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| - The food and flavors served up in The Noodle Man is frankly, quite ethnic or authentic, considering it's located outside the Chinatown neighborhood. When I find a Chinese restaurant that serve up non American-Chinese offering, I'm curious as to how far off the Main Street America its dishes are. Noodle Man surprises with both authentic and controlled spices that could appeal to a wider customer. It was pleasantly surprised to see half of the customers were non-Asians considering the spices used in their noodle soup. Actually saw a table of 3 biker dudes slurping down bowls of hand made spicy noodles - kudos to them for being adventurous.
Tomato beef noodle soup is very well done. Controlled flavors - no spices that punches your gut and taste bud. Tomato and stew beef mixed well, in a bowl of hand made noodle, bathing in a broth that's rich in beef stew flavor and a hint of five spices. Ordered a bunch of different types of beef, chicken pancakes, these were panfried nicely, crispy skin with juicy meat fillings.
Responding to Yelpers saying pan fried items are full of grease. The meat filing is usually 75% lean meat and some fat, so it doesn't become dry during the pan frying process. The oil some have complained, is juice from the meat stuffing; it helps the dough stay soft and crisp during the pan frying. Ethnic food aren't always appreciated by all. But Noodle Man takes hand made noodles, spicy stew, and strikes a pleasing balance. It's a 5 in my book.
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