WUHAN – The reappearance of Wuhan's favorite breakfast noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly getting back to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global cornavirus outbreak.
Zhou Guoqiong still isn't allowed to serve customers inside her shop as part of social distancing rules that are some of the strictest in the world.
But the steady stream of customers who leave with bags of “reganmian,” or “hot dry noodles," smothered in peanut sauce, testifies to a powerful desire to enjoy the familiar again after months of lockdown since the virus was first detected in December.
The favorite snack, usually sold from carts or in small restaurants, is as much a trademark of Wuhan as deep-dish pizza is for Chicago or spaghetti is