An The Go is a Vietnamese food truck that goes all around the Bay Area serving their famous garlic noodles during lunch and dinner time. An The Go is actually the owners of Thanh Long. They are usually located at Off the Grid in North Beach during weekdays for lunch. You can find my version …
@ SOMA, San Francisco
855 Howard St
(between 5th St & Holland Ct)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Buca di Beppo is a family chain restaurant that serves HUGE portions of Italian food. In all honesty, it’s probably the most mediocre Italian food I have ever tasted. The menu consists of your typical Italian dishes such …
@ San Bruno
354 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066
(650) 737-9899
I have been coming to Cafe Mario for more than 10 years now. Cafe Mario is a western-style Hong Kong Cafe located in San Bruno. This place is another one of your no frills kinda restaurant that serves good Hong Kong cafe type food. …
@ Chinatown
839 Clay St
(between Waverly Pl & Hang Ah St)
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.397.6269
Capital Restaurant is known for their fried chicken wings but their other stuff is pretty good too. I mean they’re not just known for their chicken wings, they are world famous! If you are ever around Chinatown, you …
@ Millbrae
292 Broadway Ave.
Millbrae, CA 94030
650.692.8865
I LOVE THIS PLACE! When I use to live in Burlingame, I use to visit this place three times a week. This is pretty much similar to the popular restaurant, Turtle Tower in the city. Though many would say nothing is better than Turtle Tower, I …
@ San Jose
408 E William St
San Jose, CA 95112
408.294.6989
Dalat Restaurant is one of the more popular restaurants in San Jose that specializes in Hu Tieu Dry noodles. Hu Tieu dry noodles is a dry rice noodle dish topped with a lot of seafood, fish cake, pork and vegetables. It’s served with …
216 Cypress Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.742.0838
Dumpling Empire is definitely one of those hidden gems on Grand Ave in Downtown South San Francisco. From their name, you know they specialize in dumplings but they also serve many types of fresh noodle dishes and other Chinese appetizers. I first came here when it …
@ Burlingame
1851 El Camino Real
Burlingame, CA 94010
650.697.4588
Five A’s Café is a restaurant located near El Camino inside a small plaza in Burlingame. From their signage, it’s called Five A’s because they serve and cook dishes from various regions in Asia. From what I can tell, it’s Schezuan, Taiwanese, Cantonese and the …
@San Francisco
648 Kearny Street
(between Clay St & Commercial St)
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.433.3966
Hon’s Wun Tun House is one of those places that reminds you of Asia or more specifically, Hong Kong. If you have ever been to Hong Kong, this place will totally bring back memories of their noodle houses. Right …
On a lazy Sunday night, while the Sunday Night Football game was on, I decided to make a quick easy dinner so I could watch the game. I was taking a look inside my fridge and found some instant noodle udon that I bought a few weeks back. Udon is a Japanese noodle soup that …
@ Union Square, San Francisco
430 Geary St
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.771.1280
Katana-Ya has been opened for about 5-6 years and is a staple for ramen in San Francisco. Almost everyone I talked to says you have to try this place at least once if you come to San Francisco. Located in the heart …
@ San Francisco
1541 Taraval St
(between 25th Ave & 26th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94116
King of Thai Noodle Menu – Taraval
If you live in the San Francisco area then most likely you will know about King of Thai restaurant. King of Thai Noodle is a chain of restaurants in San Francisco that …
450 Broadway St
(between Kearny St & Rowland St)
San Francisco, CA 94133
415.335.5865
I found out about this ramen place through a Japanese restaurant that had fliers advertising this place. So I went on Yelp to see if it was legit and from the reviews and pictures, it looked pretty good. So being the …
16752 N Miami Ave
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
In my quest to review all noodle restaurants that I have eaten at, I had to do a review at the only Pho restaurant I’ve been to in Miami. Came out here a couple weeks ago for my bachelor party and I had to get me …
@ San Francisco
635 Clay St
(between Montgomery St & Kearny St)
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.788.2088
Mangia Tutti’s Website and Menu
Mangia Tutti is a nice Italian restaurant near my work that I go to whenever I crave Italian. It’s a nice place as it provides very friendly service and good authentic Italian food. …
@ New York
60 W 56th Street
New York, New York
212.757.1642
So during my recent trip to New York, my friends recommended this ramen place that was close to their apartment. They already admitted that it’s not the best but it will get my noodle soup fix. And since it was 30 degrees and …
