I visited this restaurant when it first opened as I am a huge fan of beef noodle soup. For those that are not familiar with beef noodle soup, when done right it has one of the richest tasting broths bound to satisfy anyone who has an affinity for strong flavor.
The beef noodle soup is decent with the strong flavor that I have come to expect. There are different ways this soup noodle is made, some are oily and others are just spicy. This place does it right, not too oily and not too spicy. Nothing I haven't tasted before but well done nonetheless. So why the 2 star review? Well it's pretty obvious if you've read some of the other reviews.
For those not familiar with stinky tofu it is one of the foulest smelling foods out there. I would describe it is as Chinatown sewer smell mixed with feces combined with a sneeze from someone who has bad breath. When you enter the restaurant you are taken aback by the smell - woosh. I like to consider myself an open minded person so I thought I would get used to the smell over time, boy was I wrong. This place could be a "Fear Factor' episode.
I'm sorry, I don't care how good the food tastes. To me enjoyment of ones food requires satisfaction of all senses, anything else becomes a distraction. If Gordon Ramsay was making his signature dish and I had to eat it in a Chinatown bathroom next to a guy taking a dump in a stall I think I would be distracted and would likely not taste as good as if I were eating it in one of his restaurants. Perhaps it is not the same thing but to me it came close.
I'll end this review by saying if you are here for the beef noodle soup, it is decent but there are other places you can obtain the same flavor without the smell of Chinatown sewer, feces and bad breath. If you have OCD you will definitely be distracted and the food will be an afterthought as the only thing that will be on your mind is how great it will feel to be able to breath again. Now ask yourself which other place do you normally experience this. Yep, not a pleasant experience.