Hot dry noodles were a very distinctive food. This breakfast dish was relatively dry, and the sesame paste made it fairly easy for people to feel thirsty while eating it, so it needed to be paired with a steaming bowl of soy milk. Of course, some shops offered pork rib soup or similar things to help customers with that dryness, but relatively few customers liked eating them that way. Most people who liked hot dry noodles liked their distinctive texture, so there were pros and cons. Ultimately, it still depended on the customer.
There were all sorts of customers, and even a famous noodle dish like hot dry noodles could not claim to satisfy every one of them. Some customers therefore discovered some rather strange ways to eat them. For instance, some liked adding vinegar, soy sauce, or other condiments to their hot dry noodles. Heath had even seen someone add so much pickled radish that he wondered whether they were eating hot dry noodles or pickled radish noodles.
"Heath, come to think of it, why do you put so much sesame paste in your hot dry noodles?" Miss Jessie asked curiously, propping up her chin as she watched him. Heath scratched his head as he looked at her. In fact, the earliest name for hot dry noodles had been sesame paste noodles, precisely because they used sesame paste. They had only been renamed hot dry noodles later on; before that, they had been called sesame paste noodles, so adding plenty of sesame paste was perfectly normal.
"They were originally called sesame paste noodles. Sesame paste is one of the defining features of hot dry noodles, so it isn't really that strange." Heath gave a brief explanation, then glanced at Miss Jessie again. She was resting her chin on her