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Originally Posted by red-beard

I used to take a chicken breast and fry it with some pepper and either soy sauce or sprinkled with chicken bullion powder. Throw in some cut up veggies and/or peas and corn. Then throw the cooked noodles on top at the end. Quick stirfry'ish thing. Good, quick, cheap.

Wow, gourmet noodles!!

Originally Posted by RWebb

are we talking about the best dried noodles in a plastic pac?

if not, then I'd say the fresh, refrigerated pac noodles are better than the dried ones

but... the fresh noodles in eateries are better still

and.. in Japan there are certain villages known for the very best noodles of certain types (buckwheat soba) for example

a friend was in China recently and tried a bunch of noodle places with his Chinese hosts (he's a pho-a-phile) and said the best noodles were in a small eatery where they tossed them across the room from the noodle making table to the cooks...

Right, instant style ramen. Hmm, refrigerated noodles? I've never seen those. I'll have to check the local Hong Kong Food Market.

Yeah, I'd love a good soba shop, but I'm pretty sure there aren't any. There was a Japanese restaurant not far from my house that made pretty much everything good and fairly traditionally including ramen. They were in a crappy location and didn't last long.

I do like Pho, but I usually eat the Bun Bo Xao or it's comparable instead of the soups. It's beef on vermicelli with veggies, fried onions and peanuts. I'm fortunate to have a really good Vietnamese place fairly close. I'm unfortunate that my wife isn't a huge fan.

I'd love to get back to the orient again. I was young when I was there before, so I wasn't quite as gastronomically adventurous as I would be now.

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

We always had the kind that comes in a plastic sack..... Boil some water in a pan, toss in the dried block of noodles. Once they become soft, drain off most of the water then toss in the ingredients. In the 80's in college, I think we used to get five packs for a dollar.... two packs made a decent meal.

Yeah, I think they are still 5 or 6 for a dollar unless you buy a case at Sam's Club, then they may be 10 for a dollar. Yeah, that's basically how my kids cook it. I just don't get draining it. I guess that would make it less messy to eat.