TL;DR: restaurant was very accessible especially for solo customers. I went on a Friday night and although there was a line for seats, it seemed like the line went fairly quickly. Really friendly and efficient service. I ordered the braised beef tendon (a special only available on Fridays and the weekends) w/ medium-wide noodles (you specify the width of the noodles).
Braised beef pieces and tendon were cold on arrival, gotta submerge them into the soup. As a bok choy non-fan, I thought the baby bok choy was actually pretty good. The medium wide noodles were reminiscent to rice noodles in pad see ew size wise, and tasted like al dente wonton wrappings lol; I enjoyed it. Broth was hearty and not overly salty.
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I went on a Friday night. There was a line and if you're going solo, you might land a seat earlier than you think (solo traveler here; the waitress asked if there was a party of 1, lucky me! Lol). But still, if you have an actual group, it looked like the line went fairly quickly.
It was pretty busy on a Friday night and although the waitress had a lot of tables to cover, she was still efficient and kept a positive attitude, really sweet!
So onto the actual food. I ordered the braised beef tendon noodles (a special only available on Fridays and the weekends). If you come here, don't forget to specify which size of noodles you want! For me, I got the medium wide noodles as it's my preference, and later on from hearing other orders it seems to be a favorite.
Braised beef pieces and tendon were a bit cold so needed to submerge it into the broth. The beef pieces were pretty good. I'm not the biggest fan of tendon in general, but I can still eat it and I wanted to order the special anyways lol. For the baby bok choy.....so I'm not the biggest fan of bok choy in general either.....I forcibly eat it if it comes in a dish cuz hey an actual vegetable within the greasy, but delicious, stir fry lol makes me feel a little bit better eating it hahah. Anyways, the point of that whole story is that surprisingly I actually appreciated the baby bok choy for what it is. The pieces are pretty small and they're not undercooked (I hate when they're undercooked cuz then it has the crunch and when biting down it can burn your mouth from the release of water stored in them).
LOL anyway enough about bok choy!! The noodles should be the spotlight here. So I ordered the medium wide size, and the size is pretty similar to the rice noodles in pad see ew. As for the taste and texture, they kinda remind me of wonton wrappers cut into strips and has the "al dente" chewiness to it.....what a weird description I know LOL leave me alone. I enjoyed it.
The soup broth was delicious! Usually I would chuck a bunch of chili oil into soups but for me there was no need for it as it was pretty hearty. It has a mild spice kick to it anyways; those who have spice phobia, beware.
As the bowl was much bigger than expected, I only managed to eat half LOL. I had the rest put into a to-go box; I usually don't do this for soup, but the noodles were "al dente" enough that I'm sure they would still hold up and not dissolve into the soup after a few hours. read more