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Giản thể: 泡面
日本人安藤百福在1958年发明了泡面。我一直觉得这是一项很伟大的发明。究竟是什么样的天才才能想出这样的主意？只需要开水和三分钟，一碗热腾腾的泡面就可以上桌了，还有什么能比这个更方便吗？
也正因为如此方便，泡面也叫做方便面。泡面的记忆可以追溯到中学时代，我在寄宿学校上学。每天晚上都有晚自习，下课回到宿舍已经是九点多了，大家都会泡上一碗泡面，边吃边聊。有时候时间宽裕，也会结伴去校外吃夜宵。但是大多数时候，都是泡面。现在的中学生条件好多了，想必吃泡面的不多了。
很多国家都有泡面。比如，菲律宾也有泡面，但菲律宾泡面和中国的不一样。中国的泡面常常有两到三包调料，一包油、一包酱料，还有一包是干的蔬菜。菲律宾的泡面常常只有一包调料。我在美国也吃过泡面，美国人叫它“杯面”，因为泡面是装在一个小杯子里面的。但是我最怀念的还是中国味道的泡面，种类多，味道也不错：有酸菜面、红烧牛肉面、海鲜面等等。
除了泡面，中国还有很多类似泡面的衍生产品，比如泡粉丝。很多人觉得泡粉丝更健康，因为泡面里面的面饼是油炸的，泡粉丝里面的粉丝不是。所以广告上都说：非油炸、更健康。还有干拌面。干拌面就是泡过面之后，把水倒了，把面捞出来拌酱料。也很好吃。
泡面闻起来很香在中国几乎是公认的，不过外国朋友不一定喜欢。如果你有在中国坐长途火车的经历，一定能在车厢看到不少人在吃泡面。闻起来香，其实吃起来不一定真的那么好吃。如果在家不赶时间的话，既使吃泡面，我还是会选择自己准备鸡蛋、青菜、肉类，做一份更有营养、更丰盛的泡面。
你吃过泡面吗？你们国家的泡面是怎样的？你觉得好吃吗？
Phồn thể: 泡麵
日本人安藤百福在1958年發明了泡麵。我一直覺得這是一項很偉大的發明。究竟是什麼樣的天才才能想出這樣的主意？只需要開水和三分鐘，一碗熱騰騰的泡麵就可以上桌了，還有什麼能比這個更方便嗎？
也正因為如此方便，泡麵也叫做方便麵。泡麵的記憶可以追溯到中學時代，我在寄宿學校上學。每天晚上都有晚自習，下課回到宿舍已經是九點多了，大家都會泡上一碗泡麵，邊吃邊聊。有時候時間寬裕，也會結伴去校外吃夜宵。但是大多數時候，都是泡麵。現在的中學生條件好多了，想必吃泡麵的不多了。
很多國家都有泡麵。比如，菲律賓也有泡麵，但菲律賓泡麵和中國的不一樣。中國的泡麵常常有兩到三包調料，一包油、一包醬料，還有一包是乾的蔬菜。菲律賓的泡麵常常只有一包調料。我在美國也吃過泡麵，美國人叫它“杯麵”，因為泡麵是裝在一個小杯子裡面的。但是我最懷念的還是中國味道的泡麵，種類多，味道也不錯：有酸菜面、紅燒牛肉麵、海鮮面等等。
除了泡麵，中國還有很多類似泡麵的衍生產品，比如泡粉絲。很多人覺得泡粉絲更健康，因為泡麵裡面的麵餅是油炸的，泡粉絲裡面的粉絲不是。所以廣告上都說：非油炸、更健康。還有乾拌麵。乾拌面就是泡過面之後，把水倒了，把麵撈出來拌醬料。也很好吃。
泡麵聞起來很香在中國幾乎是公認的，不過外國朋友不一定喜歡。如果你有在中國坐長途火車的經歷，一定能在車廂看到不少人在吃泡麵。聞起來香，其實吃起來不一定真的那麼好吃。如果在家不趕時間的話，既使吃泡麵，我還是會選擇自己準備雞蛋、青菜、肉類，做一份更有營養、更豐盛的泡麵。
你吃過泡麵嗎？你們國家的泡麵是怎樣的？你覺得好吃嗎？
Pinyin: Pào miàn
Rìběn rén ānténg bǎi fú zài 1958 nián fāmíngle pào miàn. Wǒ yīzhí juédé zhè shì yī xiàng hěn wěidà de fǎ míng. Jiùjìng shì shénme yàng de tiāncái cáinéng xiǎng chū zhèyàng de zhǔyì? Zhǐ xūyào kāishuǐ hé sān fēnzhōng, yī wǎn rè téngténg de pào miàn jiù kěyǐ shàng zhuōle, hái yǒu shenme néng bǐ zhège gèng fāngbiàn ma?
Yě zhèng yīnwèi rúcǐ fāngbiàn, pào miàn yě jiàozuò fāngbiànmiàn. Pào miàn de jìyì kěyǐ zhuīsù dào zhōngxué shídài, wǒ zài jìsù xuéxiào shàngxué. Měitiān wǎnshàng dõu yǒu wǎn zìxí, xiàkè huí dào sùshè yǐjīng shì jiǔ diǎn duōle, dàjiā dūhuì pào shàng yī wǎn pào miàn, biān chī biān liáo. Yǒu shíhòu shíjiān kuānyù, yě huì jiébàn qù xiàowài chī yèxiāo. Dànshì dà duōshù shíhòu, dōu shì pào miàn. Xiànzài de zhōngxuéshēng tiáojiàn hǎoduōle, xiǎngbì chī pào miàn de bù duōle.
