List of noodles facts for kids

Various noodles commonly found in Southeast Asia

Misua noodle-making in Lukang, Taiwan

This is a list of notable noodles. Noodles are a type of staple food made from some type of unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into long strips or strings. Noodles are usually cooked in boiling water, sometimes with cooking oil or salt added. They are often pan-fried or deep-fried. Noodles are often served with an accompanying sauce or in a soup. Noodles can be refrigerated for short-term storage, or dried and stored for future use.

Noodles

Fideo is a type of pasta commonly used in soups

Thai rice noodles

Commercial thin spätzle

• Cup Noodles
• Fideo
• Fried noodles
• Frozen noodles
• Instant noodle
• Mohnnudel
• Rice noodles
• Rice vermicelli
• Schupfnudel
• Coca noodles
• Kesme

Chinese noodles

Cellophane noodles

Shrimp roe noodles

Rice vermicelli

There is a great variety of Chinese noodles, which vary according to their region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation. They are an important part of most regional cuisines within China, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian nations with sizable overseas Chinese populations.

• Biangbiang noodles
• Cellophane noodles
• Chinkiang pot cover noodles
• Cumian
• Daoxiao noodles
• Dragon beard noodles
• Henan braised noodles
• Hot dry noodles
• Jook-sing noodles
• Kaomianjin
• Lai fun
• Lamian
• Liangpi
• Migan
• Misua
• Mixian
• Mung bean sheets
• Oil noodles
• Paomo
• Rice vermicelli
• Saang mein
• Shahe fen
• Shrimp roe noodles
• Silver needle noodles
• Yi mein
• Youmian

Hong Kong

• Gong Zai Mian
• Wonton noodles

Indian

• Idiyappam
• Sevai

Filipino

• Canton – egg noodles, usually round
• Bihon – rice noodles
• Lomi – thick egg noodles
• Miki – soft yellow egg noodles, usually flat
• Misua – wheat vermicelli
• Palabok – yellow cornstarch noodles
• Sotanghon – glass noodles

Indonesian

• Bakmi
• Bihun
• Kwetiau
• Mie goreng
• Mie balap
• Mie jagung – made from corn starch.
• Mie sagu – made from sago starch.
• Soun – made from tapioca, ganyong starch, or aren starch. Blue soun also popular with food coloring process.

Japanese

Fresh ramen

Slicing soba noodles as part of its preparation at the Kanda Matsuri

Japanese noodles are a staple part of Japanese cuisine. They are often served chilled with dipping sauces, or in soups or hot dishes.

• Hiyamugi
• Ramen
• Sanuki udon
• Shirataki noodles
• Soba
• Sōmen
• Udon
• Wanko soba
• Yakisoba

Korean

Korean noodles are noodles or noodle dishes in Korean cuisine, and are collectively referred to as guksu in native Korean or myeon (cf. mien) in Sino-Korean vocabulary.

• Cellophane noodles
• Cheonsachae
• Dotori guksu
• Garak guksu
• Jjolmyeon

Malaysian

Wonton noodles

• Char kway teow
• Kolo mee
• Mee bandung Muar
• Mee goreng
• Mee kari
• Mee Rebus
• Pan mee
• Wonton noodles

Thai

• Khanom chin
• Rice noodles

Vietnamese

Dried banh pho

Vietnamese noodles are available in either fresh (tươi) or dried (khô) form.

• Cellophane noodles (Miến)
• Rice noodles (bánh phở, bánh đa, bánh canh)
• Rice vermicelli (Bún, bánh hỏi)