Use your noodle. That’s a daft phrase, right? Does it mean noodle as in ‘head’ or ‘brain’, in which case the shape is all wrong (unless you’re talking about mao er duo – 'cat’s ears', so vaguely cranial). There’s a bar in Hanoi, Vietnam called Half Man Half Noodle. I bought a T-shirt there. But all this is just filler - starch, if you will. And now, the second instalment of our Wokipedia Noodle Guide! Like Dylan we’re bringing it all back home, with Beijing’s very own zhajiang mian, along with with the Sichuanese favourite of spice-addled Beijingers, dandan mian.

The restaurateurs behind modish Yunnan eatery Middle 8th have squeezed more juice out of their creative kumquat, this time on our capital’s cuisine. Yep – grey, gloopy Beijing grub is going up in the world.

So after a heated competition, it has come down to Blue Frog vs. Fatburger in the final of The Beijinger Burger Cup. Voting concludes at 4pm on Thursday, August 25. What better time to revisit what Tom O'Malley had to say about both burgers in the recent Burger Wars series? Exactly. Now read on and then get voting.