Cumian
Shanghai fried noodles | |
| Type | Chinese noodles |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | East Asia |
| Main ingredients | Wheat flour, water |
| Cumian | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 粗麵 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 粗面 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | thick noodle | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Cumian ([tsʰu˥mjɛn˥˩]; lit. "thick noodles") are thick Chinese noodles made from wheat flour and water. Two types of Chinese noodles are called cumian. One is Shanghai-style, thick in diameter, used in Shanghai fried noodles.
The other type is Hong Kong-style, flat and wide, sometimes yellow-alkaline. The flat cumian is a popular option in Hong Kong's cart noodles.
-
Hong Kong-style flat noodles in soup