4000-year-old noodles found in China!

 A 4000-YEAR-OLD NOODLES!!!

There was an amazing news in China 5 years ago. A 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles has been founded. The beautifully preserved, long, thin yellow noodles were found inside an overturned sealed bowl at the Lajia archaeological site in northwestern China. The bowl was buried under ten feet (three meters) of sediment.

"This is the earliest empirical evidence of noodles ever found," Houyuan Lu of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at Beijing's Chinese Academy of Sciences said in an e-mail interview.

Lu and colleagues report the find tomorrow in the science journal Nature.
The scientists determined the noodles were made from two kinds of millet, a grain indigenous to China and widely cultivated there 7,000 years ago. Modern North American and European noodles are usually made with wheat.
 
Archaeochemist Patrick McGovern at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia said that if the date for the noodles is correct, the find is "quite amazing."
Even today, he said, deft skills are required to make long, thin noodles like those found at Lajia.
"This shows a fairly high level of food processing and culinary sophistication," he said.
 
John Roach, National geographic news. Oct, 2005.

Chinese famous noodles

Famous Noodles

Lanzhou Hand-Pulled Noodles with Beef 兰州牛肉拉面
This kind of hand-pulled noodle is also known as "Lanzhou Beef Noodles", one of the most common dishes in the local area. Visitors can see it at every corner of the city and it has become a part of the local people's life. The noodle is handmade, and it takes a cook only one or two minutes to stretch the dough into many needle-thin noodles. Today small restaurants serving Lanzhou Beef Noodles can be found in almost every Chinese city. However, most of them are hidden in small alleys or back streets.
Among the many beef noodle restaurants in Lanzhou, the Jinding Beef Noodle Restaurant in Pingliang Road, the Mazhilu Beef Noodle Restaurant in Wudu Road, and the Minority Restaurant in Zhangye Road are the most famous ones.



Guilin Rice Noodles 桂林米粉
Taking pride of place as the most popular local snack (or breakfast, lunch or dinner) in Guilin, mifen is pliable but strong, fragrant and mellow, and cheap (2.5 yuan for a bowl). Guilin rice noodles can probably be found within 100m of anywhere in a Guilin town or city area.
Rice noodles, gravy, fried peanuts or soybeans, chopped scallions and thin slices of different kinds of meat are added for various versions of this renowned and tasty dish. Well-chopped condiments include: spring onions, chilli, pickled beans and pickled white raddish in chilli sauce. Soup may be ladled on or dispensed from an urn. Although there are many restaurants around the country who claim to serve authentic Guilin rice noodles, there are hardly any restaurants serving authentic Guilin Rice Noodles outside Guilin Prefecture.



Guangzhou Shahefen 广州沙河粉
Shahefen is a kind of noodle made of rice. It is broad and white in color. Their texture is elastic and a bit chewy. They do not freeze or dry well and are thus generally (where available) purchased fresh, in strips or sheets that may be cut to the desired width. Shahefen is popular in southern China's Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces.

Chinese noodle restaurant in Sydney

Chinese Noodle Restaurant

8 Quay Street, Sydney NSW 2000

(02) 9281 9051 ()‎

 

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At a glance: ma po tofu · yum cha · pan-fried · fried pork buns · braised

Sydney's Chinatown (Chinese: 雪梨華埠 or 悉尼唐人街) is an urban locality in the southern part of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Haymarket, between Central Station and Darling Harbour. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and is Australia's largest Chinatown. 

 

 

 

Yee King Noodles

408 Sussex Street, Haymarket NSW 2000

(02) 9211 1138 ()‎

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At a glance: fried pork ribs · pan fried dumplings · pork in sweet and sour · northern chinese · the eggplant

 

 

 

 

 

Dumpling & Noodle House

1/165 Victoria Street, Potts Point NSW 2011

(02) 9326 9639 ()‎

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At a glance: din tai fung · northern chinese · steamed · bamboo · prawn

 

 

 

 

 

happy chef chinese Restaurant

262/266 King Street, Newtown NSW 2200

(02) 9550 3423 ()‎

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At a glance: cheap and cheerful · noodle soup · spicy beef · picture menu · sweet soy

 

Beef chow fun

Beef chow fun is one kinds of Chinese noodles, but it is different from other tranditional Chinese noodles. Beacuse the way to cook it is fried, so it is one kinds of fried noodles. Beef chow is the most famous and popular fried noodles, beacuse of it especial  tasty.

