In Chinese culture, birthday noodles — also called longevity or long-life noodles — are more than a meal. They're a wish. The belief is simple: long, unbroken noodles symbolize a long life.

with a long noodle symbolising a long life in Chinese tradition. “Longevity noodles”, which are longer than normal noodles and either fried or boiled in broth, are often served at Chinese New ...

Long queues formed in Chongqing's Jiefangbei for a free bowl of spicy noodles A Chinese man paid for 5,000 bowls of spicy noodles in the southwestern city of Chongqing after a vendor recovered his ...

Easy to make and cheap to buy, instant noodles have long been China's ultimate convenience ... one factor in the slump could well be that some Chinese consumers are upping their expectations ...