I am pretty sure the cold sesame noodles you get at New York City Chinese restaurants aren't authentic to China. They are, however, a delicious dish full of peanut buttery, sesame goodness. One of those great New York Chinatown inventions like fortune cookies, and chow mein.
You cannot get these at any of our local Chinese joints here in the made up town of John's Creek Georgia, so I decided to make my own today.
I used speghetti, since that's what I had. I used a coule of different recipes as a guide. Basically I used this one from Sack Lunch Cold Sesame Noodles, except I sauteed the sauce in a saucepan instead of using the blender. That way I cooked the garlic and ginger first, to mellow their taste. I used really good Korean dark sesame oil and roasted sesame seeds. I juilienned carrots, cucumber, and scallions to put on top. This came out so delicious. The kids wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft. pole, however. So its probably going to be all mine and make me gain 5 pounds.
