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| - For years, I have been going to G&D for my groceries. And every time, I wanted to stop and try out these freshly hand-pulled noodles, but for some reason, I'm always in a rush when doing groceries in Chinatown.
This past week, I finally had the time to wait in line (about 15 minutes at 2pm on a Sunday), and test this place out. Upon ordering, I was a bit disappointed because they were out of tea. The food, however, made up for it.
The "salad": the cucumber salad had a perfectly balanced, crunchy peanut/Sichuan peppercorn topping. Definitely worth ordering if you choose to get the "combo"
The noodles: The broth for the vegetarian noodles was better and richer than any vegetarian broth I've had at similar restaurants, and the noodles were just as fresh and springy as I had expected. The egg, on the other hand (which I had been excited for, given some of the reviews I had read), didn't have enough of a "tea" taste to it but it was okay, because I don't think I'd want that tea taste in my soup. In the future, I'd be interested to see if they could offer a vegetarian version of the beef noodle soup, because I feel like that would be amazinggg.
All in all, long lines but quick service, huge portions, tasty food, and at a good price.
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