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| - This place is the best for noodles - hands down. You'd pay three times this amount for noodles this delicious. The noodles are not only made fresh, they're freshly hand-pulled before your eyes. Watch through the glass window in the back of this small, no frills space as the noodles are stretched and pulled to the perfect thickness, then cooked up fresh to order. Can't get noodles like this anywhere else in the state - the last time I had them was NYC's Chinatown, and I'm not convinced this place isn't better.
Make sure you remember to specify what type of noodles you want when you order: handpulled are standard, but the shaved noodles are also a favorite of mine. The shaved texture helps pull sauce into every nook and cranny - and the sauce is fantastic! The XO sauce has great spice and flavor, the oyster sauce has a delicate sweetness, and the beef and lemon noodles' tangy, savory sauce - although unusual - has a strange addictive quality.
Although going just for the noodles is reason enough, don't miss the pig ears, either. Served hot or cold and good either way, they are chewy, spicy, oily, and a great way to snack during the short wait for your food. They pair nicely with the complimentary boiled peanuts. You may also want an order of the dumplings, either steamed or pan fried. While not the best dumplings in the Valley, an order is plentiful and not unsatisfying. The dumplings' texture and flavor is great, but they are so plump and large that the seasoned meat flavor overpowers the dumpling.
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