My familiarity with Efuven started when it became a staple noodle dish prepared at home, whether on special occasion or just any given Sunday lunch.
I can only assume that we got curious about this noodle variety that we tried to use it instead of the usual pancit canton, bihon or sotanghon. Or we might also have heard others talked about it or ate in some restaurants serving this pancit.
It has no special ingredients, just plain and simple noodle. Some say it’s the local version of linguine, others a much cleaner pancit canton. It doesn’t really matter but for me it does taste like a cross between a pancit and pasta, if ever there are some differences in the terms.
Just like most of our pancit cooking at home, we don’t have a single recipe when we cook pancit efuven. It’s just the usual, throwing-in of available meat and vegetables plus the seasoning.
This particular one only has shredded chickem, carrot and cabbage with some chicken broth and pepper plus little seasoning. I like the way it turned out for this particular cooking - the noodles were a little mushy and the flavor was subtle that your appreciate the simplicity of the dish.
You can buy the Efuven noodles in most groceries or pasalubong shops in Iloilo City.