I have to say wasn't as impressed as I was hoping to be. The liangpi was soft but it's a heftier version than I like, and I wish there had been some more garnishes to add some textural diversity. I also wish I had gotten it with the sesame paste sauce. The roujiamo was super oily, which I didn't love. Also got their tomato and egg noodles, and while I liked the noodles, the tomato and egg sauce itself felt lacking. All in all, not a bad meal, just I've had better renditions of all these dishes elsewhere that suit my tastes better. read more

Found this plastic piece until we almost finished... OMG Be careful for take-out guys read more

Xian Kitchen - Found this plastic piece...OMG Be careful for the take-out! - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Big Plate Chicken with Noodles - Must order! So much food to last us for 2-3 days. The peppercorn kick is one of my favorite things about Xian-styled foods, and this had plenty of peppercorn to pass around. Every bite was bursting with flavor. Cooked shredded cabbage - On the plainer, traditional side. Healthy and light. Sweet and sour pork fillet - Like orange chicken but pork and lighter. Next time try: - Sesame cake - Chinese mix food casserole or rice noodle casserole - Braised eggplant and potato with pepper - Quick fried mutton slices with scallions - Special hot oil noodle vegetable egg no Pork - Cake - tea flavored egg and veget burger read more

Cash only! I'm not sure why the ratings for this place are so low; we were really happy with this place and thought the service was pretty good as well with the convenient iPad system. Here's hoping their rating improves soon. If there's a wait, you'll have to sign in on the iPad outside. We came here on a Saturday night at around 8:30 PM and ended up walking into a packed restaurant with a wait time of about 15 minutes. Not too bad but I was surprised there were that many people eating relatively late. Ordering is also done with the iPad system that even tells you how many times certain items have been ordered! We ordered their most popular dishes: 1. Cold noodle (no sesame AND with sesame) 5/5 I have a hard time deciding if I like the dish with sesame or without, but we ended up ordering one of each. I think in this case I liked the dish with sesame since it made it kind of creamy with a nutty taste. I like that they give quite a large portion of noodles (more than QQ noodle) and the texture of the noodles is great too! Very thickly sliced noodles with some gluten and cucumber mixed in. 2. Special hot oil noodle (Biang biang noodle) 5/5 These noodles were springy in texture and delicious! I like that the dish didn't feel too oily even though they literally pour hot oil on top of the noodles. I also didn't see much black vinegar in the dish which is usually a staple but maybe it was there and I didn't taste it. 3. Pork rouburger 4/5 This rouburger was pretty good but I did think it was a bit on the dry side. The outside of the burger was hard and the inside was soft and fluffy which is exactly what it should be. The meat portion was pretty good too, although I do wish they had some more "juice" to the meat so that it wouldn't have been too dry. 4. Noodle of soy bean paste sauce (zha jiang mian) 3.5/5 We only ordered this item because someone in our group really does not like to eat spicy food. If you're nervous about that for the other items, don't be because you can customize the level of spice for everything, and even when we ordered the normal versions of the items above, they were not that spicy at all. With that being said, i thought this dish was just okay. It wasn't bad but I definitely would not recommend it over any of the other items we got! I was really pleased with everything we ordered here! I'll definitely be coming back since I thought the food was excellent with large portions at a decent price. Only con is the wait time which I heard can be pretty bad at typical eating time. read more

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Some food can be taste pretty heavy but overall, pretty authentic. I am pretty disappointed for the big plate chicken, I used to order it every time and it used to be big plate but it shrink to much smaller size. Still a good place for Liangpi read more

First of all, the hand pull noodles were really good. Great texture and plenty of it. The bowls were big and filled with hot soup. The spicy soup was quite numbing. Great if that's your jam. The beef noodles soup was good for non spicy eaters. I deducted 1 star because the QR code menu asked if you wanted English and still had items without English text or photos. We had to ask the staff what everything was. Overall a good solid 4-4.5. read more

