perfectly straight to allow for the thin slices.

[@9Godslayer]

I find it ironic that such fine noodles can be made via Buster Sword.

[@hotkristaleice]

The details on that knife are exquisite! And intimidating looking LOL

[@GiftPrincessBuhman]

That knife alone won me 😂🤣

[@stringstorm]

Oh! I knew someone who was obsessed with goldthread noodles. So much so he made a measuring maching for it. You still have to cut it and such but atleast you wont have to eyeball the thinness. He made it using a pasta roller and a caliper with a big knife attachment on it. There's a reason why the knife is so huge. It has to be really heavy and terrifyingly sharp in order to produce the thinness. He's not willing to share the measuring machine, though. He says that the machine, if shared, is going to invalidate alot of people's hard work.

[@dannydoyle8731]

I can just imagine this noodle chef shows up at any cooking competition, and does the Crocodile Dundee "you call that a knoif? this, is a knoif!"

[@sapphirejones7302]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mrdoggo6091]

This dude bring out dragon saber to cut some noodles.

[@LetMeTellYouSomeTing]

You know it’s serious business when you bring that knife out

[@bparrish517]

The brevity and richness of this series is like viewing the appetizer menu of a Michelin restaurant. Fantastic work.

[@w462dh]

Michelin is a joke.

[@eterna2242]

Chef: make this noodle take a lot of work and time. Everyone: JESUS... THAT KNIFE IS A BEAST.

[@ArkDiabLord]

When I'm talking about chicken noodle soup, this is it.

[@Cutekid69]

Cloud and Sephiroth during their retirement years. Welding their sword to make Golden Thread Noodles..

[@Casual_Sloth]

Tons of respect for the Master Chef. Such dedication and commitment is inspiring.

[@fatdoi003]

chef can give you every single ingredient, show you exactly how to do it... but whether you can do it is another matter

[@huyenle7242]

So what kind of noodle do you make? Chef: it's a noodle made with castrated chicken, made by a thousand year old knife, and cut so thin it can go through a needle

[@musicume7177]

this guy has a high level of patience

[@vunguyenchannel]

Who knew that all his time, Cloud was a Chinese noodle chef.

[@jennyhsueh77]

Totally apt for Goldthread to post a vid about gold thread noodles! 👌

[@wangwang9077]

Ya, ya.

[@piruchiruchi]

When you use regalia for making a noodles you know youll be legendary

[@xingyu1386]

Actually it makes sense to use a big knife. The sturdiness of the knife can prevent unnecessary wiggles of the hand. The noodle is so thin, a small wiggle can ruin the evenness of the noodle. Of course, it will take much muscle training to work with the knife.

[@cookbook800]

WOW......I cannot believe those are hand cut! The knife that they cut with is exquisite!

[@elainec6861]

Wow from the thumbnail I thought the video would be about Fujian's misua but boy was I wrong. Didn't know Sichuan had noodles like that!

[@nulnoh219]

That knife. +100 accuracy.

[@fireemblemaddict128]

I know right?

[@fireemblemaddict128]

"You think you can wield this sword? I practiced 24 YEARS to wield this blade. You can't wield this sword. "

[@yanj111]

it is even a legend for the most of Chinese, I think, very nice video indeed!

[@DaylenAmell]

The pronunciation of “四川” in Mandarin is simply “SiChuan” where "ch" is pretty much the same as in English. The female narrator pronounced it as "SiTsuan", which is incorrect in Mandarin - I'm guessing she might be 1. Cantonese and tried to pronounce “四川” in Mandarin, but despite she pronounced the vowel "uan" as in Mandarin correctly, she pronounced "ch" as "ts" becasue "ts" is the consonant for "川" in Cantonese. or 2. trying to pronounce it in the SiChuan dialect.

[@ryan_uwu]

Are you sure? Her pronunciation is exactly how you would say it in mandarin to me. The "ch" romanization does sound more like a ts sound.

