Chong Qing Xiao Mian
The room holds forty-four seats on Kearny Street, where Chinatown runs into North Beach. The spicy beef noodle soup arrives with a whole beef rib laid across the top. Wuhan hot dry noodles are on the same card.
Why go
Lena Park, in Eater SF, reports that people sit down here for the beef tendon, the spicy Chongqing noodles and the soup. Wontons in chile oil and the Sichuan mouth-watering chicken run alongside them. The bowls are large and the room is plain.
Order this / avoid
- Order: the spicy beef noodle soup.
- Order: the Wuhan hot dry noodles, for the dry half of the card.
- Avoid: turning up at lunch in a hurry. Eater reports the lunch scene gets busy.
What locals & experts say
- Lena Park, Eater SF, on the spicy beef noodle soup:
a symphony of silky, tingly, numbing broth; crunchy cabbage; chewy noodles; a slab of radish; and a giant, tender beef rib to top it off.
1 - Dianne de Guzman, Eater SF:
the restaurant's fans know the spicy Sichuan noodle soup is worth the wait.
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Good to know
- Where: 915 Kearny Street.
Verdict
could-visit — Two of you should take one bowl each and stop there.