The Wonderful World Of Asian Noodles

Just because you can tell the differences between soba and hokkien noodle doesn't get you a medal anymore; so get out of the square, experiment with and try the hundreds of other Asian noodles out there. Going to the noodle section of an Asian grocer for the first time can be quite a daunting experience, you are confronted with about 20 types of rice noodles to start with, another 30 types of wheat noodles, 40 types of egg noodles and countless other noodles made from strange ingredients like mung beans and sweet potato; and you haven't even seen the cold storage section yet.

The joy of finding out what you like, which type of noodle goes with what sauce is priceless. I've compiled a list of noodles that I have used for recipes in this blog. Do try them and find out which one you really like because it's one thing to like soba and hokkien noodle, it's another not to know what you have been missing.
P.S this page will be regularly upgraded when new type of noodles and recipes are added.
coming soon!!!;
The wonderful world of Asian herbs
The wonderful world of Asian greens

Rice vermicelli 米粉，銀絲粉 เส้นหมี่

bun with grilled chicken and lots of fresh herbs

another bbq with a vietnamese twist

Crispy duck and rice noodles in a daikon and wakame broth

Five spice duck and vermicelli soup

Mung bean thread, glass noodle 粉絲，冬粉    

used in this blog;

glass noodle with pork balls

Spring rolls

Yum woonsen

Glass noodles soup with poached chicken

Steamed prawns with tofu and glass noodles

Stir fried glass noodles with duck and vegetables

Korean sweet potato noodle 당면 noodle 唐麵

used in this blog;

japchae

glass noodle with pork balls

Braised tofu with mushrooms and Korean sweet potato noodles

Fresh thin rice noodle 沙河粉，河粉 banh pho

used in this blog;

Chicken pho

Ipoh hor fun

Char kway teow

Beef pho

Shredded chicken with rice noodles

Twice cooked pork and rice noodles in an aromatic broth

Dry tossed rice noodles with meat sauce 

Hokkien noodle 福建麵
Ipoh hor fun
Malaysian curry chicken noodle
KL Hokkien fried noodle
Mee goreng Melayu 
Curry laksa

Char kway teow
Makcik Manggis' prawn noodles
Mee rebus
Mee goreng mamak 

Thin rice vermicelli 米粉 เส้นหมี่ 
used in this blog;
Malaysian chicken curry noodle
stir fried rice vermicelli
soto ayam, Malaysian chicken noodle soup
Stir fried rice vermicelli (wet version)
Sarawak laksa
Curry laksa

Cantonese style yuen yong noodles

Wide rice noodle, Horfun 沙河粉，河粉  เส้นใหญ่ 

used in this blog;

Raat naa muu

wat dan hor

phat si ew

phat kee mao 

Tomato noodles 

Cantonese style yuen yong noodles

Beef hor fun with gravy

Fried rice noodles with roast duck

Dry fried beef noodles

Shanghai noodle上海拉麵 

used in this blog;

jajangmyeon
zha jiang mien 
Taiwanese beef noodles

Naengmyeon 

used in this blog;

naengmyeon

Fresh thick round rice noodle 瀨粉 mee laksa

used in this blog;

Asam laksa 

Malay fried lai fun 

Fresh egg noodles 全蛋麵，生麵

used in this blog;

Red cooked pork ribs with fresh egg noodles 

Ginger and spring onion chicken with fresh egg noodles 

Chicken char siu noodles

Dry Tossed egg noodles with soy poached chicken 

Soba noodles

used in this blog;

cold soba noodles with dipping sauce 

Fresh egg noodles (thick), Hakka noodles 全蛋麵，生麵, 客家麵

used in this blog;

Hakka noodles 

Rice drop noodles, golden needle noodles, mouse noodles 老鼠粉，老鼠粿，老鼠粄，銀針粉，米苔目

used in this blog;

Rice drop noodles with mince and preserved vegetable sauce 

The Korean Torture Part 2

As promised, I am now bringing you "The Korean torture 2". I'm not too sure how useful part one was for anyone, but being able to get the following products might take you one step closer to cooking wholesome Korean food at home. I was at the Korean shop today and the good news is he was not blinded by unhappy shoppers smearing hot chili paste into his eyes yet.

For more korean products click here .

P.S most korean products are interchangeable with Japanese ones and only half the price, so another reason to get to know what is what!!

Korean fish sauce  aekjeot/액젓 

Korean mayo

Korean pancake mix

Korean plastic gloves (very handy!!)

Sahmjang

Sesame leaf/Korean perilla  kkaennip/깻잎 

naengmyeon, korean buckwheat noodle

Beef broth for naengmyeon

Korean mustard

The Korean Torture Part 1

Trying to buy Korean food products has to be one of life's greatest tortures, if you are,

1. Not going along with a Korean friend or two
2. Not smart enough to put the squares and circles together to know what's written on the packaging
3. Not being served by someone that can speak English

I imagine you'll be ticking all the above most of the time, if not all the time. And as a victim of this very cruel form of torture from the Far East myself, I've photographed a list of basic Korean ingredients with english translations to help you avoid, or at least limit further pain. I'll be presenting The Korean torture part 2 soon. :) Do let me know if this is of any help at all. And if it still doesn't work , look for the tub of chili paste yourself and rub it into the server's eyes and run out as fast as you can :)

Hot pepper paste gochujang/고추장

Korean chili powder gochugaru/고추가루 

Korean soy sauce  jinganjang/진간장 

Corn syrup mulyeot/물엿 

Potato starch noodle dangmyeon/당면 

Dried fern/brackens  gosari/고사리 

P.S of course you can also expect more Korean recipes in the coming weeks.