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Now some people might think of Chinese food as being General Tso’s Chicken and fried rice. I love those dishes but they aren’t your traditional Chinese cuisine. Being raised in the Chinese culture, I grew up eating foods that some people have never heard of in their lives. This is one of them.
This dish is called Churng Fun Udon and words cannot explain how much I love this dish. It is made with thick rice noodles and fish balls smothered in peanut sauce, soy sauce, and hoi sin sauce (another type of soy sauce). Add some hot sauce and you’re in food heaven. There isn’t any magical cooking process and it wont win any style points but its a one of a kind meal. I have asked friends who have been to other parts of the country with Chinatown areas and they have all told me NYC is the only place that serves this delectable dish.
The texture of the noodles are pretty firm to withstand the dredging of the sauces. Scallions and baby shrimps are encapsulated inside the noodles but I prefer mine without those garnishes. I have made an art out of using a fork and picking the shrimps and scallions out of the noodles which just makes the prize even more desirable after the work is done.
A simple dish but it has brought me years of happiness and joy throughout my childhood. As a kid going to daycare, I remember eating this tasty treat before I began my day. It is typically a breakfast food but, now that I am grown, Ive had it for lunch and sometimes even dinner! There would be one main street vendor that everyone went to and the line would be down the block at times! Churng Fun Udon is definitely a hidden gem in the humongous food culture that is Chinese.
4 responses so far ↓
yl146984 // Oct 16th 2012 at 6:35 pm
Nowadays, a lot of the food have been Americanized. If I didn’t have a Chinese background, I would probably think it was Chinese food itself. Fortunately, I have tasted authentic Chinese food, and the americanized chinese restaurants doesn’t even come close.
I love (as you put it) churng fun udon! It’s the one dish that I always get when I go eat dim sum with my family. I used to think one of the main ingredients to this dish was peanut butter. But did you know, it’s not any sort of peanut sauce. It’s sesame paste!
Jesse Lee // Oct 16th 2012 at 10:16 pm
@YL146884 Mind=blown. I was always told it was peanut sauce! I have no idea if i spelled Churng fun right either haha. Im hoping my phonetic skills are up to par. Ive never had it at Dim sum I cant betray my spot lol. Its always good to find a Churng fun lover!
Malynda // Dec 13th 2012 at 12:51 pm
Your description of the soup was awesome and making me hungry.
My favorite Chinatown is in Las Vegas, but
my favorite soup in our Chinatown is the wonton soup with extra noodles from Wing Wong on Canal St.
It’s soup weather, so please post where if you know someplace better. I love chinese soups.
ay083951 // Dec 17th 2012 at 1:59 am
Now this is what I’m talking about when it comes to Chinese food, something with a variety or unique and clean flavor combinations and simplistic elegance. It does a good job of introducing genuine Chinese food culture for the average American, and something we need to see more often if we’re going to expand this countries pallet to be a real multicultural food nation.
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