Comments on: zha jiang mian- northern chinese bolognese with home made noodles

By: Day 4: Pork and Daikon Soup with Soy Paste Dipping Sauce « brb…eating

Day 4: Pork and Daikon Soup with Soy Paste Dipping Sauce « brb…eating — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:29:02 +0000

[...] Taiwanese “Soy Paste” or “Sweet Soy Sauce” is a thicker more viscous soy sauce that contains sugar, rice and potato starch in addition to the soy sauce. Because it’s a blend, it has much less sodium than regular soy sauce, but not that much more. The brand that I like to use is “Kimlan”. You can commonly use it in stir fries, but when going through the streets of Taiwan, you will more likely see it mixed with cilantro and crushed peanuts and used as a dipping sauce for various dishes. It’s really good, in that combination, over Taiwanese Tamales. [...]

By: Spicy Sauteed Tendon with Garlic and Scallion « brb…eating

Spicy Sauteed Tendon with Garlic and Scallion « brb…eating — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:49:59 +0000

[...] later, while my parent where still waiting for the rest of the order, I would have in front of me Zha Jiang Mian, pickled seaweed, and stir fried tendons. It's not a sexy thing. But it tastes [...]

By: scott

scott — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:58:48 +0000

Yeah, I have a lot of Korean friends and it seems to be the constant debate over a bottle of Sochu. But eventually the Sochu becomes the peace maker.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:06:24 +0000

I think it’s interesting how in Korean the sauce is just and dark brown, almost black bean sauce, yet they go crazy over it.

By: thwany

thwany — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:41:24 +0000

i agree, a belly full of noodles is so comforting. and i’ve only had the must-not-be-named korean variation of this dish, i’d love to try the zha jiang myun.

By: Juyeon

Juyeon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:41:58 +0000

The Korean variation came from Chinese immigrants in Korea – there has been a large population of Chinese living in Korea, for a long time (I don’t know how long!). Chinese people living in Korea usually were restaurant owners and Zha Jiang Myun had been all children’s favorite food in Korea. Korean style Zha Jiang Myen has potatoes, opinions, and much less meat. It’s darker brown and much sweeter.

But, anyway, Tony’s recipe was also great. It was a tasty treat. Thank you, Scott!