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I've been coming here for years, and for Bay Area Xi'an food, this place remains one of the few with consistent fundamentals. No fusion, no shortcuts--just straight, street-level northwestern flavors done properly. Biang Biang Noodles with Hot Oil Hand-pulled, wide, slightly uneven - the texture you want. The hot oil hits first, then chili, vinegar, scallion, and a clean layer of fresh minced garlic that anchors the entire bowl. That garlic is the line between "spicy noodles" and actual Shaanxi-style structure. You get wheat aroma, chili fat, vinegar lift, and garlic brightness in distinct layers. Cold Skin Noodles Among walk-in options in the Bay Area, this is one of the most reliable. Correct chew on the noodles, bouncy gluten pieces, and a balanced mix of vinegar, chili, and sesame. I'll be honest: the best liang pi I've had locally still comes from small home-kitchen group buys--rare, and as close to mainland street flavor as you'll find. But for a restaurant you can visit any day, this version gets the essentials right. Lamb Offal Soup This is the dish I schedule my visit around. I usually come early to avoid waiting. The broth arrives properly oily and dense - exactly what lamb offal soup needs to be when done seriously. Heart, liver, tripe, stomach, intestine, and a few unidentifiable cuts all show up. If even one component is missing, the flavor loses depth; if the simmer time is short, the broth tastes thin. Here, the fat is deep but clean, the aroma is full, and there is none of the "freezer-burn" taste that shows up when offal is mishandled. The kitchen clearly understands how to treat lamb parts. Bai Ji Mo Flatbread Freshly griddled, firm exterior with a soft interior. Eat it plain, dip it in the soup, or tear it into small pieces and let it soak to build your own improvised lamb bread soup. My preference: tear small pieces, take it slow, and let the broth thicken around it. This broth deserves attention. This is true northwestern street flavor adapted to the Bay Area without losing its structure. Many places copy the menu; very few deliver this level of texture control and offal handling. Four stars - for execution, authenticity, and the discipline behind the bowls. - Dr C Only writing for what earns the stars.
Solid Xi An flavors and respectable portion sizes. Xian Kitchen has been around for a long time and has always faced large crowds and high demand. This means there's usually a waiting period and a full restaurant with workers scrambling to get the food out. Can definitely feel hectic at times. This time, I came on a weekday during lunch service, so I was luckily able to snatch a table. We ordered the cold noodle with sesame (liang pi), pita bread soaked in beef soup (pao mo), twice cooked pork (hui guo rou), and the lamb spine chops (jiao ma yang xie zi). Food came out relatively quickly. The liang pi was chewy and the perfect amount of spice. It's an addicting dish to eat. I do wish there were more cucumber and kao fu (wheat gluten) in the dish to offset the spice and make the dish less one dimensional. The broth in the pita bread soaked in beef soup was rich, and the chewy pita makes it very filling. To be honest, there wasn't that much beef in the soup, making the dish feel more carb-heavy. The hui guo rou was cooked great. It was soft but also crispy, and there was a good mix of fatty and lean meat. There's a generous amount of doubanjiang, making it umami. It's usually a Sichuan dish but was still cooked well in a Xi An restaurant! The yang xie zi were very tender, making the meat easy to get off the bone. Not exactly too spicy, but did taste the cumin. A unique cut of meat that I'd recommend trying. I don't think I'd go out of my way to brave the weekend line, but worth eating here if there's no wait!
I came here for Sunday lunch. There was no waiting line, and we were served immediately. We ordered a Chinese burger (Roujiamo), stir-fried shredded potatoes, and lamb noodles. All the dishes were flavorful, but a little greasy. I liked the texture of the noodles, which were chewy. Although I have never tried authentic Xi'an food before, I enjoyed the dishes at this restaurant and will come back to try some other items.
