Highland Noodles — Restaurant in Milpitas

Traits: Fresh noodles, QR menu, complimentary water, quiet atmosphere, friendly staff, big portions, good pricing

I ordered the Spicy pork short rib Noodle soup, which always comes with cooked bok-choy and bone-in short ribs. The broth comes in a separate bowl with a soup spoon, letting you combine it with your noodles as desired. There's seasonings to the side that you can use like chili oil and sauces.

Every time I've come here, the meat falls right off the bone and the cartilage is lovely. The seasonings are not overpowering and the noodles carry the flavor the entire way. The broth always comes out nice and rich, not watery, and the noodles are pleasant.

The staff have been incredible, always seem happy to work and even eat there. It's nice to see them enjoying the food as much as the customers and they're always very kind. They deserve every tip they get.

The restaurant is very clean and decorated, the music isn't too loud and the experience feels very comforting.

The menu is extensive and offers knife cut noodles as well as hand pulled with various sizes from belt to thin. There's even crab rangoons and a cold tofu dish which is fresh and pleasant. There's definitely something for everyone.

Overall; if you're in the area and are craving some noodles, stop by and bring your friends! You won't be...

I came here because my friend had put some money down in account here for a discount, which you can use towards food but not tip or gift cards, obviously. We didn’t order try any of the beef noodle soups they were known for because there were much more interesting things to order.

They have a large selection of snacks, like XLB, dumplings, beef pancake and the like. We tried the pan-fried buns and they were alright. Crispy but there was not enough soup inside and the meat filling was so-so. We also got cumin lamb skewers as an appetizer. One order has two skewers, very filling and with lots of chili powder.

We ordered one soup to share and it was the perfect light starter. The portion was very good too. There is enough for about 8 bowls of soup.

Recommended dishes:

-spicy tofu and preserved egg: I cannot gush enough about this dish. This isn’t your standard thousand year old egg dish with some pork sung on top. It is well-seasoned, spicy 🌶️ to cut into some of that flavor that turns some people off. There are two types of preserved egg. Easily our favorite of the night, hands down.

-crispy fish with tomato sauce. It was delicious and the price was the cheapest I have seen recently.

-dry chicken noodles in brown gravy sauce. This is a large dish and there are scissors to cut the ever so long...

Coming from San Jose the map directions are super easy, they are located in a medium sized strip mall. Parking is kind of a premium but honestly finding a parking space wasn’t that difficult. The outside of Highland Noodles has some cool graphics of a noodle bowl with chopsticks “see pictures” I walked in and was immediately greeted, I checked in and was told where to sit. I was brought a pot of tea and told to scan the bar code to order a noodle bowl of my choice. I decided on the Spicy pork spareribs with medium thin noodles “$15 the spice level was 2 peppers out of 4. And comes with a side of broth. The broth smelled and tasted good. The tea was also good. Now the Spicy pork sparerib noodles I think was spot on at 2 peppers, it was just spicy enough to make my lips tingle and my nose run, there was lots of flavor from the noodles and spices but to me the star of the dish was definitely the spareribs, they were big and thick with lots of delicious yummy meat on them and the meat literally fell of the bones. My only complaint if I had one would be that they definitely give you a lot of food for your money, I actually could not eat it all, if you haven’t figured it out already, that’s a compliment C; in all seriousness $15 for the amount of food they give you with tea and broth is actually a...