King Plaza Shopping Center
950 King Dr, Ste 101
Daly City, CA 94015
650.878.8882
Mr. Fong Tai Wu BBQ Noodle House is a restaurant located right next to the bowling alley Classic Bowling. It’s also a sister restaurant of the original Tai Wu restaurant that is located in the same plaza. Mr. Fong’s is more …
@South San Francisco
744 El Camino Real
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.225.0683
This one weekend, I had a sudden urge to eat some Mandarin/Taiwanese breakfast, something I haven’t had since I was a kid. Mandarin/Taiwanese breakfast consists of many dishes but what I was specifically craving for was Chinese donuts and sweet soybean milk. …
@ San Francisco
2491 Mission St
(between 20th St & 21st St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.681.7150
Came here on a limb as my coworker wanted to try a new ramen place. We took BART from the financial district to the mission. Was a bit surprised to find this ramen place in the middle of …
I went to Costco the other day to do some monthly shopping and saw these udon bowls for sale. Being The Noodle Guy, I had to try this. This wasn’t expensive at all. I think I paid about $7.00 for the 6 bowls. I have always been a fan of Nong Shim. I know that …
@ Las Vegas
2418 W Sahara Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702.367.2418
Oyster Bar Palace Station Website
I was introduced to this heavenly place by one of my friends during my trip to Las Vegas. All he could talk about on the plane was how good this place was and that this has to be …
@ Inner Sunset
1240 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
415.665.9912
Park Chow has been a very popular restaurant in the Sunset district of San Francisco for a long time. I’ve actually been here quite a few times. It’s a great place for a gathering with friends or special occasions such as birthdays. A lot …
@ San Francisco
637 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.474.1188
Came to Pho 2000 on a Friday afternoon during lunch and it was packed. We even had to wait for a table. I’m not sure if they are really always this busy or maybe it was because the original Turtle Tower, which is right …
Back in May, I did a review on this restaurant. You can read my review of their Pho here. But I am doing another dedicated post on one of their most famous and popular dish, Hu Tieu Nam Vang (Dry). It’s so good I had to do a special review on this delicious noodle dish! …
@ Tenderloin
337 Jones St
(between Eddy St & Ellis St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-3100
Pho Ha Nam Ninh is located in the always sketchy Tenderloin in San Francisco. Tenderloin actually has some really good restaurants if you don’t mind the precarious neighborhood.
I went here during lunch to try a new pho …
1942 N Texas St
Fairfield, CA 94533
707.422.4383
This is another pho restaurant that has “Saigon” or “#1” in their name. I came here during my trip to Reno over the weekend for New Years. Decided to get my pho fix before I go gamble and eat buffet all weekend long.
I was excited to …
@ Tenderloin
431 Jones St
(between Antonio St & Ellis St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.673.3163
Pho Tan Hoa is another Vietnamese restaurant located in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The Tenderloin has a lot of good Vietnamese restaurants and this one is probably one of the best. This restaurant is located right next …
@ Los Angeles, Westminster
15579 Brookhurst St
Westminster, CA 92684
714.839.4955
Came here a few months back with a friend who recommended that I give this place a try. I asked why and he replied, “their steak in their melts in your mouth!”. And he was not kidding! This place is the first pho restaurant …
@ South San Francisco
2239 Gellert Blvd
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.754.1888
Came here one night for dinner since this was one of the very few pho restaurants I have not tried in the area. This restaurant was actually one of the first places I had pho. Back then, it was a different restaurant …
@ South San Francisco
2280 Westborough Blvd
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.952.5898
This review is long overdue. It should have been the first review I did because this is my go-to pho restaurant. I eat at this place AT LEAST once a week and usually twice a week because I just crave for it, …
@ Outer Sunset, San Francisco
2511 Noriega St
San Francisco, CA 94116
415.566.3275
This past weekend, I went to a wedding and drank a little too much. The whole day after, I didn’t feel too well. So what better way to cure a hangover than to have some good ol’ pho! I wanted to try …
@ San Mateo
805 S B St
San Mateo, CA 94401
650.401.6568
It’s about time I do a review on Ramen Dojo. Ramen Dojo, in my opinion, is the best ramen I have ever had. I’ve had a lot of ramen in my lifetime and this one still stands out to be the best I’ve …
