King of Noodle

Noodle speed eating

This is the place that inspired my blog.  It is a hole in the wall on Irving Street where no one I know has ever dined.  We (my family) happened upon this place in our customary hunt for good eats fairly close to home.  It is about 20 blocks from our house.

King of Noodle is a small family run restaurant where the owners make their own noodles.  The first time we ate there a friendly Mandarin speaking woman came out of the kitchen and admired my boys' long eyelashes.  I wish I could have communicated with her and asked her about her restaurant.

Fresh Noodles w/Master Green

I saw her in the kitchen later pulling noodles by hand - she made it look so easy!  The result are the longest noodles I have ever had the pleasure to eat.  We ordered the "Fresh Noodles with Master Green".  I know - what a name!  We originally ordered it because we had to find out what is Master Green.  Turns out it is a soup with chopped greens, bits of pork, and noodles.  Oh the joy!  The soup has a wonderful healthy flavor and the noodles....well let's just say they're probably the best noodles I have ever eaten.  My husband concurs.  They just taste so fresh with a pleasing bite.  So far, this is our favorite dish at this restaurant.  It is soothing and healthy.  It has the ability to almost cure a hangover.

My eldest son's favorite dish is salt and pepper tofu.  Perfectly deep-fried, uniformly browned tofu cubes with salt and pepper.  They come piping hot to the table - if you pop one in your mouth you will surely have a burnt tongue.  Take a bite of one and be thankful.

Shanghai dumplings (pork dumplings with soup) are my favorite Chinese dumpling.  We are always on a quest to find the best Shanghai dumplings (more on that in future posts!).  King of Noodle Shanghai dumplings are very good - a good amount of soup bursts out of each dumpling and the pork is tasty.  Be sure to dip in the soy/vinegar sauce and then eat them out of a spoon.

The other dumpling we enjoy is Pork dumplings with Corn.  These are prepared in a steamed pot sticker style.  They are juicy and the corn compliments the pork nicely. 

Tonight my family ordered 1 Fresh Noodle with Master Green, 2 Shanghai Dumpling (6 pcs to an order), 1 Pork and Corn Dumpling (12 pcs to an order), and 1 Salt & Pepper Tofu.  The total was $32.   Delicious and a bargain.  My only complaint is this place could use a good clean.

Pork w/Corn Dumplings

Salt & Pepper Tofu

Shanghai Dumplings

King of Noodle is located at:

1639 Irving Street
(between 17th Ave & 18th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94122
Neighborhood: Inner Sunset

(415) 566-8318

Hours:  M/T/Sun 11:30 - 10:00
             W/Th        5:00 - 10:00
             F/Sat       11:30 - 10:30