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| - Recently visited again: February 26, 2015
Food - 5/5
Price - 5/5
Service - 4/5
Cleanliness - 5/5
One of the few "Yun nan" noodle places in town. Not to be confused with Yun Nan Garden behind Chinatown. The "Mi Xian" noodles is traditional and delicious similar to those of Yunnan Garden over behind Chinatown. I been to this restaurant roughly 7-8 since it has open with multiple groups of friends. It's a great location for lunch or dinner because of quick service and affordable price food.
-------------------------------------------Food - 5/5---------------------------------------------------
Yun Nan style food, so manly spicy noodles or spicy "hot pot" bowls. I highly recommend you selecting 0 spice level if you do not like spicy food since level 1 spice level has a minor kick to it.
Dan Dan Mien
Have order this item 3 out of the 10 visits. The noodles are served without soup with peanuts, minced meat and a peanut butter / soy like sauce. It is not like the tradition Sichuan Dan Dan Mien which is served in chili oil but it is similar to the Taiwanese / American style of Ma jiang mien, which is less soupy than the Sichuan counter part.
Spicy chicken Mi Xian
Have order this item 2 out of the 10 visits. This is the traditional style Yunnan Mi Xian (noodles) served with spicy chicken and soup. The soup base uses a lot of chili oil so if you do not like spicy food, I suggest you asking for a lower spice level.
Beef Noodle Soup
Order this 1 out of the 10 times. Not to be confused with the Taiwanese style beef noodle soup that people are more familiar with, this is Yunnan style using more of a chili oil beef noodle soup base, rather than the Taiwanese style which the consistency of the soup is thicker. This is more oily and spicier.
Mince Meat Mi Xian
Forgot the exact name of this on the menu but order it 1 out of the 10 times. This is similar to the "Chuan Rou Mi Xian" where it is clear soup with minced meat / pickle radish served in soup with mi xian noodles. This one is no spicy level so great for those that don't want something very spicy but still traditional and yummy.
Self Serve Hot Pot
Had this 4 out of 10 times at various spice levels. This charges by the pound, $4.99 for non meat related items (veggies, tofu, seaweed, "telephones", udon etc) and $9.99 for meat related products (Beef, lamb, fish, tripe etc...) This is self pick, so you can pick the items you want in a buffet style, bring it to them for weighing and they will cook it for you in a bowl of spicy to non spicy soup. The weight of the bowls you place them in are already subtracted off of the scale so you are being charged only for the food that you placed in the bowl. The spicy level ranges from 0-5, 5 being extremely spicy and 0 being no spice. A few of my friends that eat very spicy say that level 5 is very enjoyable but you can see them sweating the whole time eating it. If you are looking to challenge yourself, try out level 5 spice but otherwise I would recommend a level 2 spice because it still has a kick.
----------------------------------------------Prices - 5/5--------------------------------------------------
$4.99 / pound - non meat products for self serve hot pot
$9.99 / pound - meat products for self serve hot point
Majority of the time, I end up spending roughly $6-$8 on the Hotpot items and it is quite filling. I normally just add $1 of rice and it is more than enough food.
The other noodles range around $6.99-$8.99 which is quite affordable for lunch / dinner and the portions are big and filling.
----------------------------------------------Service 4/5-------------------------------------------------
The service was expected from a traditional Chinese place. The servers are quite nice but there have been visits where the servers were not paying attention to the customers. From the recent visit 2/27/2015, the training of the staff have improved and they are being being more attentive to the customers.
--------------------------------------------Cleanliness - 5/5---------------------------------------------
The restaurant has been open for about a month now and it is still clean. Many issues with Chinatown restaurants is the poor training and "dirty dining" violations that we hear so much about. This restaurant maintains a clean atmosphere front of house. They might have issues with the food storage of the buffet, but I'm never there long enough to see how long they keep food out or the frequency of changing the product.
Overall
Good food, good price, fast and decent service. Very good location for lunch or dinner and very good for groups of all sizes.
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