As the weather suddenly turned a bit cooler, I decided to take advantage of things and get my noodle soup fixes in. I had been wanting the Beef Noodle Soup from Green China Grill, which I found strangely listed as Lanzhou Noodlelicious on Google when I went to verify opening hours.
When I arrived, the sign still says Green China Grill, so go figure.
I arrived right after opening, but there were already two tables filled with folks. The young man and young lady working were very nice.
Ordering was done by QR code. I went ahead and ordered the Beef Noodle Soup with Sour Cabbage, which is now $14.99. I ordered it with the "thin flat" knife cut noodles, which the young man nicely told me would take a bit longer.
Anyway, it was worth the wait.
I tucked in quickly when the bowl arrived and was quite pleased with this! The soup, while still on the lighter side of things, had a nice amount of white pepper, there was a decent amount of beefiness, and the MSG level was a lot lower than I recalled. I could have used more xue cai which adds a nice, pleasant sour-acidity to things and textural contrast, but this was fine.
The noodles had a pleasant slightly toothsome pull to it. I enjoyed the texture.
The meat was more tender than I recalled and nicely beefy as well.
I actually had to stop myself….I was enjoying this way too much! I realize that it had been four-and-a-half years since I've dined in here, two-and-a-half since I did takeout. Why hadn't I returned sooner. I'll gladly state that this was the best noodle soup I'd had in a while. In the end, I just decided to enjoy things and go along for the ride. It was good just to sit and slurp up a decent bowl of beef noodle soup.
I'll make sure to not let too much time pass before returning.
Green China Grill (Lanzhou Noodlelicious)
4688 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111
So, now that you've kindly taken the time to read this post. Tell me, what have you been enjoying now that things have cooled down a bit?