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Toast posted:
Definitely going to be trying this one next! Yuki Sushi is excellent but you have to dodge the hotel "regulars" that wander the area. I haven't had an issue so far though. 
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traumatizedslug posted:Have you tried Luscious Dumplings on Las Tunas in San Gabriel? Little hole in the wall with maybe 6 tables. Pretty good Xiaolongbao and some really good fried dumplings as well. Go there when it opens or be prepared wait in line, and for them to run out of the better selling items. Trip report: Luscious Dumplings is not xiaolongbao. It's soup dumplings, but xiaolongbao has thinner skin and spherical with pleats at the top. Soup dumplings are half moon shaped and thicker skins, like other typical Chinese dumplings Still good though.
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The Midniter posted:Charlotte Nah, we can do better than that. All, please meet Dragon Court. If you have two cars, take the less-nice one, park at the end near the Vietnamese grocery, and make sure you don't leave anything in the car. Walk into the Big Trouble In Little China themed abandoned mall. At the end of the hall where the Iraqi style broken fountain is, turn right, and it's on the left. Have fun guo, eight treasure soup, or anything in a hot pot. 
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Niacin posted:Nah, we can do better than that. All, please meet Dragon Court. Christ that place looks depressing.
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http://www.elsombrerothehat.com/index.html Claycomo, MO is a place where you have no reason to be there unless you live nearby, are going to the Ford plant, or are going to El Sombrero. The accidentally-dutch-angle picture on their website says it all (and I'm shocked they have a website), as does the yellowing banner mentioning Larry's new Breakfast Burritos (which has been there at least ten years). I miss this place more than any other eats joint in the KC area; when we move back this is where we're hitting first. If you're there before 10:00 get breakfast burritos: loads of potato and eggs with name-your-meat, or just ask for the junkyard and everything they have will be in and on your burrito. The tacos are excellent hand-pinned style, as is the homemade salsa (which is simple but great). Ask for the extra hot stuff, they don't usually put it out. Margarita's are great. Just be aware this is Missouri, so people still smoke indoors, heh.
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My favorite pizza place is Apollo Pizza, in downtown Richmond, KY. It is small and dingy and the front room is crammed with old and mostly broken arcade systems and pinball machines. The food,though, is absolutely incredible. I always get takeout, though, because their dining room is kind of lonely and definitely way less nice looking than in the picture.  Another local wonder is Sue's Hot Dogs in Stanton, KY. It's in a rural residential area and the hot dogs are just your standard steamed hot dogs, but the Chili on them is the best I've had anywhere. It's all homemade, locally grown ingredients, and everyone loves it. And it's literally attached to Sue's house, outside of town. 
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Both in Columbus, OH: Yanni's Greek Grill  Really good Greek food. Not pictued: the strip club located in front of the strip mall. Bono Pizza  Bono Pizza is small a room in the corner of a carryout with a big wood-fired oven and maybe seating for four. Amazing pizza.
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buck i posted:Both in Columbus, OH: One of the only things I miss about Ohio. I especially love the mural on the inside that has a Muslim, Christian and Jew all smoking the hooka together. Did he ever come to your table with a baseball bat? Everything I ever ate there has been great.
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Mutter posted:Definitely going to be trying this one next! Yeah, which sadly can be said about basically any restaurant around there some days. Tallest Poppy in particular though if you go there it's brunch time and most of the neighborhood colour is still passed out. Of course one could add a ton since this city is filled with shady looking hole in the wall ethnic places. 
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Marouch Restaurant. It's in a sleazy part of East Hollywood, CA that hipsters like to claim for Los Feliz. (They are wrong.) Some of the best Armenian/Lebanese food I've ever had in my life. Their hummus is on another plane, their yogurt-style lamb kebab haunts my dreams, and for $75 they will feed four of you every mezze under the sun until you cry mercy. It's a goddamn treasure (and if you've ever been to a cocktail party east of La Brea you have probably eaten their baba ganouj.) Also, perfect coffee. This is an old picture, that Filipino joint has been closed since forever.
