The sauce is intense and salty, and should be used sparingly – just enough to coat the noodles ... almost black – from the use of black bean paste, instead of the Chinese soybean or broad ...

Many lessons can be learned from a good bowl of jjajangmyeon, supersavory black bean noodles, writes Eric Kim.

Apart from the mung bean noodles and sesame dressing, there are no rules for the other ingredients to use, although you should always have a good mix of colours. I used carrot, cucumber ...

ShangXin LiangFen is a dish made out of transparent jelly noodles. The jelly is made from green bean starch and hot ... You can find Yun at Chinese Food Festival in London. Produced and filmed ...