Comments on: Something Old, Something New

By: dan

dan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:47:36 +0000

In reply to Forager. Not only a chinatown, but a koreatown and an area that's fairly japanese!

By: Forager

Forager — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:15:00 +0000

Great blog! Stumbled upon it whilst looking for places to eat in BA when we visit this Sept/Oct. And there’s a Chinatown there – who would’ve thought! Looking forward to scouring the rest of your blog for yummy places to eat 🙂

By: dan

dan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:32:15 +0000

In reply to david.

If they’re made “right” they should taste more of sesame than peanut – the way I learned to make them it was equal parts chicken stock and peanut butter blended together over heat, then a dollop of sesame paste (basically tahini), a good amount of sesame oil, a bit of chili oil, scallions and sesame seeds. While the ones that I had the other day in Barrio Chino were more peanut flavored than sesame flavored there was clearly sesame in them.

Based on the authoritative dictionary… 😉 … translation for peanuts: Spain – cacahuete; Mexico & Central America – cacahuate; Andes, Rio de la Plata & the Caribbean – maní.

By: david

david — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:56:22 +0000

Dan, i have a question for you. why are they called sesame noodles when the sauce and the taste is of peanut and there is no evidence of sesame? are the noodles made with sesame?

do you know what the difference is between mani and cacahuetes?

then i can tell you about my life in the rock and roll band,
Carola and the Cacahuetes Desnudes….

By: david

david — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:14:10 +0000

ah, cold sesame noodles ! yummm i was so disappointed when my favorite place in nyc closed after 30 years. Hunan Park on columbus ave tween 70 and 71 st street. they had the best. plus my other favorite, not on the menu but custom made – giant prawns in chili sauce with dried tofu. dried tofu is tofu with most of the water pressed out. it has a much better texture than reg tofu which is too fluffy for me. the combo of prawns and tofu and rice made a balanced meal and the chili sauce warmed me up and complimented the buzz from my screwdrivers. its great to hear that ba chinatown has sesame noodles!