On my post on revisiting Dumpling Inn; “FOY” Peter mentioned one of his favorite spots on Convoy, Lanzhou Noodlelicious….which is also a favorite of mine as well. Though strangely, I hadn’t been there in a while. So while the weather was still nice and cool….before this weird weather we’ve been having over the last couple of weeks with nights being in the 40’s and days stretching out to the mid and even high 70’s, a few days after revisiting Spicy Noodle, I decided it was time to get my “Noodlelicious fix” in.
Hard to believe that I hadn’t been here in over two years!
I visited during lunch, arriving right after the 1130 am opening time. This parking lot gets packed by noon, so the earlier the better. Man, have I really been coming here since 2016?
Anyway, over time, I have my favorite menu item, the Beef Noodle Soup with Sour Cabbage, which is now priced at $15.99. Not bad for these days.
Instead of waiting around for the “thin flat” knife cut noodles, I just went with the standard knife cut noodles, which they still make by hand.
This looked quite good! I enjoyed the abundance of sour vegetable which gave things a nice bracing counterpoint and crunchy texture. There seemed to be less beef than I recalled, but it was tender.
The broth had a bit more beefiness than what I detected on previous visit and was a bit richer as well.
The noodles were slippery and springy, doing a decent job “picking up” the broth.
All in all; this was a very nice visit! It was flavorful and comforting. The service was “all business”, but I’m used to things being that way.
Thanks for the reminder Peter!
Lanzhou Noodlelicious
4688 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111
Current Hours:
Wed – Mon 1130am – 3pm, 5pm – 9pm
Closed on Tuesday
Looks fabulous! I’m thinking you need to add a parking rating to these places. Maybe a range of 1 (forget it, get a taxi) to 5 (park anywhere, heck take two spaces). OK, just kidding around.
I would do that if things were always consistent Kenneth! ;o) Anyway, this parking lot is usually pretty good on weekdays before 1130am. It gets nuts after that! How’s that one?
nice!
I really enjoyed it Kat!
Strangely, I haven’t been there in a while either — still getting over the whole loss of parking spots on Convoy thing. My personal favs are the hot oil thick noodles, the cucumber sesame cold noodles, and the toast slice mantou — the cold appetizers are good too. Thanks for the reminder, Kirk — at the top of my to-do list now.
Hope you get a chance to return soon Peter! Yes, loss of all that parking on Convoy has really affected my visits as well.