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This is Steel Wheels. This is what Steel Wheels looks like on the inside. (This has got to be midday based on the clientele.)  Some of the tables look like this.  Steel Wheels, in Edmonton, Alberta, claims to be a 'rock and roll pizzeria'; it used to be a biker hangout until just before I moved here, so the late 90s. It is run by a happy Korean man who goes by Phil. He wears cowboy hats and I have literally never not seen him there. Everybody loves Phil; he's mentioned in most of the reviews of the place, and if you Google 'Steel Wheels Phil' the place is the first result. During the day it sells to teens and university students. During the evenings... well, still university students; it's near bars and there are almost certainly going to be drunk people in it. Also people who wander in from Whyte, which isn't far away. It is some of the best pizza I have ever had. They do only five kinds. Some change, but the bulgogi pizza is always there, and it is really delicious. They sell pizza $3 for two slices or I think $10 for an eight-slice pizza, tax included; Phil does not like change and as a result the place doesn't deal in any money under a dollar. Prism fucked around with this message at Mar 7, 2012 around 20:11 |
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stereobreadsticks posted:Oaxaca Restaurant on Belmont Ave. in Fresno, CA. is probably my favorite Mexican restaurant outside of Mexico. It's in a moderately sketchy area of town and the Where on Belmont is this thing that's only 'moderately sketchy'?
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Any Memphis goons here? Memphis is great for this! I'll list just a few. Admittedly, some of these aren't that sketchy, but all of them are unexpectedly great. First off, Saigon Le. This is one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants, right across from the Viet Hoa grocery on Cleveland. The food is really great, but the real trick is to just ask the server what to order (as in, ask them to pick for you). If you do this a few times they will remember you and start making you things that aren't on the menu which are always really tasty.  Cozy Corner Barbeque is in a rougher area, but is completely worth it for the great food and also because the tourists know nothing about it. Always awesome pulled pork sandwiches.  This place, Kwik Chek, is maybe my favorite place to get lunch. It's in midtown, so not sketchy, but definitely looks like a gas station without the gas. The food is a weird mix of Korean dishes, sandwiches, and Greek/Middle Eastern food. All of it is so so good. Here's a picture of what's sort of their signature dish and one of my favorites, Bi Bim Bop:  Fried rice, kimchi, marinated beef and veggies, lettuce, and a fried egg. They also do really great soup and gyros.
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spite house posted:Marouch Restaurant. It's in a sleazy part of East Hollywood, CA that hipsters like to claim for Los Feliz. (They are wrong.) Oh yes. Small north Arabian/Turkish restaurants have never failed me. They, without fail, always make my tongue their slave.I want to swim in some falafel now. For dessert just a simple dry Baklava will do. I have my own example though. There is this small little bakery in Al-Khor, Qatar that's in the vicinity of some really old buildings, The inside barely fits 5 people and the whole place would have been shut down if it existed in a western country. But they make the best goddamn Irani bread in the entirety of Qatar. It comes out straight of the tandoori-like oven, into your hands and straight into your mouth. You plan to eat it as soon as you get to where you're staying but it ends up in your stomach on the way even when you have nothing else to eat it with. It's just that drat good.It also doesn't help that you can get about 15 to 20 of the things for a dollar. Also listening to the baker pound the bread is strangely soothing. That man has some steady rhythm. Another example is the myriad cafes in Laghouat, Algeria. The city itself is a bit dusty and still has that rustic desert town feeling, but one thing you can say about the locals is that they have a passion for coffee. No visit to a house or host is void of that signature smell of coffee. Each cafe roasts their own beans and rarely share the same sourcing. Though you might rarely find any of the lighter coffees they roast a mean french there. You sit outside on a windy summer's day enjoying the coffee with a slice of Mille Feuille, if you get too hot you grab a cool local soda (seriously, that stuff is bottled no less than 100 km away).
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Desert towns This all sounds heavenly. I'd like to hear more about this, especially the coffee.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Oh yes. Small north Arabian/Turkish restaurants have never failed me. They, without fail, always make my tongue their slave.I want to swim in some falafel now. For dessert just a simple dry Baklava will do. You sound like the sort of dude I wanna hang out with. That sounds awesome.
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RabbitMage posted:Where on Belmont is this thing that's only 'moderately sketchy'? Fair enough but the tamales make it worth it. Just don't leave anything valuable in your car.
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Super Burrito in Bend, OR. Only a restaurant with good food could still be busy and making money when this is posted on their door:  Amazing Al Pastor tacos and fajita burritos. That being said, don't order the chicken.
