Jakarta Beef Noodle Soup

Whenever I’ve had soto mi in Jakarta, it’s been a cornucopia of beef parts: tendon, tripe, offal and even cow’s trotters. While Julia doesn’t make it with all these parts, she does save beef fat or scraps with tendon to add flavor to the soup. She never wastes food! You can add them together with the beef cubes and render the fat. Beef shank is a naturally tough piece of meat. But it is a bargain cut, cheaper than both chuck and short ribs, which can also be used in this re