Came here and was told that we need to share a table and got seated right away. Two other parties sat down. We ordered first and the appetizers came out shortly. But the main dishes never came out. Found that there is no distinction between parties when sharing a table in their ordering system and since we all ordered the same popular dishes the others were served first for some reason. I understand that sometimes miscommunications can happen, but when I politely asked where was my order I was told that it was already served and the server accused us of eating with out paying. Only after I showed her the table and she rechecked again she noticed the error, but offered no apologies and no remedies. The liangpi was soso, and so was the appetizers. Over all a very bad experience.
Not exactly sure why people give Xian kitchen a 3 but our experience has been awesome. We ordered braised chicken with potato and pepper (huge portion, great taste, just right amount of cooking time), cool noodle with sesame, dry cured beef, lamb burger. The service is fast considering it was a Saturday lunch time. The ambience is average but typically with a strip mall restaurant. They do not have many seats therefore if you need to sit down with a large party there may be some wait. There is plenty of parking spots in the mall.
Overall the food is delicious. The Lamb Stewed Noodle is the best. The big plate chicken noodle is huge! It can be shared with 2-3 people. The seats are limited. It seems they don't have enough people to take care of the seats arrangement during the dinner time. They should come out a way to let the customers sign up or join the waiting list. Otherwise, some people just walk in and cut the line.
Food: 1. Pita Bread soaked in Beef/Lamb 2. Garlic sauce with noodle Pita bread soaked in beef/lamb The "beef/lamb" means you get to choose between beef OR lamb. We chose beef. Relative to the amount of pita, I didn't think there was a lot of beef. For the cost, it was an okay amount of beef. It did seem like SO much pita bread cubes. The pita didn't seem fresh and it was chewy. Once it cools down there was diminishing returns on a bowlful of soggy pita cubes. Tip: piping hot soup goes well on a cold/rainy day Garlic sauce with noodle It doesn't photograph as well, though we appreciated that the noodle/soup came separate from the sauce. That way the spice level can be regulated. Tip: dip in one noodle at a time and then rinse of excess in the soup. Helps keep each bite from being too spicy and then helps add flavor to the soup.
Went around lunch area and there's a decent amount of people in the restaurant. I think the food taste pretty authentic, spicy, but in general very oily. The cold noodle taste very good, and it's very nutty which I like. But I did not enjoy the 肉夹馍. Th lamb smell is very strong and I'm just not a fan of dry 饼. Overall I'd come back for their noodles once in a while.
Always a very safe favorite spot to go to when hankering for satisfying clear lamb broth noodles or spiced up cumin lamb dry noodles. The lamb noodles come with a hot broth that's very addictive, and slippery broad noodles. Add a dash of chilli! And haven't found a place that makes better liang pi (cold and gelatinous rice noodle appetizer dish) and serves such a hefty portion. You can order the version without peanut sauce. The servers are fast and courteous. It's a small place, the doors have this funny mirror tint on it so sometimes it even looks closed but then you open it and see it can be pretty full of people slurping away on their noms. I wouldn't say it's the most well maintained and decorated place, quite the opposite, but it's very good food and crazy authentically good.
Xian Noodles is a very cozy spot in Milpitas; inside a plaza where there are many other restaurants, 99 ranch, and boba spots! This location is self served by scanning their QR code, and you order from the mobile app. The mobile app comes with lot of flexible adjustment to your food like... less/more oily, less/more spicy, and etc. The food came out pretty quick, and quite big portions too! The only downside side is that, a lot of the dishes were too oily and missing some taste, but they have sauces on the table for you to add on if needed.
The onion fried mutton is super tasty, highly recommended, the other two dishes- braised eggplant, potato and pepper; and Braised beef brisket with dried beancurd was not what I expected. The delivery is fast during weekdays' dinner time, the other time I went there over weekend, it's super crowded, so you know when to go now.
