Tàⁿ-á-mī

[2] Also known as "Slack Season Ta-a Noodles", they originated in Tainan (in southern Taiwan) about 130 years ago.[4] During the Tomb Sweeping Festival and summer season (July to September) each year in Taiwan, there are frequent typhoons, rendering fishing too dangerous.These "slack seasons" were known to fishermen as "small months" (Chinese: 小月; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-go̍eh) and the phrase "pass the small months" (度小月; tō͘-sió-go̍eh) refers to enduring the slack seasons.Hong Yutou (洪芋頭), a fisherman from Tainan, and descending from fishermen in Zhangzhou, Fujian, began to sell noodles when he was 20 years old.In the beginning, he carried his noodles on shoulder poles (擔; tàⁿ) and sold them on the street before setting up a small stall in front of the Tainan Chuisian Temple (水仙宮; Chuí-sian-kiong) with the Chinese characters 度小月擔仔麵 (tō͘-sió-go̍eh tàⁿ-á-mī) written on lanterns, hence the name "Slack Season Ta-a Noodles".

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