We dragged our tired, sick bodies to Hong Kong for a short stay. Hong Kong is a tiny place of extreme abundance, our experience here is really true to its materialistic glory: Shop till you drop, Eat till you pop. Since it is our hometown, we went for nostalgia and the more local, grassroot food. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Noodle’
November 3, 2009
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CangLangTing 沧浪亭 (Shanghai)
By Freda in 08: ShanghaiQuick and cheap noodle at this popular noodle joint (a famous old place from Suzhou Province) called CangLangTing, which is named after a famous Suzhou landmark. Suzhou Noodle Mixed with Scallion,Oil and Soy Sauce and Mushroom and Tofu Noodle (each 8 RMB, about US$1.50 or so). I like the noodle’s texture (very springy) and the […]
April 9, 2009
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Bamboodles
By Joan in 01: San GabrielA new noodle place called Bamboodles opened in San Gabriel Valley. It specialized in “jook-sing mein“, or Bamboo Noodle in English, a rare Cantonese noodle dish in which they use a large bamboo stick to tenderize the dough. If anyone seen that Hong Kong episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservvation, you would remember the part […]
December 29, 2008
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A&J Restaurant (Alhambra)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielIt’s holiday time so we’re very behind in update. A&J Noodle is known to have very good Taiwanese Beef Noodle. We tried to come here in the past but it was closed (on a Wednesday). Appertizers: Pickled Cucumber, Seaweed. The Pull Pancake is hot and fluffy. Chinese Beef Burger is juicy and quite heavy. I […]
December 11, 2008
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Kruang Tedd (Thai Town)
By Freda in 04: Los FelizKruang Tedd is one of the few Thai town places that try to have “ambiance”. It was dark and romantically lit. After 8pm there was a band playing 70s soft rock and retro Thai music (one of the customer requested a song and sang on stage herself). Perhaps because of the recession, the place was […]
