Just a random thought that arose from my taste of the Chinese Cold Noodle.  Suddenly brought my thought to the Thai Khanom Jeen which virtually means Chinese goodie.

In Thailand we used to joke about the uses of names that refer to foreigners or foreign countries for things that are realy vey "Thai" in our feeling.   For example, Kluay Kaed, means Indian Banana, but hardly any Indians can be seen selling this deep fried bananas.  Prik Thai, means Thai Chilis is actually powered pepper, is mostly sold by Chinese grocers.  Then, Khanom Jeen, means Chinese Goodies, are seldom sold by Chinese, usually sold and bought by Thais.

If you were a farang that has been in Thailand long enough, I am quite sure you might have had a taste of "Khanom Jeen-Nam Ya,"  or the likes of "Khanom Jeen" already.

Khanom Jeen is made from rice that form into round noodle-like shape and is usually curled into bundles. 

Below are the "Cool Noodles"  (liang mian) that is very popular during the hot summer days.

If the latters were made from rice rather than wheat, the color of these noodles would be exactly like Thai Khanom Jeen.

There is a difference in the way these dishes are served.  Thai version is always served with sizzling hot soup (Nam Ya), whereby Chinese version is always served cold.

This difference is the exact contrast of the tea drinking habits between Thais and Chinese.  Thais like to drink tea with plenty of ice while in China, they only wanted the hottest of hot water for the tea, supposedly to bring out the best of the taste of the tea.