Letters to the Editor
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Chinese Food in China
I was in the city of Kunming in Yunnan province, and I decided to try the local speciality "Over the Bridge Noodles". I have had noodles all over the world, soba, udon, ramen, flat noodles, golden noodles, etc., but I couldn't believe what they brought me. Basically it was spaghetti in chicken broth. I thought they were playing a joke on me, or didn't want to waste the good noodles on the round-eye, but then I saw everyone else was eating the same thing. Maybe this was the source of the original spaghetti noodle Marco Polo brought back from China.
The really popular dish in China seemed to be Hot Pot, which I never got to try, because it is really more than one solo traveler can eat.
The Peking duck I had in Beijing was great, but not too different than what I'd had back in the states.