@ San Francisco
355 Kearny Street (Between Bush St. & Pine St.)
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.765-9909
I’ve tried this many times before, was even once a Mayor of this place on Foursquare. Only blocks away from my work, I come here pretty often. Probably once a week. Not just because it’s close by but …
@ Livermore
2011 2nd St
Livermore, CA 94550
925.371.8235
I go camping at least once a year and after those camping trips, I am usually dying for some noodle soup. So after camping at Yosemite last month for 4 days, I was craving for some good pho. Once I got reception on my phone while …
@ Outer Sunset
2240 Irving Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
415.665.7888
I’ve been wanting to try Saiwaii for awhile now. I first heard about it during my visit to Food Buzz Blogger Festival back in October of 2012. A fellow noodle lover I met there had told me her favorite ramen spot was Saiwaii. I …
Santa Ramen
1944 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94403
650.344.5918
Santa Ramen has been around for a long time. They have a long history in San Mateo and it is probably the most well known ramen restaurant around this area, if not, the whole entire Bay Area. Santa Ramen has been around for …
@ San Jose
Mitsuwa Marketplace
675 Saratoga Ave
San Jose, CA 95129
Menu
I have been wanting to try this place for a long time since I heard so many good things about this place. I made my drive from the peninsula to San Jose to give this ramen place a try on a Saturday …
This will be my first of probably many reviews on Instant Noodles. Instant noodles has always been a favorite for many people, especially those in college. When I was in college, I use to eat instant noodles almost everyday. It’s cheap, fast and easy to make.
This brand (Sau Tao) makes all types of instant …
@ South San Francisco
427 Linden Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.989.8220
I came to Siam Spoon because my fiance tried it once with a friend and said it was good. She also mentioned they have my favorite Thai dish, roasted duck noodle soup! So we decided to come during dinner time one night. …
@ San Francisco
388 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.291.0686
Soup Junkie is a new restaurant that opened near SOMA on Market. This used to be a pop-up place meaning, they would usually open up at random locations (ex. restaurants, bars, etc.) on any given day and set up shop there to sell food …
@ Taipei, Taiwan
No. 1 and 6, Lane 6, Yongkang St, Taipei
(02) 2321 1579 and (02) 2322 2765
Look what I found when I was just searching through some old pics! I literally stumbled upon this place when I went to Taiwan for vacation. My fiance and I were staying a hotel nearby and …
@ San Francisco
660 Sacramento St
(between Spring St & Montgomery St)
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.956.3040
Whenever I am in doubt for lunch, I go to Tokyo Express. It always hits the spot when I am wanting some noodle soup but don’t want to venture too far. Located a few blocks from my office, …
@ New York
366 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
212.582.0052
Finally the long awaited Totto Ramen! I finally got to try this famous ramen joint this past week during my visit to New York. I’ve heard so much about this place from friends and articles online that this became my #1 ramen place …
@ San Francisco, SOMA
501 6th St
(between Brannan St & I-280)
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.904.9888
This has been a long overdue review. Turtle Tower is one of the most popular Pho Ga (Chicken Pho) in the city of San Francisco. Known for the Pho Ga, they also have regular beef pho and most …
2946 S Norfolk St
San Mateo, CA 94403
650.341.1899
I have been wanting to try TW Village Bistro for a very long time. Ever since it opened in March. I always love a good bowl of Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup. You can see my homemade Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup here. I had very high expectations …
3288 Pierce St
Richmond, CA 94804
510.527.3788
VH Noodle House is a noodle restaurant that specializes in Teo Chew cuisine. Teo Chew cuisine originated from the city of Chaozhou (alternatively spelled Chiuchow or Teochew). Choazhou is a city located in the eastern province of China.
Teochew cuisine’s style and technique are heavily influenced by Cantonese …
@ San Francisco (North Beach)
620 Broadway
(at Grant Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94133
415.788.7034
Yes, this restaurant is called Vietnam Restaurant. What a original name right? I stumbled upon this place on my never-ending search of a good Pho restaurant in or near the financial district. I always pass by this restaurant along the …
I first tried this instant noodle a few years back when my friend gave me a few boxes from his work. He knew I loved Beef Noodle Soup so he said to give this a try and let him know what I think. Let me first say, I’m glad he introduced me to these instant …
@ Chinatown, San Francisco
648 Pacific Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
415.834.9388
Yin Du Wonton Noodle is a restaurant that specializes in Wonton noodles and Wonton noodle soups. Their menu is very basic with a section for Wonton noodle soups, Lo Mein (dry egg noodle with a side of broth) and some appetizers and drinks. …
@ Oakland
3919 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
510.653.2288
Yuyu Za Zang is a Chinese/Korean restaurant in Oakland. It specializes in a Korean noodle dish called Za Zang Myung. It also has other kinds of food other than noodle but the noodles is what they’re known for. There is a recipe for Za Zang Myung …
@ Las Vegas
The Palazzo
3325 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Whats the best way to cure a hangover in Las Vegas? Beef noodle soup of course! Be forewarned, this place is EXPENSIVE!
Despite the bad rating on yelp (mostly because of their prices), this place is pretty good. I, of course, …