Garlic Noodles (Garlic Fried Saimin) are fried noodles that are often called Pot Luck Garlic Saimin served with seasoned butter. In Hawaii, it is usually referred to as fried-egg saimin noodles with garlic or chinese egg noodles that are a little thick and curly, while the sauce that is added can have oil and shoyu or a butter and seasonings. It was served at specialty stores of Hawaii-Cajun cuisine and pot lucks that were in the privacy of peoples homes.
Garlic Butter sauce is one of the most common additional ingredients in the dish that is usually stir-fried, shoyu, seasoned, and served with cooked seafood and rice on the side. Using garlic butter is not a never before seen thing, since it was seen on all sorts of foods like garlic fries and tailgate parties, also Hawaii had many of its own dairies and many who would be eating their own butter and those in the culinary know would be making their own homemade compound butter. The history is the area near the old Willows Restaurant at Karai Crab in the 2010’s before the covid-19 pandemic. Fried noodles had already been eaten in different saimin shops and places that served fried saimin. But locals noticed that it was much different in its buttery flavor, fried garlic topping, slightly bland, and being a little rich than the typical fried noodle dish. Some locals call this a controversial dish at best, while some who like butter believe its a great addition to fried noodles spectrum. Although Garlic noodles in Hawaii was occasionally served at pot lucks and sometimes featured at local news stations food programs, it did not catch on with all the people in Hawaii and remained in the grouping of dishes within Hawaii-Haole cuisine. It was also not recognized as unique to Hawaii by those who weren’t interested in upcoming foods, so it was criticized for being part of a trend that would not last. While there is an ongoing argument of where it belongs there are several varieties with kamfen hong kong noodles and look funn noodles.
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