Sesame Garlic Noodles

A month ago I went to a get together with some college friends over in San Jose, Ca. We all had an early dinner at Kickin' Crab. It was a delectable seafood feast, with a side of garlic noodles. The garlic noodles were the perfect compliment to all that seafood... it was delicious.

But since we live about an hour drive away (factor in trudging through the city traffic), a strong craving for just the garlic noodles was not enough of a push to get us to go there.

So, I made garlic noodles of my own, with sesame to add a slight change in the dimension of flavors.

You will Need:
Noodles - yellow noodles, egg noodles, fettuccine noodles, or spaghetti noodles will do.
A lot of garlic- for a pound of noodles, I added about a whole head's worth of minced garlic
Stick of butter
1 TBSP Oyster sauce
1 TBSP Maggi seasoning
1 TBSP Sugar
1/2 TBSP Fish Sauce
1 TBSP Sesame Oil
Toasted Sesame Seeds for topping (optional)
Grated Parmesan Cheese for topping (optional)

What to do:
Cook your noodles as directed.
Heat up you pan and melt the stick of butter.
Add the minced garlic, until cooked, but not browned and toasted.
Add the oyster sauce, Maggi seasoning, fish sauce and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Lower the heat so as not to burn the sugar.
Toss in your noodles until well coated. Turn off the stove.
Drizzle with the sesame oil.
Serve and then top with sesame seeds and/or parmesan cheese.

The perfect blend of the garlicky, sweet, and salty taste of the noodles is a great complement to seafood.