Foodies Tuesdays: Chinese Noodles, Part 2: Specialties

Noodle specialty dishes
  • Hokkien (Fujian) ban mian, hand-rolled egg noodles served in sesame butter sauce and soup, sometimes w/ fried anchovies.
  • Traditional Sichuan dan dan mian: Consists of a spicy sauce containing preserved vegetables, chili oil, Sichuan peppers, pork, and scallions served over noodles.
  • Re gan mianbreakfast fare from Hubei province. Hand-pulled wheat-based noodles over which a mixture of soy saucesesame paste, pickled vegetables, chopped garlic chives, and rice vinegar is poured.
  • And many peoples' favorite, zhajiang mian (more info), a Beijing-style dish with thick wheat noodles and a mixture of ground pork stir-fried with fermented soybean paste.