# So What's for Dinner Tonight? (2020 Anything Goes Edition)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037 "2020-10-15T20:06:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/238 "2020-11-16T06:00:44Z")

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Surely, it’s Cafe China’s recipe published in the New York Times.

> **[Café China’s Dan Dan Noodles Recipe](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021499-cafe-chinas-dan-dan-noodles)**
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> Also known as dan dan mian, these noodles have regional variations — you’re likely to find a peanut-laden, vegetarian version in Taiwan — but this recipe comes from Café China, a beloved Sichuan restaurant in New York City. Popularized in...

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