've had this place bookmarked for a while. I happen to have some free time and I was in Irvine so I decided to check it out. I ordered the hot and sour noodle soup I believe is what it's called. Number 14 for sure.When I was getting my order taken it was kind of a language barrier I couldn't make out what he was saying and I don't think he understood me.When I got my food, the noodles weren't the glass noddles I was expecting and I didn't remember there being beef. Nonetheless I ate it. It was really good the flavor was good it had a good kick of spice without overpowering the broth. It reminds me of a Vietnamese Spicy Beef Noodle Soup (bun bo hue).Aside from the flavor being different there were a couple other things that the Vietnamese dish it is comparable to doesn't have. Bamboo and peanuts. Not just peanuts but roasted peanuts with the skin still on. Omg that was my favorite part!The portion is huge. The restaurant is clean. The staff was attentive to ensure my water was always full.Only thing that I had trouble with here was two people who were hard to understand when ordering my food and when they called me from the wait list. Not deal breakers. The beauty of being able point on the clipboard to ensure we're in the same page.I may have been a little upset since I got the wrong order but all an all I got the #4 the braised beef that was recommended in most reviews. I was between this one and what I was trying to order anyway.I definitely was not disappointed. I will be back to try other soups and their cold appetizers.
Many different kinds of noodle and rice noodle. Also serve cold dishes on Firday.
They were open on Christmas.Cold appetizers were good, especially the sliced beef and tripe.Noodles bowls are very big. Beef was great, either thin sliced or chunks.Brown sugar sweet fried dish was quite good as well. Not too sweet of dessert which is nice.Service was very good.
WORST TAKEOUT EXPERIENCE EVER. So I ordered the tomato noodle with some add-ons on Postmates and they text me that it’s ready for pickup 30 mins later. I go to pick it up only for them to tell me they sold out. Why didn’t they just cancel my order then instead of having me to drive out there??? Then they tell me they can’t cancel it and told me to get something else. So I chose the tw beef noodle soup since they’re all the same price with the same trimmings. But no, they ran out some of the add-ons, except for the pickled veggies. At this point I didn’t care. I just took it and went.Second phase of my disappointment: the food. The soup was bland. The noodles and meat were over cooked. Instant ramen would taste better than this.Last phase of my disappointment: several hours in and I have the runs now. Thanks for the wonderful evening, noodology. BLACKLISTED.
Beef noodle soup had good flavor broth with Szechwan pepper numbness. Good portion and beef was tender, but I like the noodles to be more Q and chewy.
It overall tasted good but the noodles were a bit over cooked.
Overall food and experience was good.Here's my dine-in experience: Once you arrive they ask if you are dining in or taking out. We dined in, so they asked us to sit and brought us a cup of water each. You then place your order using the QR code on the table and you wait for your food. You can notify them you are either ordering more or checking out using the same QR code. However, there was no option to order more water, nor was there anyone asking if we needed more water. I like the mostly contactless experience but given that most of the food here is spicey, they should at least leave out a water refilling station.1 fairly clean unisex restroom was available as the other was out of service.
Didn't really wash all the ingredients. And add so many green pepper in the broth, which I can only taste the green pepper and numbness.
Excellent Spicy Noodle Soup. Large Portions as well. I would recommend to anyone
It overall tasted good but the noodles were a bit over cooked.