Wei Yi Noodles    唯一麵家  

Finally had a try in this restaurant, ordered the woton plus dumpling noodle...the only poor thing is that both the woton and dumplings are wrapped with a super thick skin... i love the filling of the dumpling more...the noodles are not soft and overall better than i have expected

Came to this little hole-in-the-wall last week. It totally hit the spot for my mega-Beijing/Shanghainese craving! I came with two other girls and among the three of us, we ended up ordering five dishes and 3 soy milks! The soy milk is definitely recommended; they're all homemade and really yummy. I had the cold (sweet) kind, which ranked right up there with other dou jiang I've had in my childhood and throughout China/Taiwan.My favorites of our meal was the Beijing Meat Patty (as it's called on the English menu), or the 北京餡餅. The beef-and-chive patty was really thick and juicy. I also liked the preserved vegetable and shredded pork noodles, or 雪菜肉絲麵. The broth was clean yet savory, and the noodles had a good chewiness to them. They tasted homemade.I also really liked their Beijing plain dumplings in soup (净水饺), which were filled with pork-and-chives. The filling was just right in terms of saltiness, and although the wrap was a bit thicker than I would like, it's definitely still delicious. My friends and I got the spicy and sour soup (酸辣湯) though we weren't crazy about it - it seemed overly spicy, which overwhelmed the sour taste.

In short, I really like this place, and writing about it makes me want to go back. There's an English menu if you're not great in Chinese, and also large photos of menu items all over the restaurant. I guess when in doubt, just point!

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Wow...It's so good to try this restaurant again and again. The quality of the food is high as well as cheap. Don't miss its dumpling.