Originally Posted by
yyznomad
Now I'm pining for Canto fried noodles.
Originally Posted by
Visconti
Me too. Since it's usually easier to find parking on Sundays, I may just pick up some Canto fried noodles. The ones I prefer are the browned to a crisp on both sides with the fish, shrimp, chicken and some assorted veggies in the middle with the sauce, where some of the softer noodles are soaked in between. At the restaurant, it's cut up in triangles, like a mini pizza; so, not sure how they would prepare it to go.
Just be careful that they use the right noodles. There's a place I know that uses HK-style wonton noodles and not egg noodles. I wasn't happy about that.
I find chinese noodles need to be eaten fresh. The flat rice noodles "mushify" after you put them in a microwave to reheat and egg noodles go soft and chewing (not in a good way) if you use a microwave as well. Interestingly enough, putting chinese dumplings in soup and then microwave doesn't have the same effect. But I usually just keep a pack or two of dumplings sitting in the freezer in case I need a quick lunch (warm up some broth, dump a pack of dumplings in, add a few stalks of sliced bok choy, season to flavour et voila!
Great.... now I have a hankering for lamb dumplings.... and most of the restaurants nearby that serve them are closed right now...