Yibol — Restaurant in Paris

I was visiting Paris for a few days and was missing noodles from back home, so my brother and I decided to come to Yibol for dinner on a Monday night. The restaurant had few patrons at the time but the sweet and salty scent of broth boiling and the sight of pulled noodles pulled me in.

My French is limited, so when I explained this to the server, she was happy to provide us with English menus—super convenient! It’s possible to connect to wifi and there are outlets all throughout the building, so this would be the perfect place to study with a steaming bowl of soup.

I ordered the black mushroom soup and the three meat (beef, chicken, shrimp) noodles, while my brother tried the braised pork with noodles and sauce. The meat in my dish was extremely tender—the slices were cut so thinly that they nearly melted in my mouth. The broth is milder than what I’m used to from NYC Chinatown, but it proved to be a perfect match with the savory meats.

I also got chysanthemum tea full of flowers and it was delicious.

We decided to share a ximilu for dessert, and it reminds me a lot of a cold tambo-tambong from Filipino culture. The banana slices were fresh and went perfectly with the coconut milk base.

If I were to return to Paris, I would definitely...

This is very decent and authentic noodles. I love the hand made noodles. The noodles is what we call QQ in Asia, also known as ‘al dente’ in the West. Perfectly made and cooked.

Pictured is the beef broth noodles which was nice but lacked a little bit of flavour but had some pickled vegetables to complement it so it was still nice. The Dan Dan mian is what I would recommend. I enjoyed that very much and just as good as something I can get back in Asia. The tea eggs were great too but just a tad expensive in my opinion.

Service here is great too! I would recommend this restaurant on a cold...

Nice Chinese noodle restaurant for a reasonable price. The noodles are handmade which is a big plus. However even though it is handmade, it is not the traditional fingermade noodles, they use a pasta machine, which for someone that knows genuine Chinese noodles, changes a lot. The broths are good but lacks a bit of spices for my taste. But it is a nice place to go if you want to have noodles in the area. We will probably come back often since we live nearby and there is no other place like...