Dan Dan Noodles
$13 play money
Noodles with minced pork, chili oil and sesame. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $13 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- Chinese
- Menu section
- Chinese
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $13
- Main ingredients
- wheat noodles, minced pork, chili oil, sesame
- How it is served
- A bowl of noodles topped with minced pork, chili oil, peanuts and greens
History, tradition and origin
Noodles have been made in China for at least two thousand years, and long noodles are eaten on birthdays as a wish for long life. Wheat noodles belong to the north and rice noodles to the south. Spicy noodles sold by street carriers come from Sichuan, wide stir-fried rice noodles from Guangdong, and soft tossed noodles became a takeaway standard abroad.
Food economy and industry
Noodle making ranges from hand-pulling in small shops to factories producing dried and instant noodles by the billion. Wheat is China's second grain after rice, grown mostly on the northern plains. Noodle shops need little space or equipment, which makes them one of the most common small food businesses in Chinese cities.
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