Comments on: Spicy to the Max at No. 1 Noodle House

By: Viable

Viable — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:33:09 +0000

@Will, it’s hilarious how you think you’re such a food expert but are so very far from it.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:54:46 +0000

I think I still give a slight edge to the dan dan mian at Mandarin Deli (the one on Atlantic, two doors down from Yi Mei). Not as spicy, but more numbing, and the noodles are hand-made (the noodles themselves at #1 Noodle House are good but not anything to write home about). Probably horribly inauthentic to order it this way, but it tastes good with the dao xiao mian as well!

I like the clean taste, and the heat at No. 1 Noodle House though… and I think the pickled veg at No 1 are slightly better. I’ve been craving it from there more than my usual places recently for whatever reason (the 2 pieces of pork I found in my “vegetarian” soup at Mandarin Deli might have something to do with it :>).

Mama’s Kitchen (Mama Jia) has a good take too, though the garlic taste sticks with you for the whole day. Make sure to order with the handmade noodles instead of the normal ones.

On a semi-related note… anyone know a good spot for Re Gan Mian (???)?

By: Michael Lee

Michael Lee — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:09:06 +0000

Ah those noodles look delicious but deadly. Sounds like they go easy on the sichuan peppercorns.

By: Pepsi Monster

Pepsi Monster — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:50:49 +0000

Just like Daily Gluttony, I worked very close to this place. I’ll check it out this place (regardless which chef works here). Either way, the food looks and sounds delicious. Thanks for the recommendation Louise!

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:21:30 +0000

@SinoSoul
Replying in either place is fine. More people would probably read lafb. The broth that ipsedixit describes sounds very different from the one I had when I went to No 1 last week. Maybe I got mine too spicy to taste it. The CH thread mentioned they also had knife cut, but when I asked them last time, they said they only had one type of noodle. Hm….

By: SinoSoul

SinoSoul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:45:26 +0000

here ya go Louise:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/395768
ipsedixit is relatively trusted, as an SGV old-timer and an insider…

I never know where to comment, (your own blog, or the group blog here). I s’pose la.foodblogging gets more hits…

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:20:58 +0000

@SinoSoul: Really? Where did you hear about the chef going back? I did see MMM-Yoso’s review after I went the first time. The noodle soup sounds completely different between what s/he ate and what I ate.

By: SinoSoul

SinoSoul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:36:28 +0000

My understanding (at least from reading) is that the chef went back to Chengdu back in Oct ‘07. I never went due to this fact. MMM-Yoso reported, in Nov ‘07, that the beef noodle soup tasted “lousy”. Seems like they’ve picked up a bit?

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:18:10 +0000

Wow that looks good.

By: Daily Gluttony

Daily Gluttony — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:15:00 +0000

I’ve been meaning to check this place out cause I work just down then street–thanks for posting this! I hope they understand me though (either in English or in Cantonese) otherwise I’ll have to get ready to point. :)