I love pasta. Italian pasta, Japanese ramen, Vietnamese pho, Chinese egg noodle, etc etc. Interestingly enough, Chinese noodles happen to be my least favorite, though they are still very beloved in my tummy. I think this might be because there are so many variations of Chinese noodles that I can't really pinpoint one specific type to hone in on and love. There's Cantonese/Hong Kong style fried egg noodles (that Americans go gaga for), wonton egg noodle soup, wok'd vermicelli, fat rice noodle in soup, wok'd wheat noodles (Shanghai style) in delicious brown sauce... the list goes on. And none of these noodles really have specific English names, so maybe that's why they're not very popular to Americans. I guess the ubiquitous "CHOW MEIN" found in American fast food joints. That stuff is disgusting though.
PAGING ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT LIKE THAT CRAP...
IT'S DISGUSTING.
Anyway. Here is a bowl of noodle soup I had at Twin Dragon in Placentia. I don't know if a non-Chinese person has ever eaten this before (sarcasm, but not far from the truth!). The noodles were made of wheat (looked soba-ish, but not soba) and were white. The topping was pork with salt pickled daikon and suey choy (a type of Chinese cabbage that looks sort of like bok choy). This dish is a Shanghainese dish but the southern Chinese in me loves it muchly. I don't know what this dish is called in English, but in Cantonese it's roughly suey choy yook see mein. I suppose you could try ordering it like that at Twin Dragon (:
