Can a recipe be both spicy and refreshing at the same time? Because that's exactly what this one is. Other than boiling the eggs and the noodles, this recipe requires no additional heat or cooking, so it's a perfect dish to prepare on the hottest of summer days. Granted, the ingredient list is a bit long and daunting, but the result is well worth the effort (just a note, we were able to easily find everything we needed between Whole Foods and an Asian market.) Cold rice noodles are topped with a spicy sauce composed of kimchi (spicy fermented cabbage... a spicy sauerkraut, essentially), pepper paste, red miso, sugar, orange zest, and ginger (among other things, but those are the primary flavor elements that come through in the end), and then topped with an array of fresh ingredients like radish, cherry tomato, cucumber, and cilantro. The soft-boiled egg is a nice touch as well that makes the dish more substantial and filling on its own. I'm not sure what I was expecting when Taylor

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