[@DaylenAmell]

@@ryan_uwu I'm a native Chinese user. "ch" does not sound like "ts" in mandarin.

[@ryan_uwu]

@@DaylenAmell i'm a native speaker too, though i have a Taiwanese accent and we soften the ch which makes it sound like a ts sound. Accents exist and i forgot lol.

[@DaylenAmell]

@@ryan_uwu I see, and yeah it does fit my impression of a Taiwanese accent. So it's also possible that she was pronouncing it with a Taiwanese accent then.

[@muhammadafifnaufal4986]

Before he start, he scream "BANKAI"

[@jcman-lp6lg]

Chef: I can make noodles as thin as threads Me: LOOK AT THAT KNIFE! 😮

[@stars15k]

I don't know which is more exquisite, the noodles or than wonderful knife! I make noodles faily often. I'll have to use just yolk next time, and get a capon for the broth.

[@ronniechew6566]

Castrated chicken 😱 not male not female. Sounds like an eunuch 😁

[@lauramcmahon602]

So interesting!! Thank you!

[@SamChak11]

它简直就是美食界的屠龙宝刀🔪。It is simply the Dragon Slaying Sabre of the food world. Kudos to Chef Yang. 👍

[@zhilalmulki8068]

bro, that knife is bigger than my self esteem

[@lindas96]

I like food made by hand. Somehow, it left the outside texture rough and when it cooks it gives the either delicious crunchy for cookies,or crispy for fry food, or texture that absorb more soup base if boiled.

[@shaochenxu5594]

Didn't know Cloud got old and became a noodle chef.

[@chockalingamalagappan1693]

Machines can do such fine cutting easily.

[@Bboi3294]

To those who haven’t had castrated chicken. They take a lot longer to raise and taste much better than typical farm raised chicken: juicy, rich, fatty and full of flavours. The texture is also a lot better, at least for my asian taste.

[@soullette]

Think about how the chicken would feel.

[@thequeenofboba6583]

I'm interested in trying it sometime when covid is over

[@lvl5969]

Do they crow at a higher pitch in the mornings?

[@soullette]

@@thequeenofboba6583 😂😂, u r gonna castrate a 🐔 chicken?

[@soullette]

Just kidding

[@MingQing]

that Knife is legendary item!

[@Slampty]

The sword though.. I sure he can go samurai mode with it.

[@genevie1998]

Noodles are the greatest invention of mankind

[@cy_per]

My new fave food channel!! 😋😋😋

[@pavementpounder7502]

Such a big knife for such thin noodles.

[@CumBrianFries]

Fellow pugilists, it looks like we've found the Dragon Slaying Saber. Now we just need to find the Heaven Reliant Sword to make the biggest noodles!

[@fannyalbi9040]

not biggest noodle but finest noodles

[@angelad.8944]

I hope that he will be a master teacher at a noodle school someday and find some passionate gifted individuals to pass this knowledge on.

[@bigazzasian]

This guy cutting noddle with Cloud’s Buster sword 🗡

[@lamarledennis3220]

Everyone's a gangster till he pops the case open.

[@2s1t0b4k]

He has an awesome knife for cutting noodles...

[@chowstar1]

The chef is secretly a kungfu master from kungfu hustle

[@BIGGZ_SHAN]

Does the gold thread noodles came in gluten free?

[@tanet]

@4:42 and Italy (ie. Cappone)

[@mtv565]

For delicate job like this, the chef should use a small, delicate knife!! He was like using a huge sledgehammer to hammer in a staple into a piece of paper!

[@humorss]

I think the heavy weight encourages precise movement, the potential energy helps with cutting too.

[@Aaedion]

The gold thread noodles look delicious

[@kylin3197]

so is Goldthread 金絲 after the noodles or 黃連 from that mahjong vid? :D

[@barrymccaulkiner7092]

What type of anime sword is he using?

[@edzehoo]

Hair thin noodles chopped using a 100-year old final fantasy knife served in Castrated chicken soup.

