Cool sesame noodles with as much heat as you can handle. Rice is a staple for most Southern Chinese, whereas mian (flour products) is a staple for northerners. Being from the south, I was not accustomed to flour noodles growing up; we only had mung bean noodles and rice noodles occasionally. After I moved to the U.S., I discovered all kinds of noodle dishes from mild Cantonese wonton noodles to spicy dan dan mian. One type of noodles that lingers in my memory is cold sesame noodles. I will never forget how that first bite of the chilled noodles brought me a warm feeling.