Posts Tagged ‘Noodles’

G-MEN RAMEN NOODLE HOUSE

3778 Sexmith Road, Richmond

Tel: 778-296-3779

Web: http://www.gmenramen.com/

Advice: Don’t go with a large group, best to dine solo or with one other to ensure you get seated in a reasonable amount of time. Closed Wednesdays.

Tonkatsu Shio Ramen

Tonkotsu Ae Soba

One of the more popular ramen restaurants in this area, if you know of Gyoza King on Robson, then you will be happy to discover G-Men their sister restaurant which specializes in ramen noodle soups. The restaurant is fairly small, the tables are too close together and its very busy, that doesn’t stop people from coming, in fact it encourages them. Out of the several different ramen soups that arrived to my table, these were the only two that I liked, the Special Tonkatsu Shio Ramen ($8.00) and the Tonkotsu Ae Soba ($8.50) (soupless) and I enjoyed the noodles far more than the soups. They also have a good selection of Donburi and snacks.

Review by: Richard Wolak

SPICY STAGE CAFE

150-4731 Garden City Road, Richmond

Tel: 604-270-8873

Web: n/a

Advice: Try one of the noodle combo sets or take a long some friends so you can share and taste the dishes. Cash only.

Milk Peanut Butter Toast

Deep Fried Chicken Wings

Chili Spice Chicken

Tom Young Soup Noodle

Vegi Spring Rolls

Beef Pot

Fried Radish Cake

Garlic Tofu

This is a Hong Kong Style Cafe that I would have never discovered on my own and I thank Tourism Richmond for pointing me in the right direction. The signage is somewhat confusing, though once inside you will find modern décor and comfortable dining. If you aren’t familiar with the menu offerings I advise you to ask.

I tasted my way through many dishes on this tasting dinner and some of the dishes I liked more than others. Since many of the dishes were on the tasting menu, I didn’t get the prices for them, the pricing is very reasonable for each of the dishes. I started off with the condensed Milk Peanut Butter Toast ($2) which I thought was unique and I wanted to try it.

One of the main features here is the soups and noodles, you can choose from nine different soup bases, seven different types of noodles and then add two other ingredients from the list of 27 ingredients for only $7.25 which is a pretty good deal. One of the soups that I liked was the Tom Yum Soup Noodle. The other dishes that I liked included the garlic topped Deep Fried Chicken Wings, I am not usually a fan of wings but these were very tasty. The Chili Spice Chicken was a bit too spicy for me personally, the Vegi Spring Rolls were your basic spring rolls. I didn’t care to much for the Beef Rice Pot as the beef was too tough for my liking. I loved the Fried Radish Cake as well as the Garlic Tofu and both of these were my standouts from this dining experience.

Review by: Richard Wolak

Noodlemania in Richmond

On November 30 I took part in a tasting tour ‘Noodlemania’ Dine Around Richmond event to a few restaurants specializing in Noodles. The 3 places that I visited on this tour which was hosted by Tourism Richmond, all were Asian though each specialized in different types of noodle dishes from thin, thick, flat, long, curly, rice, sweet potato, fried and more. I knew that we would be taken around Richmond to experience some of the different types of noodle dishes, however I didn’t know until the night there of that all the places we were visiting were all Asian. Yes within the Asian restaurant community the restaurants feature many different types of noodles, however it would have been more educational if we had been taken to one Asian, one Italian and one American for contrasting purposes. Here are the highlights of my favourite noodle dishes from the tour.

Spicy Stage Café

150-4731 Garden City Road

Richmond

604-270-8873

  • Tom Young Soup Noodle
  • Szechwen Soup Noodle

Thai Tom Yum Soup

Szechuan Spicy Soup

G-Men Ramen Noodle House

3778 Sexmith Road

Richmond

778-296-3779

  • Special ToriGara Shio Ramen
  • Tonkotsu Ae Soba (soupless)

Tonkatsu Shio Ramen

Tonkotsu Ae Soba (soupless)

Northern Delicacy

4151 Hazelbridge Way

Richmond

604-233-7050

  • “Dan-Dan” Noodles in Black Sesame Soup
  • Glass Noodles with Shredded Chicken
  • Fried Handmade Noodles with Shredded Pork in Fish Flavoured Sauce

"Dan-Dan" Noodles in Black Sesame Soup

Glass Noodles with Shredded Chicken

Fried Handmade Noodles with Shredded Pork in Fish Flavoured Sauce

These are only a taste of the many different noodle dishes one can have at the many different types of Asian restaurants in and outside of Richmond.

By: Richard Wolak

LEGENDARY NOODLE

4191 Main Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-879-8758

Web: www.legendarynoodle.ca

Advice: Cash only.

Shredded Potato

Crispy Fried Pan Cake

Lamb Shanks Noodle Soup

Noodles

For over 13 years this family run business has been hand rolling their noodles that they have become known for. I was lucky to be joined by my friend Stephanie Yuen who is another food writer who knows her Chinese food oh so well. We began our meal with the cold Shredded Potato ($3) with garlic, sesame oil a vegetarian dish with a sour and salty taste. Next up was the tasty Crispy Fried Pan Cake ($3.50) with fresh green onion, sprinkled with sesame. We then ventured into the first of a couple of the noodle dishes that they are known for. First was the Lamb Shanks Noodle Soup ($8) sprinkled with garlic and cilantro; and the other dish was the Noodles ($7) Perfumed with lemon garlic, green onion sauce, red chili crunch, topped with spinach and beansprouts (spicy & hot). With a pot of their house tea we enjoyed all of the dishes and conversation.

The style of food cooked here is from Lanzo in the Ghanxu province in China, very different style of food than other Chinese restaurants.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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