Commenting on Vietnam's vermicelli soup with crab, CNN said that this dish is more popular than many other types of noodles because the noodles are easy to eat and have a light aroma. The eye-catching bowl of vermicelli soup with crab is filled with crab fat, snails, fried tofu, tomatoes, beef, pig's ear... served with raw vegetables, and is sold in many Vietnamese restaurants from popular to luxury.
In Vietnam, vermicelli with crab soup is one of the dishes that leaves an impression on tourists.
Another noodle dish also mentioned by CNN is bun cha, the noodles are usually served cold, served with grilled meat, herbs and a little diluted fish sauce with raw vegetables.
Besides bun rieu, tourists coming to Vietnam should also tryCao Lau, a dish associated with the name of Hoi An. Cao Lau has light yellow noodles, thicker and shorter than normal noodles, served with shrimp, char siu pork, pork rinds, blanched bean sprouts, roasted peanuts, raw vegetables and a little broth.
"Cao Lau looks simple but it takes a lot of effort to prepare. After being kneaded into a dough, the noodles are sliced thinly and steamed to give them their unique pale yellow color. Many restaurants even require the water to be taken from an ancient well in Hoi An, Ba Le," CNN described.
Cao Lau is described as "the culinary symbol of Hoi An"
According to many foreign culinary experts, Asian noodles have a special flavor and are easy to prepare with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables. For those who want to have a new experience, Asian noodles confidently "beat" many other dishes in the world.
Also on CNN's list of rice noodles and vermicelli are famous flat noodle dishes such as Pad Thai, a traditional and very famous stir-fried noodle dish of the people of the land of golden temples. Pad Thai consists of rice noodles stir-fried with eggs and tofu with red chili, tamarind powder, fish sauce and palm sugar, mixed with crushed roasted peanuts, fresh or dried shrimp, garlic, shallots... Pad Thai attracts diners with its delicious chewy noodles, fragrant shrimp and meat filling and sweet and sour sauce for a harmonious flavor. Visitors can find this dish at night markets and restaurants from affordable to high-end.
Pad Thai
Malaysia and Singapore also have a signature dish praised by CNN, Char kway teow - spicy stir-fried noodles, consisting of flat noodles, bean sprouts, onions, eggs and depending on the place, served with shrimp and thinly sliced Chinese sausage. In the usual way of cooking, the chef usually stir-fries noodles in a pan at high temperature, then mixes them with soy sauce and chili sauce.
Char kway teow
Speaking of thin rice noodles, besides Vietnamese noodle dishes, Asia also has many other delicious noodle dishes such as Taiwanese rice noodles, Yunnan's Crossing the Bridge noodles or Malaysian laksa noodles.
A trip to Taiwan is not complete without enjoying rice noodles. Taiwanese noodles are fragrant and delicious. The most popular way to enjoy rice noodles in Taiwan is stir-fried with mushrooms, minced pork, shredded carrots and cabbage.
Taiwanese rice noodles
Laksa is a noodle soup dish originating from Peranakan - Chinese people who settled along the Strait of Malacca (Malaysia). The main ingredients of the dish include thick noodles, tofu, fish cakes, chicken, eggs, shrimp, cockles, bean sprouts... This dish has 4 different versions: Curry laksa has a fatty taste and a characteristic aroma from curry, Asam laksa has a spicy and sour taste, Sarawak laksa has a fragrant smell from fish and Nyony laksa has a sweet taste from bone broth. Visitors can enjoy this specialty in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
Laksa
Crossing the Bridge Noodles, also known as Crossing the Bridge Noodles, are very famous in Yunnan Province. The name "Qua Kieu Mi Tuyen" - Crossing the Bridge Noodles comes from an ancient story. There was a student who studied hard on a small island in the middle of a lake. Every day, his wife brought out rice, but from home to where her husband studied, he had to walk quite a distance, and had to cross a bridge to get to the island. When he got there, the food was cold. Feeling sorry for her husband, the wife came up with a way: cook broth in a clay pot, simmer chicken until the water thickened, with a thick layer of fat floating on top to keep the heat for the broth below. The noodles and chicken were placed in a separate bowl, and only put into the water when eating. The husband ate the hot and delicious noodles, so he asked his wife what kind of noodles it was. The wife thought of the road she traveled every day and answered her husband that it was Crossing the Bridge Noodles. The way of eating Crossing the Bridge noodles with thick chicken broth, adding eggs, meat, fish and herbs and spices typical of Yunnan, is still passed down to this day.
Crossing the Bridge Noodles in Yunnan
Idiyappam is a popular dish in Sri Lanka and southern India. At first glance, idiyappam looks similar to Vietnamese vermicelli noodles, but the taste is different. This dish is made from flour mixed with coconut milk, so it has a fatty, fragrant taste, and the idiyappam noodles are chewy and smooth. People often eat idiyappam with different sauces or with curry made from potatoes, eggs, fish, meat...
Idiyappam with beef curry
CNN also introduces wheat noodles such as Sichuan dan dan noodles, Shanghai scallion noodles, Shanxi razor noodles, somen cold noodles, Japanese ramen and udon noodles, Korean Janchi-Guksu noodles... Many egg noodle dishes are also listed such as Cantonese bamboo stick noodles, Siamese noodles, efu noodles, Chow mein fried noodles... In addition, the list also includes soba noodles and naengmyeon cold noodles made from buckwheat, vermicelli made from sweet potato starch, arrowroot starch, mung bean flour or tapioca starch...
