The chow fun lands first. Wide flat noodles, glossed in dark soy, dotted with bean sprouts and scallion, the edges of the rice ribbons singed where they hit the wok. The plate is the size of a steering wheel. You eat it with a side of rice that came out so hot the bowl is too warm to hold by the rim. 

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