Have you ever seen the Jackie Chan cartoons? They're always yelling, "Uncle, uncle!!" Except it's more like, "Awn-
cooh, awn-
cooh." Well, that's what I want to say when I see the noodle guy in the window at Chinatown Express. Never been there? It's pretty nifty. There's a very nice looking middle aged gentleman who stands in this window, surrounded by barbecued meats, and he makes noodles by hand. He slaps and twirls and swings dough around (I think all day and all year, as I have never seen a different noodle guy in the window) and produces these chewy and delicious fresh noodles. He will wave and smile at the
gawkers, and people like me who takes pictures of anything and everything. So, I dub him my awn-
cooh.
Nari and I were pretty excited and hungry when we got there. There were sounds of people slurping away everywhere, which just raised our excitement level. We got the mixed barbecue plate to start with, which was delicious, but also pretty greasy. I think I ate about 4 pieces and couldn't really handle anymore, even piled with the ginger paste and the red pepper flakes. The mixed plate comes with duck, chicken, pork, beef, and squid, garnished with steamed broccoli. It's pretty to look at as well as yummy in the mouth, if you don't care about your stomach screaming in protest.
We didn't have to wait long for the noodle soups to arrive, steaming and enticing. Nari had the beef noodle soup and I had the seafood noodle soup. It seemed that they put different toppings on the noodles and then poured the same stock/broth over them. The soup is kinda bland, so I added in copious amounts of soy sauce, ginger paste, and red pepper flakes into it, which made it super
delish. The fabulous noodles - the texture is perfection.
I'm sure that the other items on the menu are good too, but it seems that the majority of people were there for the noodles. I guess that's pretty obvious that's what they're letting us know is their specialty, by showing off my awn-
cooh. I'll go back anytime for their noodle soups - I forgot to tell you, they're super cheap around $6, you can't beat that. Tasty tasty!!!
Have you ever seen the Jackie Chan cartoons? They're always yelling, "Uncle, uncle!!" Except it's more like, "Awn-cooh, awn-cooh." Well, that's what I want to say when I see the noodle guy in the window at Chinatown Express. Never been there? It's pretty nifty. There's a very nice looking middle aged gentleman who stands in this window, surrounded by barbecued meats, and he makes noodles by hand. He slaps and twirls and swings dough around (I think all day and all year, as I have never seen a different noodle guy in the window) and produces these chewy and delicious fresh noodles. He will wave and smile at the gawkers, and people like me who takes pictures of anything and everything. So, I dub him my awn-cooh.
Nari and I were pretty excited and hungry when we got there. There were sounds of people slurping away everywhere, which just raised our excitement level. We got the mixed barbecue plate to start with, which was delicious, but also pretty greasy. I think I ate about 4 pieces and couldn't really handle anymore, even piled with the ginger paste and the red pepper flakes. The mixed plate comes with duck, chicken, pork, beef, and squid, garnished with steamed broccoli. It's pretty to look at as well as yummy in the mouth, if you don't care about your stomach screaming in protest.
We didn't have to wait long for the noodle soups to arrive, steaming and enticing. Nari had the beef noodle soup and I had the seafood noodle soup. It seemed that they put different toppings on the noodles and then poured the same stock/broth over them. The soup is kinda bland, so I added in copious amounts of soy sauce, ginger paste, and red pepper flakes into it, which made it super delish. The fabulous noodles - the texture is perfection.
I'm sure that the other items on the menu are good too, but it seems that the majority of people were there for the noodles. I guess that's pretty obvious that's what they're letting us know is their specialty, by showing off my awn-cooh. I'll go back anytime for their noodle soups - I forgot to tell you, they're super cheap around $6, you can't beat that. Tasty tasty!!!
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