How To Eat Chinese Noodles
Nov 27th, 2007 by admin
Noodles can be tricky to eat with chopsticks as they are slippery, and if served in soup, even harder to grab. If you’re eating fried noodles with vegetables, meat or seafood, it shouldn’t be too hard to pick up a mixture so that the other ingredients provide some grip. You can also use your Chinese porcelain spoon in your other hand, to prevent everything falling from your chopsticks back on to the plate. Even if you’re just holding it under your chopsticks, it will provide some support. Plenty of Chinese people use their porcelain spoons.
When eating noodles in soup, the Chinese spoon (or the large wooden/bamboo one that sometimes arrives with soup noodles) is essential. I’ve seen so many people struggle with just a pair of chopsticks, when holding the spoon in the other hand will really help. I make a real mess when eating soup noodles, splashing soup around me, so I always tuck a napkin into my collar. Not very dignified, but it comes in handy. The spoon will catch most of the noodles and you can use it to sip soup too. Once you’ve practised coordinating the use of both, you’ll be fine! To find out more, read the first post listed below…
Let me know if you have other tips or suggestions! I’d love to hear them.
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Hi, I really hope you can help me! Do you know of any halal/kosher chinese/dim sim restaurants in London, where they serve authentic chinese food, but with no pork products used (in stocks/soup etc) as well as halal/kosher meat being used?
Thanks!
dim sim? really?
apologies for the awful spelling. but it’s late, i’m sick (my cold seems to have travelled to my left ear. Lame.) And seeing those wonderful pictures has made me really really hungry, especially the last image, of the wonton noodles? I have had wonton noodle soup twice in my entire life, both times while on holiday, where food being halal was not an issue. I also had the weirdest dream once, where me and my sister were out eating various types of dim sum, at a chinese restaurant in London, i think? Weird, cos we have only ever been out for chinese while on holiday, with our family.
ps-please feel free to delete this comment, as it’s nearly 4am, and i’m pretty sure this is just me rambling nosense…
Emily – possibly Phoenix Palace off Baker Street (I think it’s Glentworth St). I remember they used to use chicken instead of pork in a few dishes. But you’ll have to check this beforehand as I haven’t been there in years. Sorry I can’t be of much help.
Helen Yuet Ling