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Pretty damn delicious. I loved all the flavors. We ordered two noodle dishes, one of their crispy sandwiches, and a stir fried vegetable dish. The dry mixed liangpi was so gooood. I definitely wanted more. The noodles were long and fun to eat. You order via your cellphone by tablet. The English translation is a bet muddled but they have pictures for most of their dishes. The place is pretty small, it definitely gives me hole in the wall vibes. Their sandwich was two fried savory buns and there was some sort of vegetables, fish tofu and crunchy tofu skin I believed in there as well as a sauce. I'm pretty happy with it and I'd love to come back. read more

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A die hard fan of Xi'an food, I am happy to say this restaurant makes the cut! The self-ordering system through iPad was an exciting and convenient experience, allowing us to browse through the menu and selections at our own leisure. Prices are decent and portions are very large! Only down-side is that dishes are more on the oily side... - Cold noodle w/ sesame (5/5): my all time favorite! Will have to try w/o sesame next time to compare. - Special hot oil noodle (Biang biang noodle) (5/5): Noodle texture and thickness were on point. May have to say it was the best biang biang noodle I have had! - Braised chicken w/ potato and green pepper (3/5): We finally ventured to try this dish as it is humongous!! Sadly, it was a little disappointing because it was made of curry base. Nothing too special. All the chicken pieces have bones in them, and there may be stray bones in the dish, so be careful of your teeth! Also has noodles in it! All in all, I'm so happy to have found a Xi'an restaurant in NorCal. Will definitely be returning! read more

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The signature dish of Xian is the lamb with bum. The dish offered here is definitely Americanized with hot water. It's so far from Xian, you might as well call it any Northern Chinese food. It's a damn shame to call the place Xian Kitchen. The owner should go to Xian and really learn the dishes. Will never return. Sad for people from Xian that there isn't a true authentic place to around here. read more

Tried this place out on a whim mid-afternoon on a weekend and was quite surprised there were still a couple of tables filled in-store. I believe they also have a patio area for outdoor dining if you so chose. Ordered the Big Plate Chicken with Noodles and it was so good! They don't give a lot of noodles, but the portion sizes are HUGE, definitely can feed 4 people if you add in some noodles on your own. I really like how wide and thin the noodle is so it can grab a lot of the sauce, which has a lot of that Sichuanese peppers flavors. The potatoes are usually my favorite part of this dish, and this place is not exception. The chicken is pretty standard. Overall, I really liked the dish we got and will definitely come back for more. read more

Delicious food. Very impressed by their noodles (hand made?), side dishes are very tasty too.

Food are very delicious even better than most restaurants in China, fit for friends but not business dinner. One thing dislike is has request you to scan to order, and the internet connection is so bad. read more

Xian Kitchen - Inside - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

So this place... need I say more, the best tasting Chinese restaurants are the ones with 2/3 stars on Yelp why?! Cause their service is bad in typical Chinese fashion but the food is here is authentic and spicy. It was really hard to communicate with the server, that's how you know the food is good! He knows the basics things... but the food here is amazing, some of the most authentic Chinese food.. trust me this is similar to what I had in NYC. I definitely recommend this place get the sesame cold noodles and chili noodles. The noodles are hand pulled and taste so fresh. And the sauces here, so flavorful. The beef soup we got.. was numbing. read more

Xian Kitchen - Front: seasme cold noodle, middle : three things chili oil noodle , back: beef soup - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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really terrible place if you want to eat actual food dont choose . really bad service and bad attitude

Authentic north style Chinese food. hamburger are pretty good and cold noodles are tasty

For the people saying this is the best Xi'an food they've had outside of China, I'm so sorry to hear that. I am not even comparing it to LA but even just the Bay Area, and arguably the very same plaza, has better Xi'an food. That's not to say it's not authentic; just that it's not very good. Thankfully now you can sign up online so you don't have to wait forever to get seated and can plan accordingly. They are still figuring out how the whole online sign-up thing works so be patient with them. Also if you have a small party of 2-3, you might end up having to share a table. Let's get this out of the way. As everyone has said, the service is downright terrible. That's even by Chinese restaurant standards. If you don't have a mandarin speaker in your group, I'd imagine it only gets worse. But hey, if the food is amazing, you can overlook all that, right? Too bad it isn't. We had the special hot oil noodle w/ tomato & egg and spicy noodles with pork. Both were perfectly mediocre and I'm being slightly generous here. You can tell the ingredients in the tomato and egg noodles weren't even fresh. It tasted bland. The spicy noodles with pork wasn't even that spicy. The noodles were soggy. And even worse, the small bits of pork were dry even after being drenched in the soup. There are far better Chinese restaurants in South Bay, even if you are specifically seeking food from Xi'an. It wasn't bad but it's certainly not a place that makes me consider returning any time soon. read more

