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    Colala Grind Express

    3.7 (18 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    My dishwater flavored soup
    Meg D.

    Do you ever think maybe you got the wrong thing on the menu? I have to wonder due to good reviews on Google and 1 here. It was a cold, rainy day. I have someone in hospital nearby and just wanted a warm bowl of soup. Yelp pointed me to this place. I almost didn't go in because it looks like a coffee shop, not a Chinese bistro. Nothing much else is around though. It was enter or go back to the hospital cafeteria (which isn't half bad, I just wanted a change of pace). Got the "duck broth" soup with noodles and won tons. You order at the counter and they bring it out. It should've been mildly spicy; couldn't taste spice one. More essentially, it tasted like dishwater. Without the soap. Not kidding. Strange tasting mystery meat in the won tons. Some weird "vegetable" that looked like spinach way overcooked and tasted awful. Determined, I added chili oil and soy sauce. Still pretty awful. A few more bites and I gave up. Went up to the counter and described my plight to the chef/ owner in more diplomatic terms. Guess what he did: Gave me another dish to try? Refunded my money? Nope. I trudged out, into the cold rain, dismayed, still hungry, and about $15 lighter.

    Shrimp Steamed Shrimp&Pork Chive Dumplings (8pcs)
    Rodney D.

    The restaurant is clean and neat. The atmosphere is chill and laid back. Food is a little pricey but the food is amazing!

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    Tong S.

    Best Chinese food in Baltimore for sure! Very authentic, clean and fresh. Recommend it highly

    Chongqing Noodles(pork) ((Spicy)

    Inedible food. I ordered Chongqing noodles and pork, meijun pork buns, plum drink and the rose cake. Buns had a single meatball that tasted ok, but the noodles were just an oily, tasteless bowl of nothing. I can't recommend.

    Chef Lee's Spiced Pig Ear

    Finally get to try this place after it moved from Rockville to Baltimore and glad to see it offers dine in as well as take-out. The only place in Maryland that offers crispy omelette pancake wrap! And it's so yummy! Feels like home in China. I also ordered tofu soup, spiced pig ear, famous steamed buns, braised spareribs, shrimp and pork chive dumplings, as well as house special combination fried rice. Everything is very good. Their steamed buns sell out fast so make sure you call before you go there. Will be back soon!

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    Chinese pancake was so bad and extremely overpriced. Soy milk is also overpriced and it is not cold.

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    Great food in a hidden location hidden on the UMB BioPark campus - all of the discuss i had were excellent and flavorful.

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    Excellent food and wonderful service!! Excellent jazz, too, to listen to while you wait for your fresh, excellent food.

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    I ordered delivery from Lao Sze Chuan a few months ago, but finally visited in person this past…read moreSaturday and had a very good meal. Lao Sze Chuan is a new-ish (open since January 2025) Sichuan restaurant that took over the space Busboys and Poets used to occupy. It's a huge space, but they did a great job renovating it, and it feels light and bright and modern - very comfortable. It's huge though - so I hope people know it's there and are ordering takeout/delivery or stopping by a for a meal in person! The service was very friendly and very fast, so it's a great spot for an in-person meal, too! Their menu is as large as the restaurant space, so there's something for everyone! They definitely have a lot of Sichuan dishes, but if you're not up for Sichuan, they have some other dishes that might fit the bill: dim sum (plenty of dumplings and buns), lo mein, fried rice, Peking duck, basil eggplant, Mongolian beef, and more... On Saturday at the restaurant, my husband and I shared a pot of white tea and a few dishes: crystal shrimp dumplings; pork soup dumplings; spicy tofu skin strips (shredded tofu skin tossed with Sichuan-style chili oil, peppercorns, and spices for a bold, numbing and spicy flavor); spicy and sour fish fillets (tender fish fillets simmered in a flavorful broth with pickled mustard greens, garlic, and Sichuan spices); a side of white rice for the fish; and red bean paste pumpkin cakes for dessert. When we ordered delivery in February, we shared: vegetable steamed dumplings; Yu-Shiang Eggplant Roll (tender eggplant braised and rolled in a traditional Sichuan Yu-Shiang sauce, offering a perfect balance of sweet, sour, savory, and spicy notes); crispy salty chicken (bite-sized chicken pieces deep-fried and seasoned with basil); salt & pepper pork chops (crispy fried pork chops tossed with onions and jalapeño peppers for a bold and savory flavor); and a side of white rice). I've enjoyed everything we've eaten (although I wouldn't recommend the crispy dishes for delivery for obvious reasons - I can't resist salt & pepper pork chops sometimes even though I know it doesn't travel the best), and I love how broad the menu is. I can't wait to return to try more of their dishes!

    Had a good meal for our second visit but the service left something to be desired. Our waitress was…read morevery nice but the restaurant was almost empty and she hardly checked on us at all. We sat there for 15 minutes after we were finished and I finally had to get up and ask the hostess if she could ask our waitress for to go containers. As for the food it was quite good. The dumplings in spicy chili oil were very good. The shrimp fried rice was fine, nothing too special. The general tsaos chicken was good. The dry fried green beans were very good and the lemon shrimp was decent.

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    Ramen Utsuke

    Ramen Utsuke

    4.4
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    0.9 mi
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    I really enjoyed my lunch at Ramen Utsuke. I had my daughter with me and I found it easy to go up…read morethe ramp with my stroller and into the restaurant. They do have high chairs btw! The restaurant is nicely decorated, and the service was impeccable. I had multiple servers come and check up on me and I felt like if I ever needed anything they were able to take care of it. Also, one of the servers mentioned the restaurant is peanut free in case anyone has any allergies. The poke was really delicious. I felt that the salmon was very fresh and I thought they gave very large chunks of salmon compared to other restaurants that really do skip out on the salmon portion, but this restaurant did not! The poke had cucumbers, mangoes, avocado, and scallions as well and I felt that the mango with a nice touch to add some sweetness, and it was also very fresh. The addition of the cucumber gave a nice crunchy texture that helped the dish overall. As for the sauce, I got the original non-spicy poker sauce. I didn't use too much of it because a little bit goes a long way. I recommend anyone to come and try out the poker here and I haven't tried their Ramen yet, but I do look forward to it soon.

    My party was hanging out in the Inner Harbor area on our last day of trip in Baltimore and wanted…read moreto eat around the area before we head out. I found Ramen Utsuke from Yelp and although it had over 4-stars, I was skeptical because I came from a town with excellent Asian restaurants so I couldn't help but be a bit judgey about the reviews. Stopped by around late 4PM and the tables were still mostly occupied. We were quickly seated in a booth and ordered a few appetizers, bentos, and ramens. We were pleasantly surprised that the food was actually pretty legit Japanese. I got the Tonkotsu Ramen Black and the broth was delicious. The noodles were well done and it had a fair amount of toppings. The pork chashu could be better (they were a little dry) but overall, it was very good in a legitimate-Asian approved way. I also got the avocado salad in onion and roasted garlic dressing and the dressing was the bomb! We use the remainder as dipping sauce for other stuff. Service was great - the staff were very professional and attentive. Definitely recommended!

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