The secret, picked up from his wife as she cooked vegetable tempura, was to flash-fry the cooked noodles in palm oil.

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And Neil Perry's Rockpool is a perennial favorite for tasting menus that rival Tetsuya's in the creative use of local ingredients such as a salad of green lip abalone, mussel, clam, tea-smoked oysters and noodles with truffle oil and mushroom soy dressing.

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President already makes instant noodles, soft drinks, flour, cooking oil, processed meats and animal feed in China.

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It was a sultry September, and a snack of dan dan noodles seasoned with salty preserved vegetables, perky Sichuan peppercorns and chili oil kept me alert in the intense humidity.

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