The female clerk working at a noodle-making shop at Chenggong Market was bashful

Bashful clerk working in a noodle making shop — Woman working in a noodle factory

While walking around the Chenggong Market, I came to a store selling noodles. It is not a diner that serves ramen, however. It is a store that sells the noodles themselves. A dough-cutting machine was set up inside the small store, and the staff were busy filling plastic bags with dough cut into noodle shapes and selling them. This is a small noodle-making shop.

Although ramen, udon, soba, and other noodle dishes are popular in Japan, most people do not go to a noodle factory to buy noodles. In Japan, noodle mills are rarely seen in town. In contrast, it is probably more common in Taiwan for people to buy the noodles they eat at home from a noodle factory. In any case, the noodle mills are located in the markets.

In any case, the noodle factory seemed to be very popular, and people were constantly coming to buy noodles. The female waitress in the photo was busy taking orders. When I pointed my camera at her, she smiled shyly, though she never stopped working.

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