2 years ago
If I had to describe Xian Kitchen in one word: LEGIT! The food served here is 100% authentic Shaanxi cuisine. We visited this restaurant a few times pre-pandemic, and now that we're venturing out again we have been back twice. The food and service are just as good as they have ever been. The most popular dish here is probably their massively portioned Da Pan Ji, a giant plate containing very long, wide, thick, chewy handmade noodles in a savory, slightly spicy sauce with chicken, potato, and other veggies. This one dish can easily feed 5 people. When the two of us get it we end up with 2 meals of leftovers. Another favorite is their tasty rouburger, aka Chinese Hamburger. We like to order this because it comes out fast and is pre-cut in half so we can both nosh on it while waiting for our other selections to be prepared. Other stand-outs are the pan fried noodle with choice of beef, egg, pork or lamb and the stewed lamb soup. Liang Pi is a favorite of my lady's. We get it many places. Here it is fine but not the best so we pass over it usually. Their fried jelly is tasty, but the portion is too big and it doesn't hold up well as leftovers, but if you have a larger group this is a must-try. Their chili oil condiment is deluxe, better than other places. Like a lot of places post-pandemic, Xian Kitchen uses a contactless ordering system. Just point your mobile device's camera at the QR code on the table and a menu pops up in Chinese or English. Order on-screen and hit send to submit the choices to the kitchen. Xian Kitchen has always done a lot of take-out business, they have a long table covered in pickup bags, and this likely sustained them through the hard times. Now, in addition to a temporary tent in the parking lot holding 4 tables their indoor dining is back. I really hope the powers-that-be allow restaurants to keep their outside dining for some good reasons. Having the outdoor tables could increase capacity, possibly boosting sales in a time when eateries need to recapture lost revenue. Also in the dreadful event there is a resurgence of COVID the outdoor options remain available. Outdoor dining is also still safer and I prefer to use it when I can. Xian Kitchen is current one of my favorite places. I recommend it. read more
3 years ago
First of all, the hand pull noodles were really good. Great texture and plenty of it. The bowls were big and filled with hot soup. The spicy soup was quite numbing. Great if that's your jam. The beef noodles soup was good for non spicy eaters. I deducted 1 star because the QR code menu asked if you wanted English and still had items without English text or photos. We had to ask the staff what everything was. Overall a good solid 4-4.5. read more
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Cash only! I'm not sure why the ratings for this place are so low; we were really happy with this place and thought the service was pretty good as well with the convenient iPad system. Here's hoping their rating improves soon. If there's a wait, you'll have to sign in on the iPad outside. We came here on a Saturday night at around 8:30 PM and ended up walking into a packed restaurant with a wait time of about 15 minutes. Not too bad but I was surprised there were that many people eating relatively late. Ordering is also done with the iPad system that even tells you how many times certain items have been ordered! We ordered their most popular dishes: 1. Cold noodle (no sesame AND with sesame) 5/5 I have a hard time deciding if I like the dish with sesame or without, but we ended up ordering one of each. I think in this case I liked the dish with sesame since it made it kind of creamy with a nutty taste. I like that they give quite a large portion of noodles (more than QQ noodle) and the texture of the noodles is great too! Very thickly sliced noodles with some gluten and cucumber mixed in. 2. Special hot oil noodle (Biang biang noodle) 5/5 These noodles were springy in texture and delicious! I like that the dish didn't feel too oily even though they literally pour hot oil on top of the noodles. I also didn't see much black vinegar in the dish which is usually a staple but maybe it was there and I didn't taste it. 3. Pork rouburger 4/5 This rouburger was pretty good but I did think it was a bit on the dry side. The outside of the burger was hard and the inside was soft and fluffy which is exactly what it should be. The meat portion was pretty good too, although I do wish they had some more "juice" to the meat so that it wouldn't have been too dry. 4. Noodle of soy bean paste sauce (zha jiang mian) 3.5/5 We only ordered this item because someone in our group really does not like to eat spicy food. If you're nervous about that for the other items, don't be because you can customize the level of spice for everything, and even when we ordered the normal versions of the items above, they were not that spicy at all. With that being said, i thought this dish was just okay. It wasn't bad but I definitely would not recommend it over any of the other items we got! I was really pleased with everything we ordered here! I'll definitely be coming back since I thought the food was excellent with large portions at a decent price. Only con is the wait time which I heard can be pretty bad at typical eating time. read more
