A couple of co-workers having been going to Noodles for over a year now. I have wanted to go, but have been torn. See, Whenny can be a little narrow minded. He’s one of my best buds and my lunchtime loyalty tends to lie with him, but sometimes he acts like a grumpy old bastard and refuses to try a joint because he has some preconceived
notion of it sucking or maybe one of his kids told him it was “just o.k.”
the one true noodle...
Today I went to Noodles and Co. Without Whenny. He stayed back at the office and ate his PB&J. Unfortunate. For Whenny!
I’m a sucker for Asian food. I like to think of myself as an “egg”. White on the outside, yellow on the inside. Noodles has a few categories in their menu. Asian was one. I didn’t even look at the others! Really. I had to go to their website to see what else was on the menu in order to write this review!
Noodles was pushing some new appetizers that were not yet on the menu and we tried a couple. I gotta say, I really dig this place. I had some Sriracha Shrimp Crustini type appetizer that was DY NO MITE!
- mmm… Spicy Skrimps!
The shrimp was cold, cocktail style, smothered in this sriracha based sauce and served with little crustini(ish) bread. I would go back just for this dish. I may have to attempt to reproduce at home. We also had some stuffed shells that were quite good as well.
For my entree I had their Japanese Pan Noodles with beef. These dudes were TASTY! I am typically not a pasta fan. I like pasta, I just usually choose more meaty options.
The Japanese Pan Noodles consist of caramelized udon noodles in a sweet soy sauce, broccoli, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, Asian sprouts, black sesame and cilantro. Being a lover of bovine flesh, I added the sauteed beef. BINGO! This stuff is the shiitake!
Japanese Pan Noodles with Sauteed Beef
There are several more dishes I am looking forward to trying: Bangkok
Curry, Indonesian Peanut Sautee, Bacon Mac and Cheeseburger, and the Tai Curry Soup. There are also some Mediterranean dishes, but most just look like spaghetti to me!
We ate at the campus location at the corner of High and Lane. The weather was still warm and we enjoyed our victuals on the second floor patio overlooking hight street. Great food, friends, and campus ”scenery”. Not a bad lunch.
Stick a Fork in Me.... I'm DONE!