Noodle King - Pallavaram

Noodle King

101, GST Road, Pallavaram

Next to Sivam lodge, opp. Indian oil petrol bunk. Pallavaram. Its on your right just after the signal if you are going from airport toward Tambaram. They also have branches in Chrompet, Perungudi SP info city, OMR, Shollinganallur, Madipakkam, Ambattur Ambit IT, Mayajal


There was a facebook request to review this resto chain at our convenience and the usual suspects obliged to meet for Monday eve dinner at the Pallavarm outlet.

Meet A2 - Aloke Totlani the COO of the brand, Arvind the Executive Chef of Noodle King. Greeted with a smile, exhcanging plessantaries and  a quick intro about the brand and their new revamped menu with an  addition of new spices. Arvind explained about how he designed the concept and introduced different items to suit customers both indian/chinese/western a

Ambiance: This typical Chinese interiors with bamboo, wall paper, the place has been there for a year now and doesn't look even a wee-bit worn out anywhere. It is maintained spic n span. There is sofa type seating to the wall and on the other side chairs with leather cushions of red and black combination. The lanterns are made of bamboo hatchwork.
 

The menu deserves designed beautifully with mouth-watering pics  dishes and explanations and there are characters Ping pong, granny wong, Speedy lee, representing each course which is innovative. The kids would love to read this

Lemon mint cooler

Welcome drink: Lemon mint cooler - The sweet, tangy, minty drink definitely eases your stomach after a heavy meal, helps to feel light, energized and mint has the property to enable digestion and  eliminates bad breathe

Starters - There are good options which don't disappoint you much, read further

Five spiced Crispy corn: Another variation of the crispy corn but didn't like the five spice taste much. I am happy with finely chopped chilly, garlic, chilly flakes, and cumin preparation

Prawn salt n pepper:  As the name suggests, it was little high on salt and it  tasted just like the dish loose-prawns which is popular in AP

Malak fish strips: Indian basa fillet cut to broad strips cooked in hot dry chilly sauce was just the way I liked it. I could eat any number of these

Don Bak Chicken: This dish is made with crushed pepper, bell pepper and onions and it hits all the right notes of your pallete. If you love spice, this is a must try


Thai chin Mushroom: Hoisin sauce cooked  mushrooms, if you are used to eating mushrooms regularly, the pungent spicy hoisin can overpower the mushroom taste. It could go either way for this is an acquired taste

Honey chilli cauliflower: This is a super variant of our gobi fry sauteed with spring onion, red chillies, garlic etc. and glazed with honey. Its an interesting new twist to our very own gobi 65

Golden garlic chicken soup: Clear soup with bits of roasted garlic in sesame oil, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot and boiled chicken shreds. I am not that much of a soup person, so i let it pass

Dimsums
Fortune chicken Shumai - there are open type dim sums with chicken and some veggies, they are served with 3 types of sauces to eat with.
Exotic vegetable Dim sum - These are wrapped and steamed, thin outer layer with veggie bits, pak choi (Chinese cabbage ), cabbage, broccoli, carrot,etc.

Tips to order: Do I know the different preparation from the 8 different styles of Chinese cooking and the ingredients used. Do I like spice, do I prefer dry, semi gravy or wet, am I a noodle or rice person, have I tried anything different (lemon grass, sesame oil, hoisin sauce, crushed pepper sauce, oyster sauce, etc). 

Main course (described in the pics order)
Stir-fried chicken with Spinach: One dish that I didn't even like from the look of it, is very bland in taste and you just get the taste of boiled meat.


Kung Pao chicken: Soft fried chicken chunks cooked with cashew nuts and red chillies with would have been good served dry, making it an gravy made it lose its original flavor a bit

Kwailam fish: Another gravy dish of fish slices cooked with bell pepper, onion and chilly black bean sauce was good with the rice

Mee hoon dry chilli: You will love the texture and taste of this rice vermicelli cooked with chilli flakes.

Hunan fried rice: A smokey flavored rice cooked with dry chilly, eggs and Szechuan peppers would again be more of a subjective liking to ingredients

Chow mein: Go up north in India and this is what you get almost all street food stalls, carts, restos etc. a little wet preparation of the noodles by adding a lot of sauce to get to that consistency. If you have tried chow mein before this is for you

 

Date pancake

Fried ice cream

Desserts

Fried ice cream: This is one awesome innovation which keeps you wondering how on was it possible to fry something cold without melting completely. The taste was yumm too with the sweet outer shell rolled over coconut gratings and fried

Date pan cake with ice cream: crispy fried triangles stuffed with dates paste inside and served with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. If you love dates, u will love this

Food for two: 400 - 700 approx. They are cheaper than competitor (Wangs) by 15-20%


My pick:  Mee hoon dry chilli or Corn Spinach Mushroom fried rice with either Kwailam fish, Mallak fish strips or Don Bak chicken dry.

NOODLE KING - A revamped king in the ma-king, give them a visit to see if they can rule your tongue-dom. Affordable Chinese food in your neighborhood.