5 years ago
Pretty damn delicious. I loved all the flavors. We ordered two noodle dishes, one of their crispy sandwiches, and a stir fried vegetable dish. The dry mixed liangpi was so gooood. I definitely wanted more. The noodles were long and fun to eat. You order via your cellphone by tablet. The English translation is a bet muddled but they have pictures for most of their dishes. The place is pretty small, it definitely gives me hole in the wall vibes. Their sandwich was two fried savory buns and there was some sort of vegetables, fish tofu and crunchy tofu skin I believed in there as well as a sauce. I'm pretty happy with it and I'd love to come back. read more
3 years ago
Food are very delicious even better than most restaurants in China, fit for friends but not business dinner. One thing dislike is has request you to scan to order, and the internet connection is so bad. read more
A die hard fan of Xi'an food, I am happy to say this restaurant makes the cut! The self-ordering system through iPad was an exciting and convenient experience, allowing us to browse through the menu and selections at our own leisure. Prices are decent and portions are very large! Only down-side is that dishes are more on the oily side... - Cold noodle w/ sesame (5/5): my all time favorite! Will have to try w/o sesame next time to compare. - Special hot oil noodle (Biang biang noodle) (5/5): Noodle texture and thickness were on point. May have to say it was the best biang biang noodle I have had! - Braised chicken w/ potato and green pepper (3/5): We finally ventured to try this dish as it is humongous!! Sadly, it was a little disappointing because it was made of curry base. Nothing too special. All the chicken pieces have bones in them, and there may be stray bones in the dish, so be careful of your teeth! Also has noodles in it! All in all, I'm so happy to have found a Xi'an restaurant in NorCal. Will definitely be returning! read more
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So this place... need I say more, the best tasting Chinese restaurants are the ones with 2/3 stars on Yelp why?! Cause their service is bad in typical Chinese fashion but the food is here is authentic and spicy. It was really hard to communicate with the server, that's how you know the food is good! He knows the basics things... but the food here is amazing, some of the most authentic Chinese food.. trust me this is similar to what I had in NYC. I definitely recommend this place get the sesame cold noodles and chili noodles. The noodles are hand pulled and taste so fresh. And the sauces here, so flavorful. The beef soup we got.. was numbing. read more
3 years ago
Came here after hiking with a bunch of friends to grab lunch. We ordered stir fried cabbage and a tofu dish, which were served pretty fast before our noodles. I got the noodle with tomato and eggs, which came in a big bowl (although the soup noodles came in an even bigger bowl!). Towards the end the noodles started to get a big bland, so I'd hope there're more topping or sauce! I like the fact that their menu is quite long, but the restroom is not super tidy. read more
For the people saying this is the best Xi'an food they've had outside of China, I'm so sorry to hear that. I am not even comparing it to LA but even just the Bay Area, and arguably the very same plaza, has better Xi'an food. That's not to say it's not authentic; just that it's not very good. Thankfully now you can sign up online so you don't have to wait forever to get seated and can plan accordingly. They are still figuring out how the whole online sign-up thing works so be patient with them. Also if you have a small party of 2-3, you might end up having to share a table. Let's get this out of the way. As everyone has said, the service is downright terrible. That's even by Chinese restaurant standards. If you don't have a mandarin speaker in your group, I'd imagine it only gets worse. But hey, if the food is amazing, you can overlook all that, right? Too bad it isn't. We had the special hot oil noodle w/ tomato & egg and spicy noodles with pork. Both were perfectly mediocre and I'm being slightly generous here. You can tell the ingredients in the tomato and egg noodles weren't even fresh. It tasted bland. The spicy noodles with pork wasn't even that spicy. The noodles were soggy. And even worse, the small bits of pork were dry even after being drenched in the soup. There are far better Chinese restaurants in South Bay, even if you are specifically seeking food from Xi'an. It wasn't bad but it's certainly not a place that makes me consider returning any time soon. read more
