Quang noodles - A unique creation of the Quang people

Mi Quang is considered a distinct creation of the people in Quang Nam because it does not follow any available tradition, especially in the name. The word noodles is very strange but unique. Noodles are originally a Chinese dish made from wheat flour, but there are no noodles in ancient Vietnamese dishes, Quang noodles are the only Vietnamese noodle dish. However, that is just a borrowed name because those noodles are originally made from rice flour and not any wheat flour, which is strange but unique. According to a hypothesis: Quang Nam people and Chinese people living in ancient Hoi An, who missed their homeland so much, sought to cook noodles in their new homeland. However, Vietnam is a rice country and does not have wheat flour to make noodles, so they used rice flour instead and added turmeric to create a natural yellow color. According to another hypothesis, the Chinese people living in Hoi An have a tradition of opening businesses wherever they go, and noodles, their national dish, are of course indispensable. The people of Quang Nam gradually became accustomed to eating Quang noodles, which the Chinese even praised for their deliciousness. Phu Chiem village, Quang Nam province, is considered the cradle of Quang noodles.

Phu Chiem Quang Noodles is one of the very famous specialties, Phu Chiem is not the name of the restaurant, this is the name of the original Quang Noodles dish, born from Phu Chiem village in ancient Quang Nam. Still the basic ingredients that make up the traditional Quang noodle dish, but the bowl of Phu Chiem noodles seems to be much more flavorful. There are still fresh noodles made from rice, a few pieces of chicken, a few slices of pork, shrimp, quail eggs, but the flavorful, fatty taste of a bowl of Phu Chiem noodles is in the broth made from field crab. Depending on personal taste, people can ask the vendor owner to add more vegetables, and more noodles,  without worrying about increasing the price. Looking at the way people circle around the Quang noodle dish on the side of the road, chatting together and waiting for the fragrant Quang noodle, an eye-catching bowl of noodles from the vendor's hand, it makes people forget that they are in the city. It seems like you are lost in a corner of a rural market with innocence and simplicity.

The secret to a delicious bowl of noodles is that the noodles must be made from smooth ground rice. When spreading noodles, workers often pour flour into two layers so that the noodles are soft, smooth, moist, and chewy without having to add any other food additives. Normally, the pot of water can be cooked with many different ingredients such as pork, beef, chicken, duck, shrimp, snakehead fish or frog. Each ingredient brings a unique flavor. In originally Quang noodle village, the broth is made from pork, chicken, shrimp, quail eggs and field crabs. Except for the usual Quang noodle ingredients, Phu Chiem people use field crabs to make their pot of broth more sweet and flavorful, which is a characteristic unique of Phu Chiem noodles. Most raw vegetables are clean vegetables grown along the Thu Bon River and picked in the home garden. Raw vegetables are served quite diverse, usually water spinach, banana flower, young banana stems, herbs and green chili. Everything smells like the countryside.

During the trip to learn about this culinary dish in the sunny and windy Quang region, there is a truth that we can discover that is the mysterious ingredient that makes the popular but extremely attractive dish is sincere. A country dish that both the cook and the diner give and receive the simple joys and warmth of humanity that money cannot buy...