FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Where to purchase Thai Sen Yai (wide rice) noodles

aem

wrote:
> Thanks for the replies everyone, but I'm actually trying to figure out
> how to get FRESH sen yai noodles (not the dried packaged stuff... I've
> already seen that stuff in the market). I should have been more
> specific to being with, sorry. I asked the Thai restaruant that I go
> to where they get it, and they order it from Thailand, so I'm just
> wondering if there's somone place online where I can get it easily. Or
> even better if there's someone out there who's familiar with the
> Portland Metro area that knows of somewhere that makes it (i.e. Maybe
> there's somewhere in Chinatown that sells something similar, like Chow
> fun noodles?).
>
I seriously doubt that the noodles the restaurant orders from Thailand
are FRESH in any way. You think they charter a SST to bring the
goodies for a $3 dish? And you couldn't distinguish the fresh from the
dried anyway, after cooking. There are lots of other kinds of noodles,
such as the chow fun noodles you mention that can be found fresh at
Asian markets. Actually, chow fun noodles would probably be your best
bet. You can often buy them in big sheets, which would let you cut
them to the width you like. No way will you find them in a roundeye
supermarket. -aem