On January 15th a young Mandarin-speaking girl dropped some dried noodles she had been nibbling on a Hong Kong underground train.

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When the order of pad Thai landed at our table, McDang stuck his fork in, twirled some rice noodles around and then took a bite.

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Used to make noodles and pastries, some soft white wheat was found to be genetically modified on a farm in Oregon.

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It also took some getting used to congee and noodles for breakfast.

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Eating pho probably poses a more serious threat, since some unscrupulous merchants try to preserve perishable noodles with formaldehyde or boric acid.

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