Noodles

🇧🇹Bhutan

Phaksha Phin Tshoem

ཕག་ཤ་ཕིན་ཚོད

Pork is cooked with rice noodles and Bhutanese aromatics in the Phaksha Phin Tshoem tradition.

🇹🇭Thailand

Phat Si Io

ผัดซีอิ๊ว

Stir-fried wide rice noodles with pork or chicken, Chinese broccoli, egg, and dark soy sauce.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Phở chua (Sour Pho)

Phở chua

A rare sour pho from Lạng Sơn, with cold noodles, fermented sauce and herbs.

🇭🇺Hungary

Pinched Noodles

Csipetke

Pinched noodles are tiny Hungarian pasta pieces added directly to soups such as gulyás.

🇸🇰Slovakia

Poppy Seed Noodles

Makové rezance

Boiled egg noodles tossed with butter, ground poppy seed and sugar, eaten as a sweet main course, especially on Christmas Eve.

🇩🇪Germany

Potato Noodles

Schupfnudeln

Fresh pasta made with mashed potatoes and flour, characterized by an unusual cylindrical shape, boiled or pan-fried.

🇧🇹Bumthang, Bhutan

Puta

པུ་ཏ།

Buckwheat noodles pressed through a wooden press straight into boiling water, then tossed with mustard oil, chilli powder and egg.

🇰🇵Pyongyang, North Korea

Pyongyang Naengmyeon

평양냉면

Cold buckwheat noodles in a tangy broth of beef, pheasant, or dongchimi water kimchi, topped with pickled radish, sliced meat, Korean pear, and half a boiled egg; served in a large metal bowl with ice chunks; the signature dish of Pyongyang, eaten with vinegar and mustard; long noodles symbolize longevity and are left uncut.

🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

Qishan Saozi Noodles

岐山臊子面

Thin noodles in a sharp vinegared broth with diced pork, carrot, wood ear and egg, sour and oily in equal measure.

🇲🇲Rakhine State, Myanmar

Rakhine Mont Di

မုန့်တီ

Rakhine round rice noodles with a fiery fish broth or a dry chilli dressing, finished with fish paste, coriander and a heavy hand of ground chilli.

🇺🇸United States

Ramen Burger

A burger with a ramen-noodle 'bun' — a Brooklyn food-fair invention.

🇩🇿Algiers, Algeria

Rechta

رشتة

Hand-cut fresh pasta ribbons steamed and served in a white broth of chicken, turnip, courgette and chickpeas scented with cinnamon.

🇭🇰Guangdong, Hong Kong

Rice Noodle Rolls

肠粉

Sheets of rice batter steamed on cloth, rolled around prawn, beef or fried dough stick, and flooded with sweetened light soy

🇵🇭Philippines

Rice Noodles with Shrimp Sauce

Pancit Palabok

Pancit Palabok is rice noodles covered with shrimp-based sauce and topped with smoked fish, pork, shrimp, egg, and garlic.

🇯🇵Shikoku, Japan

Sanuki Udon

讃岐うどん

Sanuki udon is a firm, square-edged Kagawa noodle served in self-service halls with broth or dipping sauce.

🇼🇸Samoa

Sapasui

Samoan chop suey; noodles stir-fried with meat, vegetables, ginger, and garlic; a Chinese-influenced dish tracing to laborers who came to work Apia's copra trade in the early 1900s; served at every family gathering; Samoa absorbed this import and made it its own; hearty, savory, and filling; a TasteAtlas-listed dish.

🇯🇵Kyushu, Japan

Sara udon

皿うどん

Sara udon is crisp fried noodles covered with a thick seafood-and-vegetable sauce in the Nagasaki style.

🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore

Satay Bee Hoon

沙爹米粉

Rice vermicelli under a warm peanut satay gravy with cockles, cuttlefish, prawns, kangkong and fried beancurd — a Teochew invention that uses satay sauce as a dressing.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Satay Beef Instant Noodles

沙嗲牛肉麵

Instant noodles stir-fried with beef in a satay sauce, an enduring cha chaan teng dish.

🇨🇳Shanghai, China

Scallion Oil Noodles

葱油拌面

Noodles tossed in oil in which spring onions have been fried slowly to black, with soy sauce, sugar and dried shrimp.

🇲🇦Morocco

Seffa with Vermicelli

السفة بالشعيرية

A Moroccan seffa made with vermicelli instead of semolina, sweetened with sugar, cinnamon, and almonds. A festive and home dish, sweet and aromatic, a national variant, a celebration and tea-time dish.

🇸🇩Sudan

Shaaria

Sudanese noodles cooked with aromatics and served as a home-style side or light meal.

🇨🇳China

Shacha Noodles

沙茶面

A Fujian and Taiwanese noodle soup of wheat noodles in a rich, savoury shacha (shacha sauce) broth made from roasted peanuts, shrimp, garlic and spices, topped with meat and seafood.

🇲🇲Shan, Myanmar

Shan Noodles

ရှမ်းခေါက်ဆွဲ

Flat rice noodles with marinated minced chicken or pork, garlic oil, pickled mustard greens and crushed peanut, served dry or in a light broth.

🇯🇵Hakodate, Japan

Shio Ramen

塩ラーメン

Light, salt-seasoned ramen with a clear golden broth, originating in the port city of Hakodate.

🇺🇿Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Shivit Oshi

Шивит оши

Khorezm's green noodles are coloured and flavoured with dill, then served with meat, potatoes, and a light vegetable topping.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Shoyu Ramen

醤油ラーメン

The classic soy sauce-based ramen with curly wheat noodles in a clear chicken-pork broth.

🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore

Singapore Hokkien Mee

福建炒虾面

Yellow egg noodles and rice vermicelli braised together in prawn and pork stock until the liquid is absorbed, with prawn, squid, egg and pork lard, served with sambal and calamansi.

🇯🇵Japan

Soba

そば

Thin buckwheat noodles served chilled with tsuyu dipping sauce or hot in a soy-dashi broth.

🇯🇵Japan

Sobagaki

そばがき

Sobagaki, buckwheat mixed straight into a hot dough dumpling rather than cut into noodles, is the older named form of soba and is structurally distinct.

🇵🇪Ica, Peru

Sopa Seca

A dry Peruvian noodle dish from Chincha and Ica, with spaghetti tossed in a spiced tomato-and-ají sauce and traditionally served with ceviche.

🇰🇷South Korea

Soy Milk Noodles

콩국수

Cold wheat noodles in a rich, creamy broth made from freshly ground soybeans, a refreshing summer dish.

🇰🇷South Korea

Spicy Chewy Noodles

쫄면

Extra-chewy wheat noodles served cold with a spicy-sweet gochujang sauce, vegetables, and boiled egg.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Street Fried Noodles

Mie Tek-Tek

Street-style fried noodles with kecap manis and various toppings, sold by itinerant cart vendors.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

String Hopper Biryani

බුරියානි

String hoppers are layered with spiced rice, meat or chicken, and accompaniments in Sri Lankan Muslim biryani service.

🇸🇷Suriname

Surinamese Bami

Bami

Wheat noodles fried with chicken, cabbage and ketjap manis, sweeter and darker than the Indonesian original and usually sold by weight.