Miki Bihon Recipe
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Miki Bihon is a noodle dish which consists of two different noodles, Miki and Bihon. Miki or Shanghai noodles is the thicker of the two and it is a type of egg noodle while bihon on the other hand is the thinner one and is a variant of a rice noodle. This recipe is nearly similar to Pancit Bihon and the difference is the addition of and secondary noodle type which is the Miki Noodles. By mixing two different noodle types it gives a different dimension to the texture of the regular noodle dish.
I am totally unsure of the origins of this dish but I have a wild guess and I guess it might have a high probability that it will be correct (If someone knows the origin please let me know I am interested on how this dish originated). I guess…
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