You can call it a restaurant if you are served in plastic plates and cutlery. It would’ve better called take away place. The food was not so tasty as we expected. The negative memory left after when you are seating there and trying to eat, local staff and local customers taking as they would be deafen, very loud.
So far my top 3 拌花菜Ban Hua Cai (Sweet sour and spicy cucumber salad with fried bean curds and peanuts) in Dublin. You can taste that they made their own chili oil for the dish. Perfect fragrance and balance. It's not too sweet & sour like some other restaurants and hence the perfect refreshing dish for the summer.
The 冷面 cold soup noodle was also top. There were plenty of beef slices in the soup (at least 6 slices so we were very happy).
老式锅包肉 Old style crispy pork was a meh. I'd say it was below average even in Dublin. The meat slices were too thin and a bit fatty. Either the batter wasn't right or the oil temperature was too low, it wasn't crispy. There wasn't enough starch in its sauce, as a result, it wasn't attached evenly to the pork. Considering how classic and important this dish is in Northeastern China, the chef really needs to improve. I would NOT recommend ordering this dish here.
We ordered extra and take out what we couldn't finish for the next day's lunch. The price was good.
I've heard good things about its steam Bao buns. Many local Chinese come and order takeaway for their breakfast the next day. We encountered one of those.
8ish pm Parnell St wasn't the safest to eat. We stayed there for an hour. There was a drunk guy walking into the restaurant shouting Ni Hao to the restaurant staff with absolutely no intention to order anything. Then there were two teenagers knocking on windows from the outside because they saw us eating. I'd recommend sitting at a more inside table.
Not sure if they have cold noodle冷面 and cucumber salad拌花菜 on their English menu. I'd say the cold noodle and cucumber dish is the perfect amount for 2 ppl to share. If you're going with a vegetarian/vegan friend, just ask the staff to put the meat in a separate dish and ask for two bowls to share (so that you can get all the meat and egg, it's the best). The taste highly likely will blow their mind.
Overall happy. I would recommend eating here.
I ordered delivery the spicy beef noodle soup without MSG it was SO spicy, which I asked for, and they delivered!
It was delicious just beef, scallions and noodles. I would love some bok choy in it.
I am a soup aficionado, and often the soup stock doesn’t taste right, this one was delicious.
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