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| - 3.5/5, +.5 for service
Super Noodle Express is a rather intriguing name for this place in Chinatown. If it's meant to attract customers due to its captivating name, well it did its job for me.
There seems to be an increase in these Northern-style noodle places in Chinatown, so I wanted to compare this place to Magic Noodle (similar to how I compared Homemade Ramen to Magic Noodle).
What really caught my attention in this restaurant was the robot sliced noodles. I've had sliced noodles before, but never from some automated machine...so I decided to give it a shot and see if there's any difference from the regular shanxi noodles.
Considering the speed that Chinese restaurants are known for, I will say the food comes out here quite slow compared to other restaurant; I didn't get my food until about 15 minutes after ordering. Wasn't in too big of a rush, but thought I'd bring that up.
As for the food...the noodles were definitely cut perfectly and were long and thick. Magic Noodle's shanxi noodles are also thick, but the length is much shorter. Overall I didn't see too much of a difference, although you would definitely notice the presentation to be more neater. In terms of this meal, I quite like it. The broth was a bit more flavourful than Homemade Ramen, but I didn't give it much thought as it's the noodles that one should be paying attention to in these places.
Service was great for Asian standards; they will ask you beforehand whether you want hot water or tea, and they will make sure you receive your order if it seems you're waiting longer than usual. That's honestly more than you can ask for in these establishments.
I do recommend this place if you're into the whole Northern Chinese stuff. Maybe I'll try their skewers sometime as well.
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