Xian Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

OMG! WE FINALLY FOUND OUR FAVORITE CHINESE BEEF NOODLE SOUP IN THE BAY AREA. I should tell you we have tried hundreds of Asian noodle places within California to Vegas and this is SO FAR THE BEST we had! Strong beef soup base and we are NOT THIRSTY after the meal. If you have noticed, many places after you finished eating you have to drink lots of water caz they put tones of MSG in the soup and this one we are not thirsty at all. Beef is tender, the thick noodle is handmade, good portion, plus the garnish of cilantro and green onions give a refreshing taste in the soup. We ordered the original flavor, next time will try the spicy one. We also ordered the chives and pork dumplings. Generous portion of stuffings in every dumplings. This is the northern style type of Chinese dumplings, so they have thicker dumpling skin. Taste like the ones in Beijing. Very good. You can select with serving in soup or no soup, and we ordered without soup. Eat with dark vinegar and their house made chili oil. We don't live close but we will definitely drive to Milpitas for the noodle soup again when I have my day off! This place is a very very Chinese restaurant. Eat and leave. Just focus on the food. Cash only. read more

Xian Kitchen - Chives and pork dumpling - taste like the ones from Beijing - very good - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Came here after hiking with a bunch of friends to grab lunch. We ordered stir fried cabbage and a tofu dish, which were served pretty fast before our noodles. I got the noodle with tomato and eggs, which came in a big bowl (although the soup noodles came in an even bigger bowl!). Towards the end the noodles started to get a big bland, so I'd hope there're more topping or sauce! I like the fact that their menu is quite long, but the restroom is not super tidy. read more

Xian Kitchen - Tomato and egg noodles - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

3.5 The noodles are the star of the show. Theyre those wide knife cut ones. The broth and etc was solid but could be better. Food- Qishan style Grand Pork Burger: Good but not $6.5 good. Its really small. The buns (maybe its a pita) coulda been softer. Meat is like a diced/cubed marinated "spicy" pork. I liked it but its def overpriced. Its honestly as small as a single cheeseburger at mcdonalds. Special Hot oil Noodle w/ tomato and eggs: Really good. Wish they spread the spice all around instead of just one lil section though. The spice really changes up and adds to the tomato/egg gravy. Noodles were perfect. Hot and spicy braised beef stew Noodle Soup: The broth was just alright. It has a hint of that szechuan peppercorn thing goin on, which some people might like. Appreciate that the beef wasnt too fatty, but it def was not that tender. Maybe the regular beef noodle soup woulda been better. It uses the same noodles as previously mentioned. Overall, a very solid noodle and Xian spot. read more

Xian Kitchen - Tony qishan grand pork burger. Good but overpriced - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

I was so sad when they closed the Fremont location, but I will travel here for their Hot Oil Noodles! I get the plain/original and it never disappoints! It's so simple and yet somehow lands on one of my top places to get this type of dish. I swear it's special and I will continue to support! read more

Do yourself a favor and don't order through their qmenu.us website. They don't accept orders through the website and won't tell you. Overall success seems to have gone to their heads and they seem to not try to make up for that error. read more

Ordered two fried vegetable burger. One burger is around $10 w/ only vegetable and bun. I am OK w/ the price if the food tastes ok. This dish is so salty and oily... It is not just salty a little bit, it was extremely salty! I consider myself as a person w/ very heavy taste. However, I think this is definately too salty and oily to me... Probably better if you eat in the store since the vegetable is fried. However, I do not think I will visit next time upon this price and flavor of this restaurant. read more

