Noodles, Wheat

Chinese wheat noodles may be round or flat, thin or thick, and plain white or tinted yellow with alkaline water and/or eggs. They include mee pok (flat noodles) (left), mee kia (fine noodles) (right), Hokkien noodles (thick round noodles, usually sold par-cooked), ban mian (thick flat noodles, fresh or dried), yee mein (deep-fried and dried noodles, often cooked for birthdays and other auspicious occasions) and mee sua (very fine dried noodles).