Bring 2 L (8 cups) of salted water to a boil. Add noodle and cook with instruction on the package, until it's al dente.
Meanwhile, slice leek on its lenght to form strips like noodles and wash it. Wash and slice cherry tomatoes in four.
Lightly hat oil in a non-stick pan. Briefly brown leeks and season with salt, pepper and thyme. Peel garlic and crush it. At low heat, continue cooking leeks for 5 minutes while stirring non-stop until tenders and lightly browned (but not too brown).
Drain noodles and mix carefully with leeks. Add cherry tomatoes and heat. Grate parmesan. divide noodles into two plates, spread with parmesan and serve.
Did you know that...
1 package of sliced leeks contains the equivalent of 2 whole leeks.