Chinatown Noodle Restaurant

After a run of kickarse noodle soup at Chinatown's revered Noodle Pot, we tell Noodle Pot boss dude that his soups are among the best in town. Noodle Pot boss dude looks bewildered and says "but haven't you tried the restaurant around the corner? It's northern style..."

Chinese Dumpling Master ~ Enmore

We've been waiting twenty years for a really, really good Chinese resto in our Enmore\Newtown neighbourhood. Then Chinese Dumpling Master appears on Enmore Road, complete with handmade noodles, plastic grapes on the ceiling and even beers in the fridge. It's a dream come true.

Swanky Noodle Restaurant ~ Chinese, Parramatta

It's triple the swank for half the price with a lunch of Sichuan popcorn lamb chops at Parramatta's swankiest dining establishment, Swanky Noodle Restaurant.

Grape Garden Beijin Cuisine ~ Chinese - Chatswood

We heard the whispers. 'Go to the grape place in Chatswood, you'll like it'. Then people started talking a bit louder. 'Grape Garden is good'. Now we are shouting it - 'Grape Garden, we love it!'

Anna's Kitchen ~ Chinese - Dixon House Food Court - Chinatown [CLOSED]

The folks at Anna's Kitchen have a deft touch, the food falls somewhere in the middle of northern Chinese stodge and light, sweet southern stirfry. It's good simple food and just that little bit different. We love it.


[CLOSED JULY 2013]

Chinese Noodle Bar ~ Haymarket

This little spot on George Street has gone through a few changes of name and ownership over the years. Throughout it's many incarnations it has always been popular, North Chinese and yum.

Dumpling King Chinese Restaurant ~ Newtown

Great handmade noodles and wonton soup at Dumpling King, King Street Newtown.

Mr Fire Chinese Restaurant ~ Chinese BBQ - Glebe [CLOSED]

Mr Fire Chinese Restaurant is a new 'grilled stuff on sticks' place on Glebe Point Road.

nb - Mr Fire has sadly closed :-(

Xi'an Cuisine ~ Northern Chinese - Chinatown

Xi'an Cuisine on Hay Street, Chinatown is a hole-in-the-wall joint in the truest sense. We love it.

[Last Updated February 2013]

Silk Road Halal Chinese Restaurant ~ Chinatown

We take a punt on Silk Road Chinese Halal Restaurant on Thomas Street Chinatown, it's a winner.
[CLOSED - OCTOBER 2012 -Sniff, sniff]

Lanzhou Handmade Beef Noodle ~ North Chinese - Chinatown [CLOSED]

A quick return visit to China Noodle King Lan Zhou Hand Made Beef Noodle on George Street, this North Chinese restaurant is really something special...

[CLOSED - for similar food see the excellent Kung Fu Ramen nearby, it is possibly run]

Handmade Noodles at Chinese Northern Cuisine - Dixon House Food Court

A quick visit to an old favourite: Chinese Northern Cuisine in Dixon House Court.

China Noodle King ~ Lanzhou North Chinese - Chinatown (then Kung Fu Ramen now Chinese Noodle House) )

China Noodle King at the Chinatown end of George Street makes handmade noodles right in front of your very eyes.

Yee King Noodles Review # 2 ~ North Chinese - Chinatown

Yee King Noodle on Sussex Street in Chinatown is, in professional culinary terms, totally freaking awesome.

[[REVISITED SEPTEMBER 2014  - SADLY YEE KING NOODLES SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED HANDS AND IS NO LONGER THE KING.... See updated post here.]

Double Happy Hot Spicy Chinese Soup ~ Bijou Lane Chinatown (CLOSED)

Double Happy on Bijou Lane off Quay Street in Chinatown is tiny but gives double happiness on a cold rainy winter night. (CLOSED)

Zhenghao Chinese Restaurant Review ~ Enmore

Zheng Hao Restaurant on Enmore Road is a beacon in a sea of Pad Thai. Good, cheap, simple Northern style Chinese food. Joy.

Taste 101 Chinese Restaurant Review ~ Auburn

No matter how much Chinese food we eat we are constantly amazed that we can always find something new and interesting. Case in point is Taste 101 Chinese Restaurant in Auburn.

The Northern Orient Restaurant Review ~ North Chinese - Burwood

Today we feast at the The Northern Orient Restaurant, Burwood Road, Burwood. Burwood Road is a great daytime eat street, always busy and plenty of cheap street food joints.

Xin Jiang Noodle Restaurant Review ~ North Chinese - Liverpool Road, Ashfield

Set sail in the seven Siberian seas of Ashfield.

Yee King Noodles Review ~ Northern Chinese – Sussex Street Chinatown

We are besotted and obsessed with Yee King Noodles, our current fave hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant.

[REVISITED SEPTEMBER 2014  - SADLY YEE KING NOODLES SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED HANDS AND IS A SHADOW OF IT'S FORMER SELF, IN FACT IT WAS RATHER AWFUL. SO SAD... See updated post here.