[@canaldepraticadejesus6600]

perfect summary

[@jojojo3539]

That's one huge ass sword.. er.. i mean knife.. lol they use a sword to cut thin thread noodles like wow.

[@habibainunsyifaf6463]

Me a poor man : eat vermicelli instead...

[@jiaqitang2520]

That is one fancy knife

[@yellowblue_tt]

Theres a sushi place near me that i think serves the same noodles as an appetizer

[@nothan1419]

OMG I get it Glodthread!

[@pookage]

GOLD THREAD NOODLES EH? I GET THAT REFERENCE!

[@djadysiti7371]

Royal cutting knife 😱

[@mekore]

ultimate noodle..

[@brukujinbrokujin7802]

Chineese are so often very traditional and original. This makes their culture very rich and original, but also give questionable tradition value at some thing. Some of them already banned like feet folding. The blade ancestry is one of the traditional chineese value that a master will give his blade to his disciple. Never know i could still find it in modern world, from a cooks.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

I want to try those so bad rn

[@qiusef]

He uses Cloud's sword to cut the noodle! 😭

[@celestialstar124]

Hope i will have the chance to eat this noodle some day.

[@fumafuma0323]

holy shit the knife is soo cool. I want one lol

[@ceyx1201]

Angels' Hair entered the chat.

[@TaLuLuDAY]

Subscribed!

[@rpnehee9749]

The translation for the recipe is wrong. It's 4 egg yolks to 200g of flour. 200g of eggs to 200g of flour would make the dough become too wet to be useable

[@antonc81]

How did I just discover this channel?

[@PapuaKini]

Silver thread golden noodle. 😊

[@kc3673]

Machine can ease the work

[@Nathan15038]

Yes noodles from my culture Chinese

[@bygnahzdivad]

So it's angel hair pasta, 😂😂😂.

[@NoelleIsTheGeoArchon]

They're so delicate that they break when you chew them.

[@skringardhildegard4000]

So much wow. Just kidding

[@velnikoz6742]

It's like capelliniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@theolich4384]

I read it up and looks like they offer only 10 bowls per week. Basically out of a single run.

[@Namster05]

I'd be able to hold this knife for 5 min alright, had years of practice

[@paulliu1398]

"The bigger the knife, the thinner the noodle"

[@lester7958]

The axiety comming through that knife imagined cutting his fingers with it

[@ChibiKeruchan]

Me who are already annoyed on how hard to pick misua noddles.. Yet there is this much thinner one existed.

[@charlesthe5th744]

big beastly knife he has

[@ramus5265]

that knife literally mini buster blade

[@magdabera5378]

100 years old knife 🤯

[@farid_290]

needle & thread ❎ needle & noodle ✅

[@MrIrondollfie]

When he pulled the knife out...

[@samirkazah302]

Neat, it's cut like soba. That knife looks like a pain to use though. Weird that it doesn't resemble what the Japanese use which looks a lot more ergonomic.

[@theolich4384]

It's unlike the soba cutter which cuts in blocks. It's a guillotine-style cutter to which the weight of the blade itself is essential. Watch the video carefully - the tip of the knife never leaves the cutting board. It works more like a paper trimmer.

[@f15x28isback]

The way the chef speaks Chinese is quite refined and eloquent. Sorry, but the translation leaves much to be desired: not only it fails to convey the richness of expression the chef is employing, but it is also incomplete and imprecise.

[@ObliviousMemories]

So you need a eunuch chicken ?

[@mamandu0378]

What in the name of Zack Fair is that knife?!?!

[@everybodydripfrog3365]

Imagine making a shirt made of noodle

[@panzerjaeger3847]

Only great people get to eat this

[@Roberttt314]

so we just going to ignore the castration chicken

[@estrioleyin5667]

unless it's castrated by the epic knife then we will ignore it 😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@kenwen7791]

When you realized gold thread = noodles

[@user-vm4uw6vc6h]

These called capons.