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at Broadway, sF.com. From KQED. Welcome back to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

When asked to name some of the Bay Area signature foods, many might name Mission Burritos,

delicate organic fare, it's it, ice cream sandwiches, or especially for tourists visiting

San Francisco Pierce clam chowder.

But KQED food editor Luke Tsai is adding another food to that list, garlic noodles.

Here in the Bay Area, Asian Americans love garlic noodles, black and Latino folks love garlic noodles.

Indeed, once you start looking for garlic noodles, it seems, you find them everywhere, he writes.

And he's here with us today to talk about all this.

Welcome back to forum, Luke Sy.

Thank you, Alexis.

Glad to be here.

So what is it about garlic noodles?

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