Hokkien noodles

One of the ingredients constantly referenced in my new Chinese cookbook written by an Australian is hokkien noodles. From what I've gleaned, they're yellow, fresh, round noodles that sometimes contain eggs. What are some other names for hokkien noodles? My Asian market didn't know what I was talking about.

[Jenise]

If they're yellow, Larry, I'd think they'd be heavy on egg--egg yolk that is. You wouldn't assume that?

I did say they may contain eggs. The author also says the noodles with eggs are the better type to buy. So I guess yellow can also mean food coloring. I'll go either way, but I don't know what to ask for.

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Here you go, Larry. My mother is Hokkien and I actually grew up on these. Having said that, I have no idea how they're made. Very common in Malaysia - I'm surprised you can't get something similar. They're thick, yellow egg noodles.

Celia

Cool. That's what they look like in the cookbook. Do you know any synonyms for them?

You may have already checked this out, but there might be a lead to another search.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkien_mee

Thanks, I did. From what I'm finding out, the noodles are called Hokkien in Australia and perhaps some small areas in California. We have some huge oriental stores here that must label them as something else--but what?

Larry, all I can tell you is that you buy them from the refrigerator section and they're either vac sealed or have a short shelf life. They might be called something like Malaysian noodles. Can you eyeball the noodles in the cold section of the shop? Usually there's only a couple of types of fresh noodles, the rest are dried.

Also, sometimes they're just referred to in recipes as "fresh egg noodles" and they're often used in Indonesian Mee Goreng (fried noodles).

I'll just look for fresh egg noodles. Perhaps they will have an English name printed on the package. I'm pretty rusty at reading Chinese ideograms.

Hi Larry
A bit late perhaps but today I saw Hokkien Noodles in my Asian grocery and they were also labelled "Mi Dau "
who knows it may just mean fresh egg noodles! but maybe it could help. FWIW they are certainly egg noodles, strands and quite thick maybe 4 mm.
cheers
B

Merci, beaucoup.