This is a classic Asian-American take-out dish. It has roots in Sichuan cooking. Sesame noodles themselves are believed to be created in the 1970s by Shorty Tang, a New York restaurant owner who created a cold noodle dish at his Hwa Yuan restaurant. Garlic noodles, are also believed to be created in the 1970s, but this time by Helene An, a founder of Asian fusion cuisine, making it a more Vietnamese dish. They were created in her family's deli, then, Thanh Long restaurant, where she fused together Vietnamese, French, and Chinese flavors to make them more palatable for the American taste buds. While it's unclear exactly where the fusion of garlic noodles and sesame noodle happen, we have to save they are a match made in heaven and we welcome the idea with our own spin on the simple dish.