8 Various Noodle-Based Cuisine in the World, Have You Tried It?

Noodles are a legendary culinary dish that has become a speciality in several countries. Served with various techniques and condiments, noodles are proven to have a taste that can be accepted by people all over the world. Spending time during lockdown to hone your cooking skills with a variety of noodle dishes from around the world will be nice. From Indonesian Mie Ayam to Turkish Şehriye Çorbası Orzo, let's take a look at 8 different noodle-based dishes in the world below!

Mie Ayam
One of the most common and easy to find noodle-based dishes in Indonesia is Mie Ayam or Chicken Noodle. The dish which is widely sold and can be found in any place in Indonesia is a "derivative" of Bakmi, a Chinese dish. Noodles in China generally use pork as toppings. In Indonesia, pork is replaced with chicken and soy sauce. Even though it is derived from China, Mie Ayam can be said to have become a special Indonesian cuisine because this noodle variant cannot be found anywhere else.

Pho
Pho is a traditional Vietnamese noodle soup that is popular all over the world for its delicacy. With flat and rather thin noodles, it is complemented by a special sauce made from fennel, coriander, ginger, fish sauce, and hoisin sauce. This breakfast dish is even more delicious when thin slices of beef and garnishes such as basil, mint, scallions, chilli, bean sprouts, lime juice, and coriander leaves as  toppings. There are two popular types of Pho dishes: Pho Bo with beef and Pho Ga with chicken.

Laksa
Another various noodle-based dish is spicy noodle soup from Malaysia which is also popular in Southeast Asia: Laksa. This dish is a favorite among the local people because the spices are almost the same as the ones in Indonesia. This dish has a deep yellow thick broth because the sauce is made using curry. Laksa uses rice-based noodles and is generally topped with bean sprouts, tofu, eggs, green vegetables, and seafood.

Ramen
Japan has Ramen as a noodle-based food inspired by East China's Lamian wheat noodles. Japanese people have been enjoying ramen for more than a century. It is now known as one of the most popular noodle soups in the world. Ramen's popularity keeps increasing thanks to the many choices of instant ramen sold in the market. In their home country, Ramen can be enjoyed with 4 kinds of soup options: shoyu (soy sauce), miso (fermented bean paste), shio (salt), and tonkotsu (pork in broth).

Spätzle
Germany, a Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountains and the coast of the North Sea has Spätzle as typical noodle-based food. This egg noodle dish has a chewy texture like dumplings made from egg dough mixed with flour, milk or water. This dish is unique with the short noodles arranged in irregular shapes. Savoury and sweet, Spätzle takes no more than two minutes to cook and needs to be cooled immediately in iced water to keep it from turning mushy.

Spaghetti Carbonara
From Italy, Spaghetti Carbonara is one of the most popular Italian noodle-based dishes in the world. The thick spaghetti is covered with soft egg yolks with diced bacon, grated cheese, and generous amounts of black pepper, then usually topped with pecorino romano, parmigiano-reggiano, or a combination of both. The noodle is drenched in a super creamy sauce with chunks of smoked meat. The dish is known as a simple rural folk food in its home country.

Lapshevnik
Lapshevnik is a dish made from lapsha which means noodles in Russian. This typical Russian noodle dish has a variety of fillings, from chicken, bacon, sausage, cheese, to minced meat. Unlike most savoury noodle dishes, Lapshevnik comes in a dessert version. There is Lapshevnik with pieces of fruit or raisins complete with a cream sauce topped with honey or syrup.

Şehriye Orbası Orzo
Soup has a special place in Turkish cuisine because the country's traditional food always begins with broth. Şehriye orbası Orzo soup itself is a typical Turkish noodle dish that uses short-sized noodles. Made with tomatoes, the taste is suitable for Indonesian tongues.

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