Originally Posted by Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
Noodles are pasta.
You're not alone, this was my first thought as well.
I'd choose pasta, because then I could have noodles anyway.
Let alone pasta that encloses foods eg. ravioli.
I don't understand why you both couldn't just entertain a hypothetical that picks between two different cuisines, which was obviously the intent of the poll.