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| - We decided to check out Noodletasia on Valentine's Day in an attempt to save some cash. I was disappointed on the drive over as I usually prefer a fancy, upscale, intimate dining experience on the ol' V-Day, but on the drive home I slapped myself for being so silly. Noodletasia, while not fancy smancy, was a great restaurant and I will definitely be going back.
It's a small place, yet the tables aren't packed close together, so you still have some privacy. The hostess greeted and sat us in notime flat, and the waitress came over shortly after with the pickled veggies and took our drink orders. The miss' and I split a carafe of the lychee sake ($8) which was mighty tasty. It didn't have the strong bite of alcohol and it had a nice, sweet taste.
For dinner we decided to share two orders of sushi and a bowl of noodles. We ordered the Green Lantern roll ($9) and the Two Face roll ($9). The Green Lantern was my preferred of the two and was a shrimp tempura rolled up with other stuff, topped with a slice of avacado and served along with a sauce of spicy mayo and eel sauce. I simply love the contrasting textures and temperatures of a tempura sushi roll, as the crunch and heat of the tempura item meld with the cold and soft roll. The Two Face roll was a disappointing pile of mush. The contents of the roll kept falling out, which is not a good thing in my book. Also, I was not a fan of the sauce that came with it, which was hot, spicy and just plain weird. I don't know what it was, but it reminded me of this "conch sauce" my parents brought home for me from a trip they took to Florida once.
For the oodles of noodles we shared a bowl of Yaki Udon ($8.75), which consisted of chicken, shrimp, bok choy, scallions and these delicious fat, slurpable noodles. I was pretty blown away by this dish and couldn't get over how great everything tasted. The shrimp were nice and firm, the bok choy was crunchy (at least the white ends were...my favorite part of bok choy), the noodles were thick and hearty and the flavorful sauce really tied the dish together.
I would definitely come back to Noodletasia. The combination of sushi and hot noodles is wonderful, and they definitely do the noodles right. If we're in the mood for just sushi I will definitely be going to Sushi at the Lake, but if the miss' gets a hankering for sushi and I'm not feeling it that night, you'll find us at Noodletasia.
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