This made me smile. Noodles have such a way of pulling you deeper the more you learn about them.
Growing up in Malaysia I was surrounded by this exact conversation every day without knowing it. Chinese wheat noodles sitting next to rice noodles sitting next to Indian influenced broths — all at the same hawker stall, all completely comfortable with each other.
Your point about learning each noodle on its own terms is exactly right. A rice noodle in pho has nothing to prove to a strand of spaghetti and vice versa.
Lovely piece. Welcome to the rabbit hole. It only gets deeper from here.
Thank you so much. I love what you said about a rice noodle in pho has nothing to prove to a strand of spaghetti, and vice versa. That really is the heart of it!
That makes me so happy to hear! And honestly it's something I truly believe. Every noodle has its own logic, its own culture, its own reason for being exactly what it is. The moment you stop comparing and start understanding each one on its own terms everything opens up.
It's a little like people really. 😄
Looking forward to seeing where your noodle rabbit hole takes you next.
This made me smile. Noodles have such a way of pulling you deeper the more you learn about them.
Growing up in Malaysia I was surrounded by this exact conversation every day without knowing it. Chinese wheat noodles sitting next to rice noodles sitting next to Indian influenced broths — all at the same hawker stall, all completely comfortable with each other.
Your point about learning each noodle on its own terms is exactly right. A rice noodle in pho has nothing to prove to a strand of spaghetti and vice versa.
Lovely piece. Welcome to the rabbit hole. It only gets deeper from here.
Thank you so much. I love what you said about a rice noodle in pho has nothing to prove to a strand of spaghetti, and vice versa. That really is the heart of it!
That makes me so happy to hear! And honestly it's something I truly believe. Every noodle has its own logic, its own culture, its own reason for being exactly what it is. The moment you stop comparing and start understanding each one on its own terms everything opens up.
It's a little like people really. 😄
Looking forward to seeing where your noodle rabbit hole takes you next.