Xian Kitchen - fried veggie bun - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I would not mind coming here again, but if I do, it will be the final verdict on if I would come here a third time or not. Anyhow, I came here with 3 others for a weekend dinner, and we waited about 25-30 minutes. The wait here is still unusually long...and they don't even try to improve their system in any way. Parking: plenty, since it's the same plaza as the other restaurants. Pro tip 1: cash only. Pro tip 2: no reservations. Pro tip 3: no AC in the place- you'll be warm from the body heat in no time. We ordered: 1) A3 Pita bread soaked in stir-frying beef or lamb ($10.99) // +1 I like the lamb soup! -1 Too much pita...plus, it was already pre-cut inside for you, so it already soaked up half the amount of soup before you could eat it. +/-1 Make sure you ask for the sweet garlic and the spicy chili sauce! It's not spicy at all, but it's the right way to eat the dish. 2) A2 Hometown style pork rouburge ($5.99) // +1 I like the "bun"/shell part of it! +1 The cumin flavor is legit! I've had other places that just tasted like curry powder +/-1 Kind of pricey... 3) A6 QiShan Noodles with Grand Pork ($10.29) // +/-1 SO this is the dish that they incorrectly ordered for us. We wanted A8 instead +1 I like how chewy/al dente the noodles are, but it might not be for everyone -1 No meat in it, besides super fatty pieces of pork fat (redundant?) +/-1 Soup base is really red- it's just a lot of chili pepper/hot oil. 4) B12 Lamb stewed noodle ($10.99) // +1 Lots of soup! Few slices of lamb. +/-1 The picture shows glass noodles, but you'll get the knife-cut noodles in stead. -1 That's it? Service: mediocre. The girl put in the wrong order and was scared to tell the chef...and tried to make us keep the dish that we clearly did not order. I blatantly told her she was the one who put in the wrong order, and that as a compromise, we should at least get the beef from the beef soup (they gave us a pork dish). Luckily, she did go get it. However, it took a really long time before we got it, despite the number of people she was actually serving. Overall, not bad, but would not wait more than 30 minutes for this spot. read more

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Saw a fly in my soup noodle, they did no say sorry but gave me $2.7 discount as attached showed. Very disgusting and badly operated restaurant. Never ever go！！！！ A fly in my soup!!!!! read more

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I was craving for some authentic Xi'an food. There's a place I used to go while living in the city, but haven't found a good one in the South Bay. But now I do! When I saw the review I was a little hesitant, but to my surprise the food is great. Coming from Northwestern China, I can say this place is quite authentic. I ordered cold noodle, stir fry lamb noodle, 3 things chili oil noodle. Everything was well made. And the cold noodle here is almost just like eating at hometown, a lot of sesame paste and chili oil, except they didn't pack much chili oil for take out, but I'd ask next time for more. I live 25 mins drive from here, wish they are closer I would order more often. read more

Xian Kitchen - Stir fry lamb noodle, cold noodle, 3 thing chili oil noodle, pork intestines. - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

They have the best, authentic Xian noodles in the bay area. Tried all the noodle dishes, nothing disappointed me. Good flavor, good portion! Service was ok. One time I found lipstick on one of those water glasses tho. read more

One of my favorite xi an food restaurant in bay area. Love the big plate chicken, cold noodle, cold dishes that you can choose and mix. Everything is so tasty and authentic. A lot of choices and you will not be disappointed. read more

Very authentic Xi'an food! Pao Mo, Rou jia mo, and noodles are exactly the same as I had in China. Hui main is not recommended though. The environment is definitely not good but very Chinese street restaurants style. You can expect only the basic service. But food for me is the most important thing. read more

Stopped by multiple times. It is the best Xian Style Chinese food of Bay Area. My husband used to stay four years at Xian. He said the pita bread soaked in lamb soup is very very similar to the dish he had back in Xian. Almost every time, he ordered this dish. For me, I love the cold noodle with sesame sauce, three chili oils noodle and braised spicy beef noodle soup. Also the cold dishes combination is another favorite by us, you could choose up to three cold dishes, just $6.99. It is really a great deal. Although the menu does not have various choice, you could always choose the classic and popular dishes here. The staff is friendly here. Rice app has 10% discount. Remember that it is cash only. If you do not have the cash at hand, Venmo works as well. read more

