I’ve loved noodles every since I can remember; they even sustained me in graduate school. I was basically on a tight budget when I wasn’t eating Ricobene’s breaded steak sandwiches; ramen became a staple. This was before they became gourmet and adding all the toppings were commonplace. They were bought for about 25 cents per pack from the local market bringing back nostalgic memories of identity; living in a big city during the 90's. Noodles have become a timeless symbol of comfort food across global traditions whether we are talking high end ramen shops or corner stores; same experience. Ironically, the richness of it's history doesn't end here. There is Italian spaghetti, Japanese ramen and Egyptian koshary but ways to eat noodles continue. You can choose to garnish with parsley for Mediterranean noodles, basil for Southeast Asian noodles or mint for Vietnamese noodles; for example. You can also garnish your noodles with protein like egg, tofu cubes or chicken. You can add texture like garlic chips or spice like Korean chili flakes. They use to simply be accessible but now they are versatile meaning you can dress them up or down. It becomes apparent that noodles are a social phenomenon that people have in common world wide. This is the case whether we are talking about dinner tables, dorm rooms or digital mukbang streams. We are able to frame both modernity and tradition side by side, since just about all cultures speak the language of noodles.