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Straightforward restaurant providing classic noodle dishes & hot pots, plus dumplings.
334 State St, Madison, WI 53703

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Reviews — 8

Thy Chea
at 2024 May 28
Thy Chea
at 2024 May 28
Everything affordable and taste good. Just wish they had spicier chili oil to tone down saltiness.
Stewart Ann
at 2024 Jan 08
Stewart Ann
at 2024 Jan 08
Love their BBQ pork buns they're my absolute favorite! Always fluffy and full of flavor
Paul Bemowski
at 2023 Nov 30
Paul Bemowski
at 2023 Nov 30
Amazing broth in the spicy beef with hand pulled noodles. But no real spoon to eat it! So sad to struggle with this worthless plastic spoon to eat the amazing broth. Food: great. Utensils: do better.
Megan Powell
at 2023 Nov 24
Megan Powell
at 2023 Nov 24
We got the hand-pulled noodles and duck and the udon noodles and chicken. The noodles were fantastic, the BBQ pork bao buns and other appetizers we tried were delicious and flavorful. The service was also quick for a made-in-house experience.

Unfortunately, the chicken had a strange texture with minimal flavor and the duck, while tasty, was about half bone in each slice, like a rib was cut into slices. I'd definitely go for the appetizers if I came again, but would likely avoid the meat options for the noodles.
Mike X
at 2023 Sep 05
Mike X
at 2023 Sep 05
Stick with the noodle dishes. Beef noodles were good. Good flavor and quality. The BBQ bao and the Xiao long bao lacked flavor and filling didn't have much substance, especially on the Xiao long bao. The scallion pancake was way too overcooked too. Beef shank from the cold dishes portion was good though.
Brie Chen
at 2022 Jul 17
Brie Chen
at 2022 Jul 17
really enjoyed this places noodles and their scallion pancakes are definitely the best I've ever had. kinda disappointed in the spicy broth as it was not flavorful, only spicy, but the regular broth was delightful. beef was so nice and tender and loved the portions.
Bailey Nandory
at 2020 Mar 16
Bailey Nandory
at 2020 Mar 16
This was phenomenal! My family and I dropped by today for lunch, and had a great meal with friendly service. My dad and brother had the spicy beef hand pulled noodles, which were the perfect balance of heat and other flavors. My mom and I had the braised beef hand pulled noodle and regular beef hand pulled noodle (pictured), respectively, both of which were also superb. We shared a steamed chicken dumpling appetizer (pictured), and they were some of the best dumplings I've had.
The broth was everything you want in a noodle broth: full bodied, flavorful, and not overly salty or fatty. It's clear a lot of love went into the broth, noodles, and beef. The noodles had the perfect bite and the beef was impossibly tender. The vegetables that came in my soup (I believe bok choy) were extremely fresh and crisp. I'm going to have to apply some serious self discipline to avoid coming in twice a week, especially for the reasonable price of $10.95 for a huge bowl of noodles!

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