Noodles story by Tukta, translated by Boom

Since Somdej Phranarai period, Thailand traded with many foreign countries. And one of those is China! Chinese people sailed their junks to trade with Thai people. Not only the goods, they also brought noodles (in Thai we called it “Guai Tiew”), too! It was normally cooked while they were on a journey. To cook noodles, they boiled it in pork soup filled with some kind of vegetables. For Thai people, it was exceptional menu. Apart from that, Chinese people began to make their own noodles in Thailand by using paddy rice.
After Ayuthaya period, later we were in Thonburi period. There were many Chinese people came to Thailand to trade and earn for their livings. So, producing noodles was so popular because it could be bought easily. The sellers would serve the buyers by carrying their stuffs at both end of a pole by placing on their shoulders. They also sold by paddling. And they would serve you both with soup (we called it Nam) and no soup (we called it Hang).
So, noodles was one of the fast food menu during that period.
In this issue, I visited a noodle shop which is situated along Padung Krung Kasem Canal or The Wet intersection (not far from our hotel) for more than 79 years! And I want to recommend you this place. There are Sen-Lek (thin noodles) , Sen-Yai (broad rice noodles), Sen-Mee (thin rice noodles) , Ba-Mee (egg noodles) and Woonsen (glass noodles) available here. Each will give you different taste. All of these you can order both noodle soup (Guai Tiew Nam) or the noodle with no soup (Guai Tiew Hang) which will be served with a little bowl of soup (filled with pepper) to make it more tasty. I suggest you to fill a little amount of mashed and roasted beans, sugar, fish sauce.
If you love spicy food, you shouldn’t miss noodles in spicy soup (Tom Yum). It’s really delicious!
In every bowl, you will see the meatballs which are designed in different shape like flat and round ones both in deep fry and hard-boiled. And you can pick some crispy fried fishskin to fulfil your yummy noodles! About the price, it’s not expensive – only 30 Baht.
Note : When you order noodles, you have to tell the size of the noodles. Then follow with Nam (noodle soup) and Hang (no soup) like Sen-Lek Nam (thin noodles soup) and Ba-Mee Hang (egg noodles with no soup) etc.