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FAQ
Many people eat noodles on their birthdays in China. Noodles symbolize longevity. The noodles on birthdays are called longevity noodles. On this day, people wish themselves f a long healthy life and many more to come.
Traditionally in the Philippines you should always have a long noodle dish during a person's birthday because it is suppose to be lucky and it signifies a long life for the celebrant. No one really knows where this superstition originated from, but many Filipinos follow it.
Vermicelli, also long as longevity noodles, is used as the main ingredient in this dish of longevity mee suah, prepared for the birthday boys and girls to wish them a long and healthy life.
At Hop Lee, longevity noodles are synonymous with yi mein, also known as e-fu noodles. These chewy and spongy Cantonese egg wheat strands are dried, deep-fried and consumed all year long, especially on special occasions like birthdays and during the Spring Festival.
Another food for the birthday table are noodles, the longer the better. For the Chinese, birthdays are not only a celebration of being born, but also an occasion to wish for a long life. Hence, long noodles are eaten by people celebrating their birthday with the hope for longevity.