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Another Chinese favourite of mine is 蚂蚁上树 (mǎ yǐ shàng shù) or Ants Climbing Trees. This is a noodle dish from Sichuan with 'grains' of ground pork clinging to the noodles.
The last paragraph of the Wikipedia article seems to be discussing an American variation (without saying that's what it is). I've never seen the dish served with crisp noodles here.
Another Chinese favourite of mine is 蚂蚁上树 (mǎ yǐ shàng shù) or Ants Climbing Trees. This is a noodle dish from Sichuan with 'grains' of ground pork clinging to the noodles.
By malcolmjolley,
