The Westford location is gone. I think #6 may have been the special noodles that were only available and in limited quantity, on weekends.
Thanks. Iāve now read every post in the thread I linked to above (āsee this discussionā) , and I note that the closure was announced there. The thread also records an interesting evolution in #10.
This is from a very old website of Geneās that I somehow still have a link to:
Weekend Only
#6 Xiāan Chilled Noodles
ā¦5.60
Hmm, the pic is there on the previewā¦
Weekend Only
#6 Xiāan Chilled Noodles
ā¦5.60
Thanks. Your links didnāt work for me. Was #8 on the menu then and how did it differ from #6? For the other items available then did the numbering match the one I gave above?
(Not vastly important, but Iām not called consistencydabbler for nothing.)
I have a picture from Chelmsford with #6 Xiāan Chilled Noodles. There is also a #8 Xiāan cold noodles that have a lot of stuff on the plate.
Thatās great. Thanks.
#6 noodles were incredibly thin, and very silky. Gene once told me they are a lot of time-consuming work. Something about soaking the flour for a couple of days so the starch separates from the something else, which then involves careful draining. I only had the #6 once. I remember the texture, but not what other vegetables it had - maybe bean sprouts. Colorless vinegar dressed the dish. My memory is of mild vinegar, silkiness, and it being a dish thatās VERY white.
That sounds like liang pi? Also called cold skin noodles.
Yes, lots of work.
Iāll try that link again. Itās many years old, but the menu shows pics of both #6 and #8. You can tell the prices are lower than now.
Thanks. These historical excursions are fascinating ā at least to me.
Comments:
- Iām not sure when your picture dates from, but Iām sure itās well pre-pandemic. A quick price comparison suggests that their prices have gone up by around 20% (or about $2 for most of the big dishes). Thatās pretty low.
- The dishes look spicier than the ones Iāve had at DTX recently. Also, thereās less cilantro now than in the past. But, everything is still fantastic.
Geneās is one of the culinary treasures of the GBA. Not only can very few places in the general area match them for tastebud-bang for buck, very few places can match them for tastebud-bang, period
That would seem to be the case, except that the account here
suggests some sort of hybrid.
For those who are interested in the mysteries of #6 and liang pi, here (as always from this source) is an excellent account:
We have tried Geneās just a few times but found the different noodle dishes better at Hometaste in Watertown
My picture was from '12.
And Gene is such a nice person, to boot!
That makes the small price increase even more remarkable.
Yes, Hometaste is also very good. I havenāt had their food in 4 years, though.