Big fan of their brunch and the beef noodle soup is great! Forgot about it in relation to this thread.
I’m pretty sure in my post from which this is quoted that I wrote “handmade,” not hand-pulled which is a big difference. When I was going to Buk Kyung more regularly, they did handmade knife-cut noodles (kalguksu) but not hand-pulled.
thanks for splintering off this thread, Thimes. I looked at splitting it off myself into a new thread, but it was such a mix of replies to individual posts and the original post that it was kind of messy to do that way.
I just ate dinner at Sugidama Soba & Izakaya in Davis Square, who make their own soba in house. I felt like hot soup, so I got the homey Tanuki-- came with fried batter flakes (that seemed mostly like panko) and that processed fish cake that I’ve personally grown to love. The broth had good, deep bonito flavor and the soba had a nice, toothsome bite to them. Not spectacular, but reasonably good and they have lots of other options for soba both cold and hot.
The place is really comfortable and well appointed inside and there are a range of food options from dumplings and takoyaki to donburi bowls and sushi. The food strikes me as maybe not quite pubby enough to be totally izakaya (at least based on my limited izakaya experience) but that’s ok. Service was great and I’d sure go back.
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Sorry did my best to summarize, can’t get everything right all the time … did it on my phone so even harder.
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I find the prices at Sugidama to be relatively reasonable. They do a good job with their raw dishes as well.
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jajangmyun at buk kyung in somerville and allston
dan dan noodles at sichuan gourmet in framingham
lort cha (stir-fried silver pin noodles) at thmor da in revere
mee katang (stir-fried chow foon) at thmor da in revere
stir-fried rice noodles with minced pork at taiwan cafe in chinatown
taiwan-style noodles with pork and vegetables at dumpling cafe in chinatown
singapore street noodles at great taste restaurant in chinatown
paitan ramen at toto ramen in allston
house ramen at sapporo ramen in porter square
pork ramen at yume wo katare in porter square
niku udon at yume ga arukara in porter square
kamo seiro at sudigama in davis square
pork kimchi dip soba at sudigama in davis square
liang pi at MDM noodles in brighton
da pan ji at MDM noodles in brighton
hand pulled noodles with cumin lamb at gene’s chinese flatbread cafe in boston
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Luosifen (snail noodle soup) has a rich stock made from river snails and pork bones, but no actual snails in the soup. It’s the specialty of Liuzhou, Guangxi and quite delicious IMHO.
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Thanks for clarifying, @Souperman (nice username)! And for the record, I think it’s a delicious thing, but just want to warn people in case the sharp smell upsets anybody. Still find it a funny thing how this soup of all things are now the darling of Chinese food media.
Nice list! This reminded me, the dim sum menu at Great Taste has an item called “Steamed Ribs with Noodle Rolls”. If you like the black bean ribs of Cantonese dim sum but want some chewy noodles to go with it, this is a must get. It’s a full lunch serving, and a bargain at $5.50 or so.
The fried rice noodle rolls at Asian Garden (Chinatown) is also a secret treasure of mine. The chunks of noodle rolls comes fried and crispy on the edges but still chewy on the inside, and is served with peanut butter and soy sauce for dipping. It really is one of those things where the whole is greater than sum of its parts, and totally worth the measly $3 or $4 the last time I had it.
This is on their afternoon tea menu, which they start serving around lunch but sometime doesn’t bring out unless you specifically ask for them. The afternoon tea menu is great value if you want a milk tea with some Hong Kong standards for lunch.
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Has anyone tried the Taipei beef noodle soup there? How’s the broth? (I’m a big fan of soup noodles but find that they very often come with lousy broth.)
@Parsnipity, can you say a little more about this dish? Is it just noodles / flatbread, or are there other things in there?
Reminds me of dear friend yumyum, who was an early supporter of Wang’s. Good to hear that they are still putting out good food after some reports of decline. (Man, it’s been ages since I’ve been over to Magoun Sq.)
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Sorry just making some notes - love MDM, though found ordering a little intimidating (just a lot of unfamiliar items but servers have always been helpful).
Is this what is on their menu as shinjiang chicken? (Googling both names suggest it may be).
Yup! Da pan ji, xinjiang Chicken, Big Plate Chicken are all the same thing. Same with the soup dumpling/juicy bun/xiao long bao naming confusion.
It has been a while since I have been to Mulan, but they used to make a delicious Pork Chop Noodle Soup that was a great lunch for me when I had clients in Kendall. Actually, it was two lunches! Huge bowl of noodles.
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this is great–I didn’t know anyone in Chinatown did this. (I trawled the Yelp photos in hopes of finding a recent photo of the afternoon tea menu, but could only find this one from 2010. I imagine that’s representative, still.
I thought Cafe de lulu in Malden (which I like) was the only area place that did this sort of thing. Thanks for the pointer.
That menu looks about right; the fried rice noodle is on the other side with a la carte options. Asian Garden is somewhat of a hidden gem with quite a lot of uncommon dishes, and is our go-to Cantonese place now that Best Little Restaurant is no more.
I think Double Chin is another place you can get afternoon tea dishes, but i’ve found them to be just ok and marketing to well, youngsters (the menu even singles out dishes that’ll look great on IG…)
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I found the menu online. In Chinese the dish is labeled as homestyle “chao bing,” or pancake/flatbread which is cut in shreds and stir-fried. typically with cabbage and garlic.
Interesting to see dishes like this on a menu with old school stuff we never see on the West Coast like pu pu platters and egg foo yong.
In my head, this sounds like a Chinese version of Sri Lanka’s kottu roti; I’ll have to try to make it to Wang’s sometime to try it out.
