Noodles

🇰🇷South Korea

Sweet Potato Glass Noodles

당면

Korean glass noodles made from sweet potato starch, used in japchae and soups, chewy and translucent when cooked.

🇯🇵Okinawa, Japan

Sōki Soba

ソーキそば

Okinawa soba topped with fall-off-the-bone stewed pork ribs (sōki)

🇯🇵Japan

Sōmen

素麺

Very thin white wheat noodles, served chilled with a light tsuyu dipping sauce in summer.

🇹🇼Tainan, Taiwan

Tainan Eel Noodles

台南鱔魚意麵

A Tainan stir-fried noodle dish combining glossy eel, vegetables, and a sweet-savory sauce.

🇵🇪Peru

Tallarin Saltado

Tallarín saltado

Stir-fried noodles with vegetables and protein in a Cantonese-Peruvian style. The chifa version of chow mein.

🇦🇷Argentina

Tallarines

Argentine fresh egg noodles, similar to tagliatelle, served with tuco, pesto, or cream sauce. A Sunday-lunch staple from the neighborhood pasta factory.

🇯🇵Japan

Tantanmen Ramen

担々麺

Tantanmen is a Japanese sesame-and-chilli noodle soup inspired by dan dan noodles and served under its own name.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Tempura Soba

天ぷらそば

Hot soba in broth topped with crisp shrimp and vegetable tempura, a winter warming dish.

🇯🇵Japan

Tempura Udon

天ぷらうどん

Hot udon crowned with crisp shrimp tempura, often with a prawn tempura resting on the noodles.

🇵🇭Philippines

Thick Noodle Soup

Pancit Lomi

Pancit Lomi is a thick Filipino noodle soup with fresh egg noodles, pork, seafood, vegetables, and a rich, lightly thickened broth.

🇵🇭Philippines

Thick Noodles with Seafood Sauce

Pancit Malabon

Pancit Malabon uses thick rice noodles under a bright orange seafood sauce with shrimp, smoked fish, eggs, and crushed pork cracklings.

🇵🇭Philippines

Thin Rice-Noodle Stir-Fry

Pancit Bihon

Thin rice noodles stir-fried with garlic, vegetables, soy sauce, and small pieces of meat or seafood.

🇯🇵Shikoku, Japan

Tokushima Ramen

徳島ラーメン

Tokushima ramen with a rich pork-bone broth, often topped with a raw egg and sweet stewed pork.

🇹🇴Tonga

Tongan Sapasui Pulu

Sapasui pulu

Sapasui pulu is Tongan noodles cooked with corned beef, onion, and vegetables, absorbing the savoury juices into a soft, springy dish.

🇯🇵Japan

Toshikoshi soba

年越しそば

Toshikoshi soba, eaten on New Year's Eve so the long noodles carry the old year out, is a named calendar food with a single-night window and near-universal observance.

🇯🇵Chubu, Japan

Toyama Black Ramen

富山ブラックラーメン

Toyama black ramen, jet-black with an aggressively salty soy tare built to be eaten with rice, is a genuinely distinct identity rather than a city rendering.

🇲🇳Mongolia

Tsuivan

Цуйван

Hand-rolled wheat noodles cut into strips and steamed over mutton and vegetables, then tossed through the meat and its fat.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Tsukemen

つけ麺

Cold, rinsed noodles served separately from a concentrated hot dipping broth, eaten by dipping.

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Tuaran Mee

Tuaran Mee is a Sabah wheat noodle dish, wok-fried with egg, meat and vegetables.

🇯🇵Japan

Udon

うどん

Thick, chewy wheat noodles served in a hot soy-dashi broth or chilled with a dipping sauce.

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Ugro

Угро

Hand-cut thin noodles cooked in a lamb and vegetable broth and finished with sour milk and herbs.

🇯🇵Japan

Wakayama Ramen

和歌山ラーメン

Tonkotsu-soy hybrid ramen with thin straight noodles, chashu, and menma, served with boiled eggs.

🇯🇵Tohoku, Japan

Wanko Soba

わんこそば

Iwate's interactive soba challenge where servers rapidly refill small bowls until you stop them.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Wantan Mee

云吞面

Egg noodles with wontons, char siu, and leafy greens in light or dark sauce, springy noodles with silky wantan skin.

🇵🇭Philippines

Wheat-Noodle Stir-Fry

Pancit Canton

Chewy wheat noodles stir-fried with vegetables, meat or seafood, soy sauce, and citrusy calamansi.

🇭🇰Guangdong, Hong Kong

Wonton Noodle Soup

云吞面

Springy alkaline egg noodles under prawn-and-pork wontons in a clear broth built on dried flounder and pork bone.

🇯🇵Japan

Yaki Udon

焼きうどん

Stir-fried udon noodles with meat, cabbage, and vegetables in a savory soy-based sauce.

🇯🇵Japan

Yakisoba

焼きそば

Stir-fried wheat noodles with pork, cabbage, and vegetables in a sweet-savory Worcestershire sauce.

🇯🇵Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Iekei Ramen

家系ラーメン

Thick noodles in a blend of creamy tonkotsu and soy broth, topped with spinach and chashu.

🇹🇭Thailand

Yum Wun Sen

ยำวุ้นเส้น

Spicy glass noodle salad with minced pork, shrimp, celery, and a lime-fish sauce dressing.

🇯🇵Japan

Zaru Soba

ざるそば

Cold soba on a bamboo mat with a cup of concentrated tsuyu, wasabi, and scallions for dipping.

🇯🇵Japan

Zaru Udon

ざるうどん

Chilled udon served on a bamboo mat with a concentrated soy-dashi dipping sauce.

🇵🇱Poland

Łazanki

Лазанкі

A Polish dish of small, square pasta noodles tossed with cabbage, mushrooms, or poppy seeds. A rustic, home-cooked classic, hearty and savory, a traditional dish, served warm.