OMG! WE FINALLY FOUND OUR FAVORITE CHINESE BEEF NOODLE SOUP IN THE BAY AREA. I should tell you we have tried hundreds of Asian noodle places within California to Vegas and this is SO FAR THE BEST we had! Strong beef soup base and we are NOT THIRSTY after the meal. If you have noticed, many places after you finished eating you have to drink lots of water caz they put tones of MSG in the soup and this one we are not thirsty at all. Beef is tender, the thick noodle is handmade, good portion, plus the garnish of cilantro and green onions give a refreshing taste in the soup. We ordered the original flavor, next time will try the spicy one. We also ordered the chives and pork dumplings. Generous portion of stuffings in every dumplings. This is the northern style type of Chinese dumplings, so they have thicker dumpling skin. Taste like the ones in Beijing. Very good. You can select with serving in soup or no soup, and we ordered without soup. Eat with dark vinegar and their house made chili oil. We don't live close but we will definitely drive to Milpitas for the noodle soup again when I have my day off! This place is a very very Chinese restaurant. Eat and leave. Just focus on the food. Cash only. read more
4 years ago
3.5 The noodles are the star of the show. Theyre those wide knife cut ones. The broth and etc was solid but could be better. Food- Qishan style Grand Pork Burger: Good but not $6.5 good. Its really small. The buns (maybe its a pita) coulda been softer. Meat is like a diced/cubed marinated "spicy" pork. I liked it but its def overpriced. Its honestly as small as a single cheeseburger at mcdonalds. Special Hot oil Noodle w/ tomato and eggs: Really good. Wish they spread the spice all around instead of just one lil section though. The spice really changes up and adds to the tomato/egg gravy. Noodles were perfect. Hot and spicy braised beef stew Noodle Soup: The broth was just alright. It has a hint of that szechuan peppercorn thing goin on, which some people might like. Appreciate that the beef wasnt too fatty, but it def was not that tender. Maybe the regular beef noodle soup woulda been better. It uses the same noodles as previously mentioned. Overall, a very solid noodle and Xian spot. read more
2 years ago
5 years ago
Ordered two fried vegetable burger. One burger is around $10 w/ only vegetable and bun. I am OK w/ the price if the food tastes ok. This dish is so salty and oily... It is not just salty a little bit, it was extremely salty! I consider myself as a person w/ very heavy taste. However, I think this is definately too salty and oily to me... Probably better if you eat in the store since the vegetable is fried. However, I do not think I will visit next time upon this price and flavor of this restaurant. read more
9 years ago
I would not mind coming here again, but if I do, it will be the final verdict on if I would come here a third time or not. Anyhow, I came here with 3 others for a weekend dinner, and we waited about 25-30 minutes. The wait here is still unusually long...and they don't even try to improve their system in any way. Parking: plenty, since it's the same plaza as the other restaurants. Pro tip 1: cash only. Pro tip 2: no reservations. Pro tip 3: no AC in the place- you'll be warm from the body heat in no time. We ordered: 1) A3 Pita bread soaked in stir-frying beef or lamb ($10.99) // +1 I like the lamb soup! -1 Too much pita...plus, it was already pre-cut inside for you, so it already soaked up half the amount of soup before you could eat it. +/-1 Make sure you ask for the sweet garlic and the spicy chili sauce! It's not spicy at all, but it's the right way to eat the dish. 2) A2 Hometown style pork rouburge ($5.99) // +1 I like the "bun"/shell part of it! +1 The cumin flavor is legit! I've had other places that just tasted like curry powder +/-1 Kind of pricey... 