Hey Doc

Lian Mien, cold noodle. A wonderful meal for the hot summer days in Taipei. It is tasty and simple to make. It consists of noodle, shredded cucumber, sometimes bean sprouts and sesame paste sauce. I have found pre-mixed sesame paste sauce in single serving package which tastes pretty good. But if you like to mix your own, get the sesame paste by the jar.



Cook the noodle until almost done. Dunk the noodle in a ice bath to cool it off. If you make the noodle ahead of time, just drain the noodle well then place it in the refrigerator. The sauce, mix two table spoons of the paste in a bowl. Add in same amount of the water. Mix well with soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and white pepper to taste. If you like spicy hot, add hot oil.
If you don't feel like laboring in the kitchen, there are many good cold noodle restaurants available in the city. A colleague took me to a small cold noodle place that opens 24 hours. The place is not only famous for the food, its also famous to meet celebrities during the late hours.



Simply egg noodle, cucumber and sauce



Meatball and miso soup makes a good combo.