drunken noodles

English

Etymology

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Noun

drunken noodles pl (plural only)

1. A spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.
   • [1991 June 5, Hillel Sommer, “REQUEST: Thai Drunken Noodles & Chinese Sesame Noodles”, in rec.food.recipes‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-03:

     Could someone please post the receipe^[sic] for a popular Thai restaurant dish called "Drunken Noodles" (I know it has fresh basil, chicken and noodles)?]

   • 2007 August, Nancy Henry, “Even Though”, in Our Lady of Let's All Sing‎^[2], Kennebunk: Sheltering Pines Press, →ISBN, page 65, second printing:

     […] that sometimes I get out of bed at night / and drive to town / for drunken noodles, three peppers hot, because I have to have them, / right away. […]

   • 2020 Spring/Summer, Marie-Ève Venne, “Best of Montreal: New Bars & Resturants”, in Luisa Tarantino, editor, Dress to Kill Magazine‎^[3], number 48, Montréal: DTK Media, →ISSN, page 83:

     They serve a mix of Thai and Hawaiian cuisines created by Chef Athiraj Phrasa-vath […] and feature fancied-up versions of classic street food dishes such as Drunken Noodles with yellow curry sauce, lobster, and, in an unusual touch of decadence, cognac.

Synonyms

• drunkard's noodles, drunkard noodles