3) A6 QiShan Noodles with Grand Pork ($10.29) // +/-1 SO this is the dish that they incorrectly ordered for us. We wanted A8 instead +1 I like how chewy/al dente the noodles are, but it might not be for everyone -1 No meat in it, besides super fatty pieces of pork fat (redundant?) +/-1 Soup base is really red- it's just a lot of chili pepper/hot oil. 4) B12 Lamb stewed noodle ($10.99) // +1 Lots of soup! Few slices of lamb. +/-1 The picture shows glass noodles, but you'll get the knife-cut noodles in stead. -1 That's it? Service: mediocre. The girl put in the wrong order and was scared to tell the chef...and tried to make us keep the dish that we clearly did not order. I blatantly told her she was the one who put in the wrong order, and that as a compromise, we should at least get the beef from the beef soup (they gave us a pork dish). Luckily, she did go get it. However, it took a really long time before we got it, despite the number of people she was actually serving. Overall, not bad, but would not wait more than 30 minutes for this spot. read more
3 years ago
4 years ago
Saw a fly in my soup noodle, they did no say sorry but gave me $2.7 discount as attached showed. Very disgusting and badly operated restaurant. Never ever go！！！！ A fly in my soup!!!!! read more
6 years ago
I was craving for some authentic Xi'an food. There's a place I used to go while living in the city, but haven't found a good one in the South Bay. But now I do! When I saw the review I was a little hesitant, but to my surprise the food is great. Coming from Northwestern China, I can say this place is quite authentic. I ordered cold noodle, stir fry lamb noodle, 3 things chili oil noodle. Everything was well made. And the cold noodle here is almost just like eating at hometown, a lot of sesame paste and chili oil, except they didn't pack much chili oil for take out, but I'd ask next time for more. I live 25 mins drive from here, wish they are closer I would order more often. read more
3 years ago
Stopped by multiple times. It is the best Xian Style Chinese food of Bay Area. My husband used to stay four years at Xian. He said the pita bread soaked in lamb soup is very very similar to the dish he had back in Xian. Almost every time, he ordered this dish. For me, I love the cold noodle with sesame sauce, three chili oils noodle and braised spicy beef noodle soup. Also the cold dishes combination is another favorite by us, you could choose up to three cold dishes, just $6.99. It is really a great deal. Although the menu does not have various choice, you could always choose the classic and popular dishes here. The staff is friendly here. Rice app has 10% discount. Remember that it is cash only. If you do not have the cash at hand, Venmo works as well. read more
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I'm not a fan of spicy food or spicy Chinese food in general, but I think this place literally converted me :0. As stated elsewhere, servers aren't really the best, but they get the job done, and the iPad ordering system is pretty efficient. The food is really tasty though! Cold noodle with sesame: the noodles were really springy and fresh, and the sesame sauce (nutty and creamy) complemented them well. A lil spicy for me and a lil oily, but delicious nonetheless. Appetizers: we got a combo of 3 appetizers which is pretty cool. The potatoes were delicious and refreshing: crunchy, salty, and a lil spicy. Got some cured meat? (was good, but too salty for me) and pig ears (my friend got this since I'm pretty impartial to pig ears). They give a lot of food in this imo and the variety was nice, but probably wouldn't get it again because I'm weak and can't eat that much. Would be good in a group though. Rouburger: pretty tasty! It was really juicyy and fatty, but a bit too salty for me. Also would prefer if the meat distribution was a lil more even since towards the back, it was mainly bread. Bun was nice and toasty though :). Special hot oil noodles: sooo good. The noodles are really fresh and springy, and the dish is super flavorful (mainly salty + aromatic + a bit spicy). The bits of meat were tender, and the vegetables change it up a bit. It's kinda heavy from the oil, but it tastes really good so I'm not complaining. I've been craving this nonstop since I came here :'(. Overall, I thought the food was delicious, but hygiene + service is kinda expected for a Chinese restaurant. Would definitely come back! read more
5 years ago
7 years ago
Came early today as there's always a line out there tons of ppl waiting for a seat. This is my first time here and definitely will come back again. It was interesting that we had to place order from a tablet. It serves as menu also. The waiter receive the order from their phone and confirmed with us afterwards. The food came out pretty quick. We especially like the hometown style pork with noodle. The noodle was wide and taste like home made noodle. The cold appetizer was a good value. The portion was pretty big. read more
