The salad serves four, as does the bowl of udon ($9) with its thick, white noodles presented either in a hot broth or chilled dipping sauce.

Penelope comes to Mackenzie's office because her colored noodles have been stolen, leaving her with only white noodles.

Ho fan (Cantonese): Flat white noodles made from rice; can be either boiled in soup or stir-fried.

And the thick, round white noodles were the chewy embodiment of "q," the Chinese analog of al dente.

At the front of a ráan kaytžaw (noodle shop) you'll see steel- or wood-framed cabinets filled with piles of snowy white noodles.

The dish consists of ingredients such as duck meat in hot soup with mixed herbs and slim white noodles known as mee-sua.

There, on platforms set out over the water from June to September, diners enjoy another summer treat, the white, threadlike noodles called somen.

A dish of green and white noodles with porcini seemed to be sauced with chicken soup.

Funny little white noodles in a bag.

Udon are white, wheat-based noodles, that are 4-6mm in width.