I had a late lunch at Mian.
This free drink was in a cup labeled “soup.” It was a little sweet and around room temperature. It’s a lightly sweetened mung bean soup, apparently helps counteract some of the spiciness.
Table mat that doubles as an instruction manual. Step 1 is take a photo for your noodle. Done.
Free pickled cabbage.
Chengdu zajiang noodles ($8.99). Homemade noodle, pork, green onion, a fried egg, vegetables. This was quite good. Nice texture and chew in the noodles, and good spicy porky sauce with some spicy oil that coated the noodles. I wish the fried egg was a little more runny in the yolk. It was fried over hard.
Spicy and sour chaoshou ($8.99). Chaoshou are Sichuan wontons. These were great!. They were in a salty sour spicy broth that was a bit addictive. The chaoshou themselves had light wrappers and a delicious pork filling. I’m not sure what seasoning they put in the filling but it was especially savory and flavorful. Good smooth texture too.
