Boiled eggs and pancit canton for breakfast / myLot

Philippines

November 14, 2024 7:19pm CST

Pancit canton are egg noodles that are popular here in my country. The word "pancit" simply means "noodles" and "canton" refers to the Cantonese region in China. I just prepared instant pancit canton from a packet because I'm too lazy to make a grand breakfast just for myself. I boiled 4 eggs thinking that I could have 2 but ended up eating just one. So I had one nice soft boiled egg with my egg noodles. Nothing spectacular but it filled me up. Today's major accomplishment is being able to eat soft boiled egg using stainless steel chopsticks. Yes, I'm so bad at chopsticks that it's taking me forever to level up the skill. I'm not giving up though.

I'll practice some more on the egg until I'm satisfied, then I'll learn how to mince fish using chopsticks too.

How good or bad are you at using chopsticks?

Wait, do you even bother with chopsticks?

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rakski

@rakski (126067)

• Philippines

15 Nov

I am not good at chopsticks as well.

but now I am also craving pancit canton with boiled egg so I have one cooking now

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rakski

@rakski (126067)

• Philippines

22 Nov

@almostoveryou My hubby has his own brand preference as well

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Macy

@almostoveryou (4805)

• Philippines

22 Nov

@rakski I like Nongshim! The one that comes in red packet.

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Macy

@almostoveryou (4805)

• Philippines

22 Nov

Haha, I'm glad you had your fill of pancit canton and boiled egg too! I tried having ramyun for lunch today but the brand that I bought didn't taste good, so I didn't finish it.

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much2say

@much2say (56057)

• Los Angeles, California

15 Nov

I've had the pancit, but with the rice noodle (our friend's Nanay makes it that way). I want to try the canton one

. I grew up using chopsticks - I don't even remember learning how to use them (I was born here, but am Japanese

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much2say

@much2say (56057)

• Los Angeles, California

22 Nov

@almostoveryou I had to look the differences up. I think I may have been mistaken . . . I know it's the clear noodles - so maybe it was the mung bean type (that's the sotanghon, right?). But aren't chopsticks used in the Phils?

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Macy

@almostoveryou (4805)

• Philippines

24 Nov

@much2say Now, I'm quite confused too.

All I know is that the sotanghon looks more glassy than the bihon, which appears to be translucent. Most households here use fork and spoon for eating. Chopsticks are an option in most Oriental restaurants, but silverware is still very much preferred by Filipinos here. I trained my daughters to eat rice and side dishes with chopsticks so they won't have problems if they ever visit a country in East Asia or where chopsticks are more common. I'm proud to say that they do better at handling chopsticks than their mom.