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I'm not a fan of spicy food or spicy Chinese food in general, but I think this place literally converted me :0. As stated elsewhere, servers aren't really the best, but they get the job done, and the iPad ordering system is pretty efficient. The food is really tasty though! Cold noodle with sesame: the noodles were really springy and fresh, and the sesame sauce (nutty and creamy) complemented them well. A lil spicy for me and a lil oily, but delicious nonetheless. Appetizers: we got a combo of 3 appetizers which is pretty cool. The potatoes were delicious and refreshing: crunchy, salty, and a lil spicy. Got some cured meat? (was good, but too salty for me) and pig ears (my friend got this since I'm pretty impartial to pig ears). They give a lot of food in this imo and the variety was nice, but probably wouldn't get it again because I'm weak and can't eat that much. Would be good in a group though. Rouburger: pretty tasty! It was really juicyy and fatty, but a bit too salty for me. Also would prefer if the meat distribution was a lil more even since towards the back, it was mainly bread. Bun was nice and toasty though :). Special hot oil noodles: sooo good. The noodles are really fresh and springy, and the dish is super flavorful (mainly salty + aromatic + a bit spicy). The bits of meat were tender, and the vegetables change it up a bit. It's kinda heavy from the oil, but it tastes really good so I'm not complaining. I've been craving this nonstop since I came here :'(. Overall, I thought the food was delicious, but hygiene + service is kinda expected for a Chinese restaurant. Would definitely come back! read more

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So much of the reviews are unfair and have their standards too high for a small business like this. Definitely not a 5 star type restaurant but the food is really good, one of the best I've had. While yelpers tend to agree that the food is really good, it seems like most if the flack comes with their experience with the servers; largely due to the language barrier. But if you are understanding and empathetic about the language barrier and actually work together to try and understand each other, it's actually not that bad. Be nice to them, don't give them a hard time for not understanding you. If you give them a hard time, they'll be less willing to work with you. I had a great experience with them, and food is great. Worth the 5 stars for me. I'd come back. read more

Came early today as there's always a line out there tons of ppl waiting for a seat. This is my first time here and definitely will come back again. It was interesting that we had to place order from a tablet. It serves as menu also. The waiter receive the order from their phone and confirmed with us afterwards. The food came out pretty quick. We especially like the hometown style pork with noodle. The noodle was wide and taste like home made noodle. The cold appetizer was a good value. The portion was pretty big. read more

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Super fresh food. Friendly service. Clean. Nice atmosphere. Honestly, we loved everything. I don't understand the bad reviews. We will definitely go back here. read more

This place is spicy. Not like "Super Mario with a Fire Flower" spicy. More like "level 3 Yoga Inferno Dhalsim Wins" spicy. The flames are right on the cusp of where it's still enjoyable. Some described the spices to be "numbing," as if someone used your tongue as a pin cushion and then slathered Vics Vapor Rub all over the poke wounds. It might sound like I'm complaining, but I'm really not. I periodically crave their braised beef noodle soup. A smart person once told me that capsaicin is a form of pain, and to crave spicy food is basically your body's desire to grow stronger. Checks out. Xian Kitchen has basically been fulfilling my braised beef noodle craving while simultaneously strengthening my mental fortitude. There's usually a line forming just as the restaurant opens, so make sure to get there early. read more