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I'll copy and paste my Yelp review to this INCREDIBLE sushi place. Where is it? In Palmdale, California - smack dab in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave, of course, is known for its fresh fish and traditional Japanese cuisine.My Yelp Review posted:Bottom line: this is the best Sushi in the AV, and the best sushi that I personally have ever had. I've eaten in some of the best places on the East and West coasts, including Morimoto's retaurant in Philadelphia. If you want fresh fish and honest, authentic sushi, you HAVE to come to Shogun. It's http://www.yelp.com/biz/shogun-palmdale It's in the ghetto, in the middle of the desert, and you could drive past it every day and never know it was there, but it's amazing. If you're in LA or nearby - it's seriously worth the drive. Sit at the bar and order omikase. Nostrum fucked around with this message at Mar 11, 2012 around 06:15 |
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I'm nominating Kitty's Cafe in Kansas City, MO I passed this place up everyday on my way to work for two years, completely unaware of the incredible treasures hidden within. Their food selection consists of your standard bar fare and probably 75% of the menu is deep-fried. It's all drat tasty but none of it really matters because everyone knows the reason you go to Kitty's is for this hot mess:  It's certainly not a looker. However, you're gazing upon the best drat pork tenderloin sandwich money can buy. They beat the tenderloin senseless until it melts in your mouth, coverer it in a tempura-like batter, stack em three high and present it to you in a paper sleeve before you can even ask for a side order of fries. Pros ask for it covered in hot chili sauce (they prepare their own). It looks like a hefty belly-buster but it's surprisingly delicate all things considered. Don't plan on doing anything but napping after eating here, though. From what I understand the place was originally opened by a Japanese-American couple (which explains the tempura style batter) after they were released from the Japanese internment camps following the end of WW-II. It's now operated by a very polite Laos-American gentleman by the name of Charlie. Kitty's is in the Midtown area of KC and it's open from 10am -3pm exclusively. I don't blame them because the neighborhood is a little sketch to be honest. It's a drat shame though, because this is the perfect spot for the bar crowds and stoners to gorge themselves after a night of stupidity. You can call ahead to place an order and I recommend you do because there's usually a decent line. I took three good friends to Kitty's on my dime and it cost less than $10 to fill everyone's bellies. And definitely expect to take your food to-go; the seating area is comprised of three barstools exclusively. Their tots are the poo poo too. 255 posted:El Sombrero You can't mention El Sombrero without pointing out just how perfectly dive their building is.  El Sombrero is so delicious their own parking lot is devouring them whole. AwwJeah fucked around with this message at Mar 11, 2012 around 09:26 |
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AwwJeah posted: But in all seriousness, please do. Some kind of whimsical architectural choice or is the parking lot itself at an angle?
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AwwJeah posted:You can't mention El Sombrero without pointing out just how perfectly dive their building is.
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buck i posted:Bono Pizza is small a room in the corner of a carryout with a big wood-fired oven and maybe seating for four. Amazing pizza. Bono Pizza defies all logic as to how good it is. I used to live around the corner, and walked in on a whim (I wanted some pizza, and sparano's is gross) - it's genuinely artisan-level pizza done by someone that I think may be slightly crazy in the back of an old convenient store. It is the best pizza I've ever had by a significant margin.
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Fuji Hiro in Leeds from Leeds Grub quote:Its tucked round the back of the Merrion centre and doesn't look like much... the decor is really dated- retro tiling and canteen furniture in tired dull shades of green and brown. Second review
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Istanbul Kebab House in Glasgow, Scotland. When I moved over to the southside my boyfriend kept suggesting we get kebabs for tea (dinner). My reaction: "A kebab? I don't eat dirty greasy food, why would I want a kebab?". So I refused to partake in the consumption of kebabs for months. I now regret this. Eventually I gave in and it was an epiphany. You can see why I was hesitant, the place itself looks like a dump and there was a teenager stabbed to death in there a few years ago. Look at the place, it's in a lovely area it really doesn't look that fancy: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place...ved=0CGYQrwswAw The food though, oh my god. It is health food. Chargrilled marinated chicken which you watch them cook on an open flame whilst you wait, served with fresh bread, salad and chilli sauce. They have other things on the menu however I tend to just get a kebab every time I go there. Not only is the food amazing but it is dirt cheap. £3 for a small chicken kebab, this is less that five dollars. I try to limit myself to one a week as I don't want to ever get bored of it. 
