https://www.scmp.com/rss/507351/feed Linghua Qi is a multimedia journalist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Nikkei Asian Review, Civil Eats, and SupChina. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @lily7qi. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com They say there’s only one way to find a luosifen (螺蛳粉) restaurant: follow your nose. Literally “river snail noodles,” luosifen is the local specialty of Liuzhou, a city in southern China known for its strong, spicy flavors. For those who love it, the smell of luosifen is heaven, enough to make the mouth water. For others, its acerbic stench has been compared to a “chemical bomb.” But the lovers might outnumber the haters. In 2019, sales of instant luosifen topped $850 million in China. For... https://www.scmp.com/food/luosifen-smelly-noodle-dish-got-me-through-quarantine/article/3103356?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/luosifen-smelly-noodle-dish-got-me-through-quarantine/article/3103356?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:57:05 +0000