It originating from the town of Shahe in Guangzhou. The most common methods of cooking ho fun are in stir fried. Ho fun can be dry-fried (fried without sauce) or wet-fried (fried with a sauce). It popular in yum cha restaurants in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and even overseas, as well as in cha chaan tengs.

To cook beef chow fun you need  stir-frying beef, hefen (wide rice noodles) and bean sprouts.
Then you just first stir frying beef strips until they are half-cooked. Bean sprouts and onions are then fried in oil. The ho fun is added and stir fried very quickly, along with soy sauce and heated oil. Finally, the beef is added.
An important factor in the making of this dish is "wok hei" (鑊氣). The cooking must be done over a high flame and the stirring must be done quickly. Not only must the ho fun be stirred quickly, it must not be handled too strongly or it will break into pieces. The amount of oil also needs to be controlled very well, or the extra oil or dry texture will ruin the flavor. Because of these factors, this dish is a major test for chefs in Cantonese cooking.

                                     

Shrimp wonton noodles

Wonton, also written as wantan, wanton and numerous other variations, are a type of dumpling common in Chinese cuisine.
Wonton noodles,which consists of wontons and noodles, is usually served in hot soup, garnished with Chinese chives and chopped spring onions. Inside the thin wrapping of a wonton, the filling is a mixture of shrimp, pork and eggs, or even a complete shrimp. The noodles are made of flour and eggs, without any water added, so they taste slippery and elastic. To ensure that the noodles are perfectly al dente, the correct cooking process must be strictly followed. The wontons are cooked first, and then placed in the bowls, with five per bowl. The thin noodles are blanched for 10 seconds, then rinsed in cold water and placed on the wontons. Piping hot bouillon is then poured into the bowl on top of the wonton noodles. Then the Chinese chives and chopped spring onions are added.

Shanghai Zha Jiang noodles

Ingredients:

• 500 g Shanghai noodle (I cooked 450 gm)
• 2 tbsp sweet bean sauce (more if you prefer stronger taste)
• 500 g minced pork (I added marinade, see below)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water (I used Campbell’s salt-reduced chicken stock)
• 1 carrot, thinly shredded
• 1 cucumber, thinly shredded
• chopped spring onions for garnish

Marinade:

• 2 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp Shaoxing wine
• pepper, to taste

Method:

1. Heat a wok or frying pan with oil. Add pork mince (Note: I mixed it with marinade for 15 minutes before stir frying.) and stir fry until brown. Add ginger and garlic and stir fry together with the pork mince until fragrant.
2. Add sweet bean sauce, dark soy sauce and mix until combined.
3. Add 1/2 cup of water/chicken stock, bring to a boil and then lower heat to a slow simmer until sauce is thicken. Add sugar to taste.
4. Cook the noodle according to packet instructions. Drain and put into four individual serving bowls.
5. Divide pork mince into 4 equal portions and pour on the noodle.
6. Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and garnish with shredded carrots and cucumber.
7. Serve immediately.

fried noodles' recipe

There are many ways to make delicicous noodles.Fried noodle is actually one of my favorite.Here is a simple way to make fried noodle.

What you need are:
1. 3 eggs
2. vegetable oil
3.green onions,thinly sliced
4. soy sauce
5.250g lean meat,sliced

Frist, you need to boil remen noodles for 3 minutes, or until softened, without flovor packets. Reserve flavor packets.Drain noodles, and set aside.Then heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small skillet.Scramble eggs in a bowl.Cook and stir in hot oil until firm.Set aside.
In a separate skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of oil over medium heat. Cook and stir green onions in oil for 2 to 3 minutes, or until softened. Transfer to a separate dish, and set aside. Heat another teaspoon of cooking oil in the same skillet. Cook the lean meat with soy sauce and setting aside when done.
Then heat 2 tablespoons oil, fry noodles in oil for 3 to 5 minutes over medium heat,turning regularly. Sprinke soy sauce cook for another 5 minutes.Add egges,onions and lean meat and continue cooking for another 3 minutes.