Most delicious Sesame Noodles EVER

I went to The University of Texas at Austin for my undergrad years, and enjoyed every bite of it. Austin is fully stocked with delicious, interesting and cheap restaurants. Every neighborhood has great BBQ, spicy Mexican or $3 Vietnamese food on the menu.

One of my favorite stops on Sunday afternoons was H.E.B.'s Central Market - a fancy-euro-whole-foods-y kind of place, with amazing fresh meats and a spectacular produce section. Aside from the fresh goods, Central Market has a yummy cafe offering light fresh foods, and very often love music.

Inside, a to-go buffet offered tabbouleh, salad and the like. My favorite item - the one I measure all other hot bar foods up to - was their special recipe for sesame noodles.

For years now I have consistently ordered sesame noodles at restaurants, only to be disappointed by the sticky, grainy mess I am then presented with, I love a good peanut sauce, but half the time I feel like a line cook just blopped a spoonful of Jiff into the pasta and called it done. Central Market's noodles were spicy, savory and sweet - all in perfect proportions. Bright red chilies gave it the heat, but the rest long remained a mystery...until this weekend!

I messed around with my ever-growing stash of condiments while planning my weeks lunches (I am in an office this week - blerg). After a few interesting concoctions, I stumbled upon an easy, schmeasy, yummy version of sesame noodles that is not too different from the stuff of my youth!

LEE ANN'S SESAME NOODLES

WHAT YOU NEED:
1 bunch (serving) buckwheat soba - cooked and cooled under cold water, then strained
A couple of squirts of sriracha - Thai Hot Sauce with the rooster on the plastic squeeze bottle
1 tbsp of tamari (or reduced-sodium soy sauce...or Bragg's liquid aminos)
Green bits of 2 scallions - chopped roughly
Liquid tamarind concentrate to taste - I use 2-3 tablespoons of a drink concentrate from the Mexican aisle of my grocery store in Bklyn. (It's awesome to drink too.) You can use proper Thai tamarind sauce, but use it gingerly until you are familiar with its concentration,
2 tbsp sesame seeds

WHAT YOU DO:
Mix it up, shove in face.

Todays lunch also brought to you by my black bean version of Chow.com's chickpea patties, and some leftover steamed veggies from Tuk Tuk in Queens.