Hot and humid weather may have a bowl of ramen far from your mind, but cold noodles are a deliciously addictive alternative.

There are now two area restaurants serving up the most interesting cuisine you’ve never heard of, but you just might recognize.

Chef Alex McCoy’s Khao Soi Nok Noi is popping up Wednesday and Thursday nights inside Tchoup’s Market.

From take-out joints to casual sit-down spots, we’ve got you covered.

A hot bowl of udon is one of the delectable cures to this season’s cold-weather blues. The cold, stormy evenings brought on by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall to the Washington, D.C-area was one of those opportunities to try these Japanese noodles made from wheat-flour noodles.

Starting tonight, the ramen bar, surreptitiously intermixed within the walls and operations of Señor Chicken, will expand its service from one night to Monday through Saturday from 5 to 9:30 p.m.

Since Wagamama‘s announced in 2008 that they’d be opening a Penn Quarter location, we’ve been waiting with anticipation. But at times over the past few months, plenty of conflicting information had us wondering if plans for the location might be abandoned. But today, we received confirmation that the company does intend to open a location at 418 7th Street NW later this year.

Photo by roland.Penn Quarter Living and the Internationalist are hopeful that Wagamama, the U.K.-based noodle shop, might finally be opening in Chinatown after years of speculation. The store, which first announced it was coming to 418 7th Street NW back in March 2008 has been close lipped about the location since the initial announcement. In March 2009, they confirmed the location would open in May 2010. But then in January 2010, the building went…