Have often tweeted ( I'm at @weninchina ) about the great food being served at United Noodles' own Unideli. Here are some more photos from lunch our family had there a couple weekends ago: |
| The Unideli is open for lunch and early dinner. Most items are cooked-to-order so expect about a 5-minute wait after ordering at the counter. Find a seat & they'll call your name when your food is ready. |
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| There can be a good line going on weekends, we like to get there about 11:00 before the crowd shows up! |
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| You could probably have a reasonable meal with just the "appetizers" - here's a couple taiyaki - deep-fried batter (tastes a lot like waffles) with sweet red-bean filling (tastes a lot like chocolate). These are awesomely great on a cold winter's day. |
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| Takoyaki, served in a little bamboo boat! Lots of bonito flakes, Kewpie Mayo, and other furikake on top... The puffs are steaming hot when you get them so give them a little bite to let the heat out, but then gobble down a minute later! Nice chewy fried texture on the outside, pancake-batter creamy on the inside, with a nice meaty chunk of octopus! I tell the owner he really needs to get a stand at the Minnesota State Fair to dish up snacks like these; they're totally festival foods back in Asia... |
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| We've been trying different ramen bowls in recent visits - see how creamy that tonkotsu looks that my daughter's digging into! That's from pork fat that's been boiling for hours and hours! Man, it's good! |
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| Here's a different recipe, more of a clear broth. The swirly piece at the top is chewy and meaty (processed fish - kind of like those "crab" chunks) - and check out that nice hunk of BBQ pork on the left ... there are several more pieces like that underneath! (The vegetables are really flavorful too.) |
