It is quite surprising that in the Taiwan of 40 years ago beef noodle soup, as a mainland-style dish, should have become popular throughout the island in a very short time. Even more interestingly, many people who now return to mainland China where the dish originated discover that it is very hard to find there: it seems that Taiwan has taken over as the home of "authentic" beef noodle soup.
在四十年前這樣的時空背景之下，屬於外省口味的牛肉麵，竟能在短時間席捲全台；更有意思的是，現在許多回到大陸牛肉麵故鄉的人，卻發現很難吃到牛肉麵，牛肉麵的「正統」似乎已在台灣落地生根了。