| rev:text
| - Having grown up in Xi'an, I was super excited when I heard about this restaurant opening in North York. However, all the reviews and stories about how cramped the store is and how long the line ups are have deterred me from going until now. But I'm so glad that I went! The food was very authentic and yummy, and I'm already planning to go back with friends again soon!
My favourite Xi'an snacks since I was a kid are the pork jia-mo and liang pi (cold noodles). Both these dishes here were great! It is hard to make the "mo" (bread) of the pork jia-mo well, and Artisan Noodles did a wonderful job! The pork inside was also very tender and juicy, and together with the bread it was perfect. Keep in mind the bread is decently thick, so it's better to share this with someone if you want stomach room to try the other items!
We got the Yo Po Biang Biang Mian, the Soy Stewed Beef Noodle Soup and Lamb Pao Mo. I would highly recommend the Biang Biang Mian and Lamb Pao Mo. These are both authentic Xi'an cuisine, and both are made very well at Artisan Noodle. I loved the texture of the hand pulled noodles in the Biang Biang Mian. My favourite dish of the night was the Lamb Pao Mo. The lamb was very tender, the soup was very refreshing, and the Pao Mo were just the right amount of chewiness. This is also a very good dish for take out, as the pao mo is meant to be soaked in the soup, so the its texture doesn't get ruined. Because we ordered too much food and this came out last, I actually packed half of it home, and it was still very yummy the next day at lunch. The Soy Stewed Beef Noodle Soup was good, but very average, and I think you can get something similar at many other Chinese restaurants in Toronto. So I would recommend skipping this if there's other items on the menu you want to try.
I came here on a Friday night with my parents. We waited around 20 minutes before a table became available. The restaurant is TINY. There's around 5 tables along one side and a bar with four seats along the other wall. The tables and bar seating are all cramped together. Due to the lack of space, my parents and I had to wait outside the restaurant. They take your number down, and call you when a table is available. The wait outside would have suck, as it was pretty cold that night, but good thing we parked on Yonge right outside the restaurant, so we just waited in our car. I would definitely have given Artisan Noodle a 5 star, if it wasn't for the fact that you are expected to wait for quite a long time outside in the harsh, cold Canadian winter.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)