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Nostrum posted:I'll copy and paste my Yelp review to this INCREDIBLE sushi place. Where is it? In Palmdale, California - smack dab in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave, of course, is known for its fresh fish and traditional Japanese cuisine. Nope. I call bullshit on this. There is nothing good in Palmdale. Nothing.
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kinmik posted:I stared at this for a whole minute before these exact words fell unbidden from my lips: Yeah, when I saw that I spent 5 minutes staring at trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I think the building is actually flat, but the parking lot ramps up towards the rear of it and the picture was taken at a horrible angle. If you look at the picture on Yelp you can see what's going on a lot better.
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spite house posted:Marouch Restaurant. It's in a sleazy part of East Hollywood, CA that hipsters like to claim for Los Feliz. (They are wrong.) Thanks for this, have to try it out the next time I'm up there. loving love Lebanese food!
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Fortune Chinese Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. You know your place qualifies for this thread when it's got bars on the windows. It's actually taken some convincing to get a friend to eat there since compared to the Karaoke Korean BBQ place and the Sushi restaurant next to it it doesn't look very glamorous. However, it's easily my favorite Chinese restaurant, and its Sichuan food is apparently very authentic. This was actually the first time I'd eaten the peppercorns that make your lips go numb. http://www.yelp.com/biz/fortune-chi...aurant-columbus Definitely try their Yu Xiang Rou Si (I'm not actually sure what most people would translate this as, but my friend tells me it's "Fish Fragrant Pork") and also their green beans. They've got "American" and "Sichuan" versions of most their dishes, and you should definitely go for the Sichuan versions when you have the choice, as flavor-wise the American versions (If available) tend to be blander. If no one asks you, be sure to specify! Besides what I listed, try their Hunan ____, their Empress Pork, and their Kung Pao Chicken. If you go around noon they even have lunch specials for around 5 dollars, though I think it's mostly Americanized dishes (Still a great deal though). Oh, and definitely try their Hot and Sour Soup - it's 2 bucks, it's delicious, and it's got got plenty of pork and vegetables. The prices are pretty reasonable, too, for the quality of the food. It's generally served family style so each person will probably pay 8-10 bucks and you'll all eat from everything, so definitely order a variety of things. Also in Columbus is this Pho place: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?c...FEcrMmAXh7ICzDw You've probably guessed it, but yes this used to be a Taco Bell. I don't know a lot about Pho but this is where I was introduced to it, and it's delicious at a good price, usually around 6 bucks for a pretty huge bowl of the stuff. There's even a drive-through! Honorable Mention: Joy Village - Near Ohio State campus, close to the intersection of Lane and High St. It's got some stuff you won't find in a lot of casual places at its price range, like Twice Cooked Pork and some Hong Kong dishes. You can even get Congee if you want that. They've got tasty fried rice and a lot of their dishes range from 5 to 7 bucks. Great for lunch. Nickoten fucked around with this message at Mar 24, 2012 around 13:03 |
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Le Cafe Siam in St. Thomas, Ontario. It's not in a bad part of town - that's just St. Thomas. Le Cafe Siam is actually on the main drag. The decor is decorative (Thai?) armour and weaponry, which I found just a bit creepy. Seating is limited and there's no double-door so expect frequent gusts of frigid air in the winter. And everything I've ever had there has been delicious. It's hands down the best Thai food I've ever had, and I've had a fair amount of it. If I didn't have to go to St. Thomas to visit my family anyway, I could see going there just for this place.
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spite house posted:Marouch Restaurant. It's in a sleazy part of East Hollywood, CA that hipsters like to claim for Los Feliz. (They are wrong.) Thank you for this, their food was so good.
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Syjefroi posted:Bollywood Grocery and Punjabi Dhaba, in Richardson, TX (Basically Dallas) I ate here last week for the first time and was thrilled to see it in this thread. This place is a must for Dallas people.
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Mofette posted:Fuji Hiro in Leeds O wow, thanks! I end up in Leeds quite regularly. I'll give this a shot next time I'm up that way.
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My local sushi joint that had gain a somewhat cult status with the London blog crowd that could be a sex shop, but serves amazing sushi It changed owners a while back, is still fantastic and a lot less seedy, which is a shame  There is also a local legend in Tasty Bite, a takeaway that has sustained me after many a heavy night. The burgers come from a bucket on the floor, there was a broken moped taking up most of the front floor, the rest had boxes and boxes of menus, threatening to engulf you at any point. The menu shot misses out on my favorite slogan (its on the menu under the 4th column) that read "If you like us tell others, if you don't tell Tom". Quite who Tom is I shall never know, but his burgers are great (maybe).  
