🍽️ Hot Dry Noodle

Alkaline noodles mixed with sesame paste, a Wuhan breakfast icon.

Hot dry noodles are Wuhan, Hubei's most iconic breakfast. Alkaline noodles are parboiled, tossed in oil and cooled, then reheated in boiling water, drained and coated thickly with sesame paste, finished with sesame oil, vinegar, soy, diced pickled radish, sour beans, scallion and chili oil. The noodles spring under the teeth, the sesame aroma is dense, and the flavor grows as it is tossed. Wuhan locals eat a bowl while walking at dawn, making it the top of the city's breakfast culture. Shops line every street from morning through noon. A symbol of Wuhan, it is the first snack visitors try around Yellow Crane Tower and Hubu Alley.