Hěnduō guójiā dōu yǒu pào miàn. Bǐrú, fēilǜbīn yěyǒu pào miàn, dàn fēilǜbīn pào miàn hé zhōngguó de bù yīyàng. Zhōngguó de pào miàn chángcháng yǒu liǎng dào sān bāo tiáoliào, yī bāo yóu, yī bāo jiàng liào, hái yǒuyī bāo shì gàn de shūcài. Fēilǜbīn de pào miàn chángcháng zhǐyǒu yī bāo tiáoliào. Wǒ zài měiguó yě chīguò pào miàn, měiguó rén jiào tā “bēi miàn”, yīn wéi pào miàn shì zhuāng zài yīgè xiǎo bēizi lǐmiàn de. Dànshì wǒ zuì huáiniàn de háishì zhōngguó wèidào de pào miàn, zhǒnglèi duō, wèidào yě bùcuò: Yǒu suāncài miàn, hóngshāo niúròu miàn, hǎixiān miàn děng děng.
Chúle pào miàn, zhōngguó hái yǒu hěnduō lèisì pào miàn de yǎnshēng chǎnpǐn, bǐrú pào fěnsī. Hěnduō rén juédé pào fěnsī gèng jiànkāng, yīn wéi pào miàn lǐmiàn de miàn bǐng shì yóu zhá de, pào fěnsī lǐmiàn de fěnsī bùshì. Suǒyǐ guǎnggào shàng dõu shuō: Fēi yóu zhá, gèng jiànkāng. Hái yǒu gān bàn miàn. Gān bàn miàn jiùshì pàoguò miàn zhīhòu, bǎ shuǐ dàole, bǎ miàn lāo chū lái bàn jiàng liào. Yě hěn hào chī.
Pào miàn wén qǐlái hěn xiāng zài zhōngguó jīhū shì gōngrèn de, bùguò wàiguó péngyǒu bù yīdìng xǐhuān. Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu zài zhōngguó zuò chángtú huǒchē de jīnglì, yīdìng néng zài chēxiāng kàn dào bù shǎo rén zài chī pào miàn. Wén qǐlái xiāng, qíshí chī qǐlái bu yīdìng zhēn dì nàme hào chī. Rúguǒ zàijiā bù gǎn shíjiān dehuà, jì shǐ chī pào miàn, wǒ háishì huì xuǎnzé zìjǐ zhǔnbèi jīdàn, qīngcài, ròu lèi, zuò yī fèn gèng yǒu yíngyǎng, gèng fēngshèng de pào miàn.
English: Instant Noodles
Ando Momofuku of Japan invented instant noodles in 1958. I have always felt that this is a great invention. After all, what sort of genius do you have to be to come up with such an idea!? You just need boiling water and three minutes and a bowl of steaming hot noodles can be on the table. What could be more convenient?
Also because they are convenient like this, they are also called ‘convenient noodles’. My memories of instant noodles date back to my time at middle school when I studied at a boarding school. Every evening we had self study sessions and after returning to the dormitory after these sessions it would already be past nine o’clock. Everyone would cook up a bowl of noodles and chat and eat. Sometimes we might have plenty of time and we would go off campus to have a late-night snack but most of the time it would be instant noodles. Nowadays the conditions of middle school students are much better so probably not so many of them eat instant noodles any more.
Many countries have instant noodles. For example, the Philippines also has instant noodles but Philippine instant noodles and Chinese instant noodles are not the same. Chinese instant noodles usually have two to three packets of seasoning – one packet of oil, one packet of thick paste and one packet of dried vegetables. Philippine instant noodles usually only have one packet of seasoning. I’ve also eaten instant noodles in America. Americans call them ‘cup noodles’ because the noodles are packed in a small cup. But I cherish the memory of the taste of Chinese noodles the most. There are many types and the taste is pretty good. There is pickled vegetable flavour, fried beef flavour, seafood flavour etc.
Apart from instant noodles China also has many similar products derived from instant noodles. For example instant vermicelli noodles. Many people think that instant vermicelli are healthier because the dried noodles of instant noodles have been deep-fried whereas the vermicelli in instant vermicelli haven’t. So in advertisements you will see: not deep-fried, all the more healthy. There are also dried ‘ban mian’. Dried ‘ban mian’ are noodles that have been reconstituted with water, then the water is poured off and the noodles are dished up and mixed with a sauce. They are also really tasty.
It’s basically accepted in China that instant noodles smell good but foreigners don’t necessarily like the smell. If you’ve had the experience of riding a long distance train in China then you definitely would have had the chance to see not just a few people eating instant noodles. They smell good but in fact the taste is not necessarily so good. At home, when not hurried, even if it be instant noodles, I would still choose to make myself some eggs, green vegetables and meat and thus more nutritious, more sumptuous instant noodles.
Have you ever eaten instant noodles? What are the instant noodles of your country like? Do you think they taste good?
Note: 好香：this looks like it would translate as – very fragrant, though from the contexts when it’s used it must be synonymous with – that smells good.
Robert Budzul (robert@budzul.com)
Zak Gray (zak_lives@hotmail.com)
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