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Niacin posted:Nah, we can do better than that. All, please meet Dragon Court. Sugar Creek rd is like the scariest road in Charlotte. My buddy actually stayed at that Red Roof Inn that's right off of 85 for a disc golf tournament and at 3 am the cops raided two rooms that were a couple of doors down from his in a big drug bust. If you're ever over on plaza and if it's still open (haven't been there in a year), get some chicken from the Chicken King  It's really good and use some of the seasoning on the counter.
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Xarr posted:My local sushi joint that had gain a somewhat cult status with the London blog crowd that could be a sex shop, but serves amazing sushi Hey, that's just around the corner from me. It does do excellent sushi, however if you can make the 'shari' yourself, you're better off just going to the atari-ya by west acton and buy the sashimi from the supermarket there. it's exactly the same as the stuff they use in the shop, at about half the price. Plus you get to have the fun of making the sushi.
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Saturday I had an an experience like no other. Don Bratwurst! Vilapicina is a district on the outskirts of Barcelona, you wouldn't go there if you weren't local. However, the Don has set up a killer german/biker bar that gets seriously packed with expat germans who travel from all over the city for a decent selection of beers, cheap jagermeister, Bundesleague football and mountains of food. €9 for a huuuuuge plate of currywurst and chips.   this should give you an idea of how small it is, there's about 4 or 5 tables in the whole place. And the don is loving incredible. He's a huge, fat, bald german guy, absolutely covered in tattoos. At first glace he's pretty scary, until he opens his mouth. He's a legend. I highly recommend checking out his site http://www.donbratwurst.com/ to get a better idea of the man, and see his giant stomach tattoo. He's even got his own iphone app, Don bratwurst outerspace, where you shoot bratwursts and beers with ketchup and mustard. Bonus youtube video (no idea what it's saying, it's all in German, but you'll get the idea) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCOfiw1EZQ#t=1m50s [edit] To be fair, Barcelona's full of places that look pretty ratty but serve great food. Loads of smaller cafes and restaurants have got that old-style Spanish brown tile thing going on. I only mention the Don because it's fresh in my mind. [/edit]
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The Little Pusan in Maynard, MA is a great little hole in the wall Korean restaurant where, if you do exactly what the cook/waitress/owner wants you to do, she will be the nicest lady ever. If, however, you don't please her she will cuss you out and never let you in her little restaurant ever again. She's known as the Korean Soup Nazi. This is the entire place:  The food was incredible and she suggested some strange herbal wine that got my sister and I completely shitfaced. Good thing we could stumble home. And then there's Willy's Phillys right down the street. It's even tinier than The Little Pusan with indoor seating for... one person on a stool. Basically it's just for take-out and the cheese steaks are melt in your mouth gorgeous. At this point, if we call them up and start giving them our order they say "oh... the yellow house?". Yes, we're ashamed. My dog will also vouch for the tastiness because he snagged an entire sub one day when my husband went to answer the doorbell. That was one happy beagle.   Another plus of ordering from them is that the owner/delivery man has a pickup with a plow attachment and, if it's snowing, he'll give your driveway a quick once-over while delivering delicious foods. Basically any restaurant in Maynard is gold for fantastic food - most of them are cleaner/nicer looking than these two. Except the house of pizza - they suck. It's a shame more people in the area don't know about this tiny town because the shops here are really struggling, and it seems like it's only because folks don't know this town exists.
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Pictures shamelessly stolen from Yelp: My favorite ramen joint ever, Foo Foo Tei in Hacienda Heights, CA. This place is located right across the street from a chemical plant and surrounded by other industrial complexes. They have 31 (!) varieties of noodle dishes, as well as a large assortment of other Japanese dishes and appetizers.  Their specialty (or at least the most popular ramen by far there), the nanchatte tonkotsu ramen. "Nanchatte" means "just kidding", since there is no pork used at all in any of their soups. It's more of a creamy soy-based broth that's pretty unique and good in its own right.  The last thing I had there, umani shoyu ramen. They go nuts with the toppings here. Here's a slide show of all the noodle dishes they have: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqUCXZuR4I
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