Durango is strong influence here from that region. One of the best known dishes, caldillo duranguense, is essentially a hearty beef soup with roasted green chili peppers. Gorditas are a particularly popular and important food historically, as they were a mainstay for field hands who found the pockets of corn or wheat convenient for carrying and eating meats and sauce outside of the home. Although found in other parts of Mexico, tacos de tripe (intestines) are particularly popular here. Asado rojo de puerco, known as asado de boda in other parts of north-central Mexico is popular. Tamales are popular but they
Beef noodle soup with wontons. In Taiwan, "" typically consists of either brisket or shank only, though many restaurants also have tendon or a more expensive option with both meat and tendon () and occasionally with tripe; , usually denotes a bowl containing all three. If one orders "" or "beef soup noodles" in a restaurant in Taiwan, Mainland China or Hong Kong, they might be given a cheaper bowl of noodles in only beef broth but no beef. If one orders a "" or "beef-soup", they could be given a more expensive bowl of beef broth with chunks of beef in it