Bring a towel. No seriously, bring a towel or have a pack of tissues handy cause you will SWEAT here. The spiciness here is a whole different level of the spiciness you might expect from other cuisines...it's only spicy while you eat. There's no lingering feeling of spiciness if your mouth when you stop eating, and it doesn't burn...but for whatever reason it's spicy while you eat, and it will cause you to sweat BUCKETS. Service is fast (except they don't give you nearly enough napkins) and there are several ways to order your noodles...by spiciness and sourness. I chose medium spicy (holy cow I don't even want to know what extreme is like, and I like spicy food) and medium sourness. The noodles and broth are OK, not amazing but they pack a punch. The side dishes are all pretty good on their own, and you get some with a few of the noodle options. Protip: Order a cold drink (something with milk for the base to offset the acid) read more

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It has re branded to twisted chicken pot - A menu is on a clipboard on your table and the instructions are to 1) pick your chicken pot (half or whole - we went the half) 2) choose your chili or numb level (the numb stuff is awesome! we went mild on both) and then 3) choose your hot pot ingredients. The hot pot ingredients consist of meat (we went the beef fillet and the special on the day, some wagyu), we got some very interesting cheese balls (but there's also mushroom, cuttle fish, tofu and more), from the seafood options we chose prawn, we got corn and cabbage as our vegetables. For sauce we got satay sauce and they supplied us with some sweet chili, though we didn't need it much since the hot pot soup was extremely flavoursome. We got noodles and dumplings to add in. This was an extremely sufficient amount of food and all very fresh. The bbq cooktop was on our table and they added the chicken and fried it to start with, with the chili, coriander and numb, we ate this (certainly tasty) with a lot of bones. Once this was removed, they added the soup and we were able to add in our ingredients. We obviously looked new to this and the lovely owner Helen came and explained the process to us, and even helped as cook half of our ingredients. Some things cook quickly like the meats and others need more stewing. So if you're new to this like us, get some advice too. They gave us some soy bean curd which was incredible! Whilst the chicken is $30, the add ons are all pretty cheap, depends how much you want the determine the cost. Located on dixon street in China town, it's easy to find. The business has been there about 7 years but they've re branded to be a chicken pot (apparently first in Sydney); as they used to be a noodle pot. Love the red, black and white fit out. They also serve entrees - we got fried chicken wings and squid. Staff were all extremely nice and helpful and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. read more

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Be prepared to sweat, because these noodles are pretty spicy. It's not a burning of the tongue kind of spicy, but a literally heat that just builds up. Twisted Noodle Bar is located right on Dixon and is a completely different noodle experience. You can get the noodles prepared in several different spice and sour levels. I opted to go for the medium. Keep in mind I enjoy spice...a lot of it. After a few bites you start the sweat wipe that doesn't end till after you've eaten. Your mouth tingles from the heat, but goes away rather quickly. The sweating gets a bit much and eating becomes a task. They provide 1 napkin at a time....and then when you ask for more they only provide what you can grab from the tissue box. The milk tea is crucial though...so make sure you order it iced! I'll be checking out the many different options they have, but this time with a sweatband on my head and wrists. read more

Twisted Noodle Bar - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

I like it HOT! Noodles that is :) This is my alternative to Menya noodle bar down the road if I feel like something spicy rather than meaty. The place is a typical Chinatown eating joint filled with young asian overseas students and very casual. The service is nothing to write home about but its prompt and the coloured plastic menu with pictures is a big help. You can control the chilli and sour level based on your taste, but warning, it can get pretty hot. I usually get the medium hot and medium sour and this is enough for me. Its simple but like Menya I get cravings for it often as its comforting and just plain yummy. Try it, I dare you ;) read more

Twisted Noodle Bar - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

I absolutely love this place, the whole concept, and the amount and variety of meat/vegetables served up in the bowl of noodles is amazing. I'd say it's the best kind of chinese noodle soup you can get in town, most other places do it a bit bland and noone raves over them like they do over pho or ramen. But this place, I could rank it similar to my desires for good pho and good ramen and gets a big bonus in my books because i'm a huge fan of chilli. There is a huge selection of meats you can pick to accompany your noodle soup, chicken wings, sliced pork, pig blood etc. and they usually all come with chives, bean sprouts, tofu and pork mince. The chicken stock tastes very clean and flavourful, noodles are always very smooth and not heavy at all to finish. The drinks are phenomenal too. Best comfort food. This place needs to open up in more locations! edit- I guess I almost forgot to mention the spicyness because I can tolerate it well.. there is always the option of non-spicy. I'm almost ready to go for extremely hot which is their highest chilli level , but if you cannot handle it stick to small chilli or no chilli! It is still delicious :) read more

This place is where you go to get your serious Chilli on ! I pride myself with being able to eat quite a high level of spiciness but this place would easily defeat me. I never venture past Medium heat level and that's enough to have sweat beads dripping down my face as I slowly slurp my soup. As well as choosing your spice level, you also choose your sour level - the combination becomes a hot and sour soup which is strangely addictive. Some of the meats that come with the noodle soup are a little bit dubious and reminds me of Hong Kong - such as luncheon meat and processed sausages. I go for the fish fillet soup as I have an aversion to 'spam' in soup ! This is certainly winter warmer cuisine and I would not dare eat this during the hot summer months. read more

Oh chilli, oh my God. The pain is unending. My spirit fled my twitching, foetal positioned body and now dwells on a plane of pure torment. Agony is my existence now. So, ummm, yeah - choose the 'small chilli" option. They lay the spice on pretty thick. Service is fast though. read more

Stopped in here for some lunch to go only and it was long after lunch hour and before dinner so the place was empty. The woman there was super helpful helping us pick out some noodle bowls with the ingredients and level of spice and sour we wanted. Also got an order of cold sliced pig ears which were chewy but tasty. read more

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I ordered the Yunnan noodle w/ pork, soy sauce egg, beef, chicken wing, sausage, mushroom, bean sprouts, chives, tofu which was good however I wished it had more noodles as I was still hungry after the meal. The sausage tasted slightly off, couldn't really put my finger on why it tasted strange. I did like that there was a chilli/sour customization option available. Solid, but there are better options. read more

Invited by a friend & gave it a try. You can order any type of the noodle listed on the menu & then choose how spicy & sour u would like ur noodle to be cooked. Advice for first time visitor, do not overestimate ur ability, go for the basic level. I chose medium spicy & medium sour & I just couldn't finish it... read more

Waiters are very rude, he doesn't allow me to get in with my baby, even there's no one inside the restaurant.