‘Smelly’ noodles now come in a package

Delicious delicacy: A worker going through the river snails cleaning process. The snails are a key ingredient in making the soup for the ‘luosifen’ dish, served at a restaurant in Liuzhou. — Xinhua

BEIJING: Yuan Xiang is ordering instant luosifen – a specialty of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region-online with friends in Shanghai.

“It’s the third order we’ve placed this month,” she said. “It might seem smelly to someone tasting it for the first time, but it tastes really good once you eat more.”