4th September 2007
Super noodles, super quickly
My flatmate and I started timing the minimal gap between us ordering and the plates hitting the table in front of us when we visited here. Depending on your instrument of choice, it got as low as 1.25inches of beer, or 4 minutes 17 seconds. Once I'd not even actually got my coat off because we werejoking about it so much.
Noodlebar is very simalar to lots of noodle haunts around the country, trying very hard to be the ultra-clean space-age noodle bars in Hong Kong meets the ultra-cheap noodle shops of mainland China. If you're looking for a very quick service, some tasty food and a very cheap bill,it's perfect.
As you go in your seated by a server, I always opt for the stools facing out of the window to people watch the traffic of late night Tescos goers and beer-adled lads on the way back to the train. You order from a very simple three part menu, and grab a bottled beer while you wait (briefly).
The dishes themselves aren't ever going to set the world on fire,with the exception of the dumplings. If you're a fan of potsticker, these are some of the best I've had, though they are far from traditional. The dough is that bit thicker than you would get normally, and they've been completely deep fried, rather than steamed or steamed and fried on one side. As a result they are piping hot, crispy on the outside, and full of really spicy meat or veg. I love them.
Another interesting dish I had was described as "roast pork and cabbage gravy". It's there in the photo attached, slightly out of focus. The meat was tremendous, with a crispy outside, not unlike slices of char sui.
All in all, its quick, very very quick, the food is tasty and cheap, and I'd go every time I was passing if it wouldn't lead to a heart attack. Go for the potsticker alone.
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