My husband and I use Saturdays as a "cheat day" to splurge on whatever foods we want. This week we decided to try something different. This is small restaurant with about six tables.
The appetizer options reminded me of your every day Asian restaurant choices. We ordered the green onion pancakes and chicken lettuce wraps. The green onion pancake was delicious. It wasn't the typical "sweet pancake" you sometimes find. This pancake was soft, savory and melt in your mouth. The lettuce wraps were filled with fresh chopped vegetables and made to order. There was a perfect ratio of chicken to vegetable and was just what I was looking for. There was an added surprise of something crispy- to my surprise there were wonton noodles hidden amongst the vegetables.
There are Chef Specials to choose from and a "build your own" noodle section. Choose from pad Thai noodles, mai fun to ramen. The description or each noodle is off to the side if you're unsure what each type of noodle is made out of. Then choose your protein or do something different and order your noodles with wontons or dumplings and finalize your order specifying soup or stir fry.
My husband ordered the beef ramen stir fry and devoured the entire meal. There was a large portion of beef, mixed vegetables and of course noodles. I ordered mai fun noodles (a thin rice noodle) with dumplings in soup. The noodles were tender and not over cooked. The vegetables were cooked just the way I like them. Cooked well but with a bit of a crunch. The dumplings surprised me. I was expecting a savory meat dumpling but instead I was met with a sweet meat dumpling with corn mixed in for an added crunch. Not what I was expecting but still quite tasty.
4 out of 5 stars for us. We'll be returning on another "cheat day" for more of Li's noodles.