Shrimp roe noodles

Shrimp roe noodles
The very tiny black dots are a trademark of the noodle.
Alternative namesShrimp noodles
TypeChinese noodles
Place of originHong Kong or Guangdong[1]
Region or stateHong Kong
Main ingredientsShrimp roe, wheat flour, salt, tapioca flour, monosodium glutamate
Shrimp roe noodles
Traditional Chinese蝦子麵
Simplified Chinese虾子面
Literal meaningshrimp egg noodle
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinxiāzǐ miàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghaa1 zi2 min6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJhê-tsí-mī

Shrimp roe noodles or shrimp noodles are a variety of Chinese noodle popular in Hong Kong and Guangdong. One of the special characteristic that distinguish this noodle from the many other varieties of Chinese noodle is the salty shrimp roe forming tiny black spots on strips of the noodles.[2]

  1. ^ Youtube
  2. ^ CNN Go 40 Hong Kong foods we can't live without Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine 13 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-09

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