This place is spicy. Not like "Super Mario with a Fire Flower" spicy. More like "level 3 Yoga Inferno Dhalsim Wins" spicy. The flames are right on the cusp of where it's still enjoyable. Some described the spices to be "numbing," as if someone used your tongue as a pin cushion and then slathered Vics Vapor Rub all over the poke wounds. It might sound like I'm complaining, but I'm really not. I periodically crave their braised beef noodle soup. A smart person once told me that capsaicin is a form of pain, and to crave spicy food is basically your body's desire to grow stronger. Checks out. Xian Kitchen has basically been fulfilling my braised beef noodle craving while simultaneously strengthening my mental fortitude. There's usually a line forming just as the restaurant opens, so make sure to get there early. read more
In a bite: Excellent noodle-y goods but displeasing service (enough to detract a star from an otherwise good 4 star experience, but also maybe because the servers are new?) Came here a little before the dinner rush on a Friday night (around 6pm) to see what the hullabaloo about this new restaurant was and already had to wait for a table! It was a little strange because the manager kept placing small parties (2, or 3) together on a large round table (the kind that seats 8-12) together so they had to share the space, which made me remember the game Diner Dash and the best way to arrange customers in that game. Anyways, we elected to wait for a standard 4 person table. Menus are just reused folds of paper (for now? I'm assuming) but I appreciated how the menu was concise - makes decisions a lil easier for somebody who's already indecisive. We (4 people) got a little ambitious and ordered: - Cold noodle with sesame (a little bit spicy, but the sauce was so addicting! my favorite dish) - Pita Bread Soaked in Stir Fried Lamb: the waiter told us that this option is a little better than the Pita Bread in Lamb soup, so we elected for this option. The name in English is a little funny, but this is a Xi'an classic and I loved the flavor and texture! Basically kind of like a lot of little gnocchis or balls of dough in a gravy. - Hometown style pork with noodle: pulled pork pieces, bok choy (a little bitter, unsure why but sad :( ) and chewy noodles in spicy sauce - Qishan noodles with grand pork: this one was on the wall as a special, and looks very spicy but really isn't :) - Homestyle rouburger ( very tender, fatty meat in between an Asian-style baked bun) - side dishes: you can go up to the counter and pick 3 for an order; the crisp celery in chili oil is a favorite! Although we had some leftover, we all really enjoyed the food here! A bummer that we had to wave the waiter down several times for every request (filling water, getting the check, having them take our cash) as well as see the waiters being impatient and disrespectful with waiting customers outside. tl;dr: Food good, hopefully service will be better on a return visit and # stars can be adjusted read more
We come here whenever we want some spicy hot oil biang biang noodles because it's the closest location to us! This place would be rated slightly higher for us if the quality of noodles were a bit more consistent. There are some days when the mixture of flavor is just off, but when they do get it right, it's delicious. The service is also mediocre and can definitely be improved. read more
8 years ago
Hey here's come the most delicious Xi'an style Chinese food in bay area. It's a new place with modern setup. Though the lines wasn't so terrible these days, but please notice that you could use Yelp to join the waitlist at home and drive there when it's closing to you. The put an iPad outside so you could order your food before going in. These settings really decrease the wait. Ok, I am not here to review their technologies. So, foods: No.1 recommendations: 肉夹馍 (Hometown style pork rouburge). This is your must-order if it's your first time stepping in a Xi'an cuisine place. It's kind of like a burger with pull-pork inside. But the taste and the crunchiness of the bread should be an entirely new experience to anyone who never tried this before. Another Xi'an special is 凉皮(Cold Noodle with Sesame). It's a little spicy. But in a hot day, this could really cool you down and open your appetite. The above two dishes could be sharing by your group. And then everyone of you could get a main course. We tried 羊肉泡馍(Pite Bread Socked in sitr-frying Lamb) and 岐山噪子面(QiShan Noodles with Grand Pork). Both are really delicious. I believe other noodles based food here are really good. I will definitely come back and try others. read more
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