Flying Knife Noodles

Last updated 2026-11-11 — Knife-Cut Noodles 　　Known as flying knife noodles due to the extraordinary knife skills and cutting techniques involved. A specially designed tile-shaped knife is used. The dough is kneaded into a cylinder over a foot long. When making the noodles, the cook stands in front of the pot, holding the dough in one hand and the knife in the other, slicing downward into the boiling water. The resulting noodles are triangular in cross-section, with uniform width and length. Skilled chefs can cut noodles so precisely that they “one falls into the pot, one floats mid-air, one just leaves the blade — each strand leaps like a fish.” These noodles are soft and smooth on the outside, airy inside, tender and easy to digest.