Sunday, June 24, 2007

Use your noodle

So the boy and I had a random mid week supper with another couple at Noodle ***in Decatur. The atmosphere was very nice. Interior Design very mod, clean and airy asian simplicity. Service was reasonable if a bit absent-minded. (Forks didn't come till after we were served.) Portions were extremely large for the noodles and salad, for entrees, a bit more reasonable.

On their menu they note that "if you don't know what you are ordering to ask" which is a good note, but a rather vague note of "Any menu item may be more or less spicy" might have served the cusotmer better had it been the traditional "this many chili peppers" indicating how hot a dish might be to a customer. Two of the dishes were suprisingly spicy, and we love spicy, but were not expecting it quite at that level. The boy could not eat his food for fear of the wrath o' tummy. Overall, pleasant, but not super fanatastic. And a tad bit pricy for not super fantastic on a weeknight.
We had:

Noodle's rolls and dumplings: curry rolls, shrimp basil roll, spring roll, veggie dumplings
These were the best I think of all the dishes. And they gave you the option of ordering veggie or meat, and fried or steamed...a nice touch. The dipping sauces were all full of flavor, as were the rolls...no bland cabbage only items here.

Sichuan Tofu Salad: greens, tofu, scallions, zucchini, soy beans and spicy sichuan sauce. (Good but spicy, may be better with more select greens, the plebian ones on the plate kinda distracted you from the great taste of the tofu.)

Crunch grouper in thai sweet chili-sauce: Grouper, lightly fried and wok taossed with tomatoes and scallions, braised in a sweet chili-sauce. (This was extremely tasty and very very spicy. The boy was sad. )

Wok tossed udon noodles wih seafood: Fish, shrimp, calamari and mussles in a soy-garlic sauce with onions, mushrooms, carrots and brocoli. (This was nice; the fish was flavorful, but the overall dish a bit blah. )

Miso Udon noddle soup: Japanese miso broth with udon noodles, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and sugar snap peas with tofu. (What you'd expect. )

To Drink: Vodka sodas, Vodka tonics and a 420. Though they had a pretty nice asian beer selection.


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