During the Lunar New Year season, Hollywood & Dine at Universal Studios transforms into Noodle House. This is Noodle House's second year in the game and will be running through the end of the month. From everything I can gather, this is a step up from the usual Hollywood & Dine with some tasty options to celebrate.
Lucky Lotus Mocktail $12 - Holy sugar explosion! Now I loved this drink but it's not for everyone, that's for sure. My friend had one sip and was like nope! That's far too intense. They describe it as "Prickly pear puree, lime juice, orgeat, prickly pear puree and ginger beer with a marshmallow and gold sugar rim and chocolate lotus flower" I think we were missing the marshmallow but I actually loved this drink and it was so darn pretty. I could only drink half though because it was so darn sugary.
Cherry cheesecake Rabbit $6 - Super cute but weird as heck. We had two bites and tossed the rest. The consistency of the cheesecake was super strange, like cold butter and not much flavor. The drizzle of raspberry had hardened so much we couldn't even scrape it off the plate. You can see in the photo all the fork scratches on the plate because we were trying so hard to peel it up! I get making things in advance, but this was a total fail. Cute and great to photograph, but pretty terrible.
Korean Corn Dog - $12 - Not bad but whoever created this, failed, as well. There was a tiny bit of mozarella at the top of the corn dog which came out in one bite. The hot dog completely separated from the crispy outside and it was so strangely done. So much batter on the outside, all lopsided, and the hot dog seemed overcooked, as well. I love my Korean corn dogs, it got the job done, but it was a mess. Sweet potato fries on the side got me excited but they were hard & dry as if they had been sitting out awhile.
Now they have other items like steamed fish, ramen and noodles. My friend had the Noodle Salad and said it was fine, he ate about half, wouldn't get it again. Passsss on ever eating here again but I'd stop to grab that pretty mocktail again! read more