担々麺たんたんめん

also: タンタンメン

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Meanings

noun

tan tan ramen; Szechuan noodles with sesame and chili sauce

food / cooking

A Chinese-origin noodle dish popular in Japan, featuring a spicy, sesame-based broth and often topped with ground meat and green onions.

from Chinese dàndànmiàn

今日きょうのランチは担々麺たんたんめんにしよう。
Let's have tan tan ramen for lunch today.
この店みせの担々麺たんたんめんは胡ご麻まの風ふう味みが濃厚こうのうだ。
The tan tan ramen at this restaurant has a rich sesame flavor.

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Kanji

担shouldering, carry, raise
麺noodles, wheat flour
坦level, wide

Related words

ラーメン
General term for Japanese ramen; 担々麺 is a specific spicy Szechuan-style variant.
汁しるなし担々麺たんたんめん
A brothless version of tan tan noodles, often with a thicker sauce.

Written forms

担々麺たんたんめん
Standard kanji spelling for this dish.
担たん担たん麺めん
Variant with simplified second character.
タンタン麺めん
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in menus.
坦々麺たんたんめん
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 坦 is not standard for this word.
坦たん坦たん麺めん
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; both characters are non-standard.
タンタンメン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in menus and casual writing.

Etymology

From Chinese 擔擔麵 / 担担面 (dàndànmiàn), named after the carrying pole (擔擔) used by street vendors. The Japanese form is a direct borrowing, with kanji adapted to Japanese conventions.