Cover Photo: a bowl of re gan mian, or hot dry noodles—a regional Chinese dish, specifically from Wuhan, made up of noodles tossed in a sesame sauce
Photograph by Yuxuan Wang/Flickr

Remembering My Chinese Heritage Through Re Gan Mian

Before I knew it, I finished my re gan mian, and I was filled to the brim with Wuhan, now a place no longer foreign to me.

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Lucia Ruan is a creator whose work has appeared on Snapchat, Jubilee Media, BuzzFeed and Oprah Winfrey Network. She is currently earning her graduate degree in journalism at the University of Southern California. She cares deeply about pop culture, food and Asian American experiences.