Xian Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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In a bite: Excellent noodle-y goods but displeasing service (enough to detract a star from an otherwise good 4 star experience, but also maybe because the servers are new?) Came here a little before the dinner rush on a Friday night (around 6pm) to see what the hullabaloo about this new restaurant was and already had to wait for a table! It was a little strange because the manager kept placing small parties (2, or 3) together on a large round table (the kind that seats 8-12) together so they had to share the space, which made me remember the game Diner Dash and the best way to arrange customers in that game. Anyways, we elected to wait for a standard 4 person table. Menus are just reused folds of paper (for now? I'm assuming) but I appreciated how the menu was concise - makes decisions a lil easier for somebody who's already indecisive. We (4 people) got a little ambitious and ordered: - Cold noodle with sesame (a little bit spicy, but the sauce was so addicting! my favorite dish) - Pita Bread Soaked in Stir Fried Lamb: the waiter told us that this option is a little better than the Pita Bread in Lamb soup, so we elected for this option. The name in English is a little funny, but this is a Xi'an classic and I loved the flavor and texture! Basically kind of like a lot of little gnocchis or balls of dough in a gravy. - Hometown style pork with noodle: pulled pork pieces, bok choy (a little bitter, unsure why but sad :( ) and chewy noodles in spicy sauce - Qishan noodles with grand pork: this one was on the wall as a special, and looks very spicy but really isn't :) - Homestyle rouburger ( very tender, fatty meat in between an Asian-style baked bun) - side dishes: you can go up to the counter and pick 3 for an order; the crisp celery in chili oil is a favorite! Although we had some leftover, we all really enjoyed the food here! A bummer that we had to wave the waiter down several times for every request (filling water, getting the check, having them take our cash) as well as see the waiters being impatient and disrespectful with waiting customers outside. tl;dr: Food good, hopefully service will be better on a return visit and # stars can be adjusted read more

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Great food, very nice people and excellent service! We loved all dishes ordered for our dinner tonight, authentic and delicious... we def will come back next time when we visit the area. read more

Almost got scared away by the low rating but so glad we didn't! Came with friends who've lived/traveled around Xi'an and we all left impressed, happy, and full. Don't expect good service (though better if someone speaks Mandarin). But the food! Bursting with flavor and price can't be beat. Must orders: - Any of the hot oil noodles (油潑麵). These are the biang biang noodles, ultra thick and chewy, around low-medium level spicy and loaded with flavor! - Rouburgers (挾摸): We got one cumin lamb and one pork. These looked like they were gonna be too dry, but they were totally deceiving. Packed with juicy flavor - can't go wrong with these. Additional fave: - Pita bread soaked in beef/lamb soup (牛/羊肉泡摸). Savory broth with small chewy dough cubes. Never had this before and the dish looked unassuming, but it was one of my favorite things! The soup was a nice complement to the other doughy, fried dishes we ordered. You order on your phone using the QR code menu on the table. Thank goodness for English menus with pictures. Ask for waters for the table and you're set for a hearty, great value meal! read more

We come here whenever we want some spicy hot oil biang biang noodles because it's the closest location to us! This place would be rated slightly higher for us if the quality of noodles were a bit more consistent. There are some days when the mixture of flavor is just off, but when they do get it right, it's delicious. The service is also mediocre and can definitely be improved. read more

Xian Kitchen - special hot oil noodle - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I love hand pulled, chewy noodles. Xian Kitchen is located in the Milpitas Square Plaza. Personally, I had a fine experience at Xian Kitchen, and the food that I tried were all great. Food ordered: 1. Qi-Shan Noodle with Ground Pork (5/5): One of the more popular and authentic Xian noodle soups, is this Qi-Shan Noodle soup. The noodles in all dishes were chewy and delicious. As for the flavors, I thoroughly enjoyed the sour, spicy, and savory meat and broth that this dish had. Furthermore, I love the different textures of this noodle soup: from the soft, delicate potato cubes, crunchier vegetables, to the chewy noodles, all the flavors and textures just blended together beautifully. 2. Hot & Spicy Braised Beef Stew Noodle (5/5): This was definitely spicy, the numbing kind of spicy. I love the strong flavor from the broth, which was also infused into the braised beef. Each bite and slurp of noodle was delicious and it made me aware of what I was eating, in the best savoring every bite, kind of way. 3. Special Hot Oil Noodle with Vegetable, Egg, Pork (5/5): The special hot oil noodle dish was a dry noodle dish, meaning there was no soup. You mix the special hot/spicy oil with the ground pork and vegetables. Again, the noodles were thick and chewy and overall, this wasn't too spicy with my average spice tolerance. I see a lot of negative or neutral reviews, but I have no complaints. Maybe I came on a good/less busy day, but the service was okay and the food, so good. I will be back in the future. read more