It started off in my mind as a hot pot. Where I would make a broth, dash a few veggies in there, cook the noodles in water and place them delicately over the hotpot. It would be a big pot of lots go vegetables like carrots, kale, parsnips etc. But it happens that I completely forgot to buy the afore mentioned veg when I went grocery shopping. So I really had to work with what I already had at home.