Noodles

🇲🇾Johor, Malaysia

Mee Bandung

Mee Bandung Muar

Shrimp, and thick spicy gravy, rich thick gravy with fresh prawns and spicy kick.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Mee Goreng

Bami goreng

Fried noodles with spices, vegetables, and protein, wok hei with balanced seasoning and fresh ingredients, a daily Malaysian street food staple, versatile

🇲🇾Penang, Malaysia

Mee Goreng Mamak

Indian Mee Goreng

Indian-Muslim style fried noodles with potatoes and tofu, spicy tangy sauce with crispy potatoes and fresh lime.

🇲🇾Penang, Malaysia

Mee Jawa

Javanese-style noodle dish with gravy.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Mee Ketang

មីកាតាំង

Wide rice noodles stir-fried with beef, vegetables, and gravy, topped with scrambled eggs, a Cambodian adaptation of Chinese chao fen.

🇰🇭Battambang, Cambodia

Mee Kola

មីកុឡា

Vegetarian rice noodle dish of the Kola people, made with thin rice stick noodles, soy sauce, garlic chives, pickled vegetables, and julienned eggs.

🇹🇭Bangkok, Thailand

Mee Krob

หมี่กรอบ

Crispy fried vermicelli noodles tossed in a sweet and sour tamarind sauce with shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts.

🇱🇦Laos

Mee Nam

ໝີ່ນໍ້າ

Wheat noodles in a clear pork or chicken broth with greens, minced pork and crisp fried garlic.

🇧🇳Brunei

Mee Rebus

Yellow noodles in sweet potato-thickened gravy with egg, tofu, and lime, thick creamy gravy with balanced sweet-savory flavor.

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Mee Siam

Rice vermicelli in sour-spicy gravy with tofu, egg, and garnishes, balanced sour-sweet gravy with springy noodles.

🇲🇲Shan, Myanmar

Meeshay

မြီးရှေ

Shan dish of round rice noodles dressed with a sweet-sour soy and rice-flour sauce, pork or chicken, pickled bean sprouts and sesame, with a bowl of broth alongside.

🇻🇳Central Vietnam, Vietnam

Mi Quang

Mì Quảng

Turmeric-yellow rice noodles from Quang Nam with shrimp, pork, herbs, peanuts, and a small amount of rich broth, topped with sesame rice crackers.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Mien Ga

Miến gà

A chicken and glass-noodle soup, light and restorative.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Mine Bouilli

The boiled counterpart of mine frite: noodles served in a light broth with boulettes, greens and a spoon of chilli garlic.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Mine Frite

Wheat noodles stir-fried hard with soy, spring onion, chicken or prawn and shredded vegetables in a Sino-Mauritian wok.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Misao

Wheat noodles fried with cabbage, carrot and small pieces of pork or chicken — the Chinese-Malagasy street lunch.

🇯🇵Nagoya, Japan

Miso nikomi udon

味噌煮込みうどん

Miso nikomi udon, stiff undercooked noodles simmered in red hatcho miso and served in the earthenware pot, is a named Nagoya dish structurally distinct from every other udon.

🇯🇵Hokkaido, Japan

Miso Ramen

味噌ラーメン

Hearty ramen with a wok-cooked miso base, topped with bean sprouts, corn, and chashu; born in Sapporo.

🇻🇳Hanoi, Vietnam

Miến lươn (Cellophane Noodles with Eel)

Miến lươn

Mien luon, glass noodles with crisp-fried eel, is a named northern dish with dedicated shops in Hanoi and Nghe An.

🇦🇹Lower Austria, Austria

Mohnnudeln

Mohnnudeln are hand-rolled potato noodles browned in butter and coated with ground poppy seed and sugar.

🇯🇵Morioka, Japan

Morioka reimen

盛岡冷麺

Morioka reimen, chewy cold noodles in a beef-and-kimchi broth invented by a Korean-Japanese cook in Iwate, is a named city dish with a documented origin.

🇹🇭Northern Thailand (Lanna), Thailand

Nam Ngiao

เนื้อเนียว

Northern Thai noodle soup with pork broth, blood cake, tomato, and crushed chili paste.

🇰🇬Tashkent, Kyrgyzstan

Naryn

Нарын

Boiled horse meat and fat shredded by hand and tossed through thin sheets of noodle with raw onion, served cool with a bowl of broth.

🇨🇳Beijing, China

Noodles with Fried Bean Sauce

炸酱面

Thick wheat noodles under a dark salty sauce of pork belly fried in fermented yellow soybean paste, ringed with raw cucumber, radish and soy bean garnishes.

🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

Noodles with Poppy Seeds

Резанци с маком

Flat egg noodles boiled and tossed with ground poppy seed, sugar and butter, served warm as a pudding or a side.

🇳🇷Nauru

Noodles with Spam

Instant noodles topped with fried Spam or canned corned beef; a very typical everyday meal on Nauru; salty, filling, and cheap; reflects the island's reliance on shelf-stable imported foods; 71% of Nauruan households consume instant noodles; one of the most common quick meals.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Num Banh Chok

នំបញ្ចុក

Freshly made rice vermicelli, lightly fermented, served with a green fish-based curry sauce and fresh vegetables, herbs, and bean sprouts.

🇯🇵Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa Soba

沖縄そば

Okinawan thick wheat noodles in a clear pork-bone broth, topped with sōki (stewed pork ribs).

🇰🇷Gangwon, South Korea

Olchaengi guksu (Tadpole Noodles)

올챙이국수

Olchaengi guksu, corn-starch noodles pushed through a perforated plate so they fall like tadpoles, is a named Gangwon dish and a distinctive technique.

🇯🇵Japan

Onnoji Ramen

尾道ラーメン

A regional ramen with a light soy broth and thin noodles, particular to its home town.

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Oshi Tuppa

Оши туппа

Rolled and cut noodles simmered in a light meat and vegetable broth, a homely everyday soup.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Oyster Vermicelli

蚵仔麵線

Fine wheat vermicelli in a thick, dark, bonito-scented broth with small oysters or braised pork intestine, eaten with a spoon and drenched in black vinegar and garlic.

🇹🇭Thailand

Pad Kee Mao

ผัดขี้เมา

Drunken noodles — spicy stir-fried wide rice noodles with chili, holy basil, garlic, and soy sauce.

🇹🇭Bangkok, Thailand

Pad Thai

ผัดไทย

Stir-fried rice noodles with shrimp, tofu, egg, bean sprouts, and tamarind sauce, topped with crushed peanuts.

🇹🇭Thailand

Pad woon sen

ผัดวุ้นเส้น

Phat woon sen is glass noodles stir-fried with egg, vegetables, and savoury seasonings until glossy.

🇲🇲Mandalay, Myanmar

Panthay Noodles

ပန်းသေးခေါက်ဆွဲ

Halal egg noodles from the Chinese Muslim Panthay community, served with a spiced chicken curry, chilli oil and pickled greens.