The TamJai Phenomenon
There are a lot of things that have grown on me in life, and one of those things is eating soup noodles. I didn’t eat soup noodles growing up, except for the very occasional bowl of cup noodles (topped with frozen veggies for health reasons) which I ate with a spoon and fork. When I moved to Hong Kong, I noticed there were so many kinds of soup noodles. Wonton noodles, Korean buckwheat noodles, ramen, etc. The first time I went to a restaurant and ordered soup noodles by myself, I didn’t even know how to properly eat them. I stole glances at the patrons around me to get some tips, and I realized something interesting. For the most part, people eat soup noodles with two hands. You hold your chopsticks in your right hand and your spoon in your left. Grab a chunk of noodles with your chopsticks and put your spoon underneath to help guide the noodles into your mouth and catch anything if it falls. This method cuts down on splashing by 80% if done well. I used to feel very uncomf...