Student Days Rice Noodles BBQ 学生时代米线烧烤 — Restaurant in Alhambra

I’d heard about this place — Student Days Rice Noodles & BBQ — from my Northeastern “laotie” friends a long time ago, and finally had time to check it out this weekend! 📸 The vibe inside totally feels like those “after-school hangouts” with your best friends — sitting around the table, laughing while eating. The aroma of the hot rice noodle soup, the cumin from the skewers, and that plate of sweet-and-sour pork — it’s exactly what youth should...

We had waited 30 minutes for two bowls of rice noodles. After we asked the server numerous times when it would be ready she did not have a good attitude and kept telling us that it couldn’t be helped and that they have to individually prepare each bowl and how it’s “fresh.” But it was not fresh because the seafood bowl I ordered only consisted of pre-frozen shrimp and imitation crab. I don’t think it’s polite to make every table...

Honestly hilarious. Two of us went in, not too hungry, and just wanted to share ONE rice noddle meal that's the only thing we wanted. The staff told us we couldn’t share if dining in—only takeout because they said we have two persons. When I asked why, the answer was literally: “No reason.” Such a ridiculous policy. If they don’t want customers, no problem—wish them plenty of “quiet business.” We’re definitely not...