Went to One More Noodle House. It's located in China City Shopping Center where CY Noodle House Used to be (CY Noodle House is now located where Hot Dynasty used to be and it looks like their menu has changed a few times since I visited shortly after they opened in their original location). One More just opened either last weekend or the weekend before that.
They only have about 10 items on the menu, two of the items, Dan Dan noodles and Corn Pork Noodles (there wasn't any corn in it) are dry, the rest is in broth.
I got Braised Sichuan Beef Noodles, my wife got the corn pork noodles.
They have complimentary Barley Tea, which I had never had before. It was very light but rich and satisfying. Today was a cold day that saw a combination of rain, sleet, hail and maybe a little snow in the valley, first of the year. So it was a perfect day for some barley tea and noodles in bone broth.
They were very interested in our feedback, but around the time we finished they were dealing with some other stuff so I didn't get much of a chance to give them detailed feedback. Really it was all very good.
The Sichuan Beef Noodles was delicious. He was asking me how spicy I wanted it at the register then got a little nervous when I told him I wanted it quite spicy and told me they had chili oil on the table. Their chili oil is made in house, btw, and it's good. My wife wanted to try some of mine so I told him that I'd probably be better off adding the chili oil myself. There was delicious fatty braised beef a small amount of green veggies(I should know what they're called but I don't remember right now) and cilantro all with perfectly cooked noodles in a wonderful bone broth. The broth is not overly seasoned at all, not very salty. But it is very rich and deep and satisfying. The one thing I did verify when I was leaving was that it was bone broth and you could kind of see the young man's chest puff up a little as he happily and confidently told me it was. I didn't really need to ask, to be honest, I just wanted to let him know that I knew what that was as I told him that I thought it was excellent.
My wife's dish the Corn Pork Noodles came with minced pork, cilantro carrots and some chopped dried chilies. She's a wimp when it comes to spicy food and I was worried the dried chilies would make it too spicy, but she said it was perfectly spicy. She enjoyed her dish but didn't completely finish it. I think both her's and mine were quite simple in a way, but executed very well. Nothing over the top or flashy about the flavors, but solid satisfying flavors none the less.
On the table they have the aforementioned chili oil, soy sauce and Chinese black vinegar. I use Chinese black vinegar for cooking, it's really awesome stuff. I've never seen it on the table at a restaurant before. I added some to my soup, maybe a little too much, really, but it was good.
Anyway, give these guys a shot. Don't go in expecting too much, the food is fairly basic. But I enjoyed it a lot and I'll try them again for sure.
