ukwill wrote:
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> I'd like to open a multi-ethnic noodle bar and was interested to see what
> readers would think of as the finest and ubiquitous noodles from asia?

Not to be too simplistic, it is never the noodles, it is what the
chief/cook does with the noodles. But having said that, I recently
discovered Vietnam rice noodles called Banh Pho. It is suggested the
noodle of choice for pad thai which in my opinion is an awesome dish.