Starbelly Asian Kitchen&Ramen — Restaurant in Montclair

Great experience so far with this place. Still need to go and try more of the different food, but was not able to a few times due to it being closed on Tuesday. So far we have tried the Korean JJ Noodles and the Popcorn chicken, and I have got to say those are real good! I believe when I went in, I was greeted by the owner or manager. He was really nice and made sure I knew the status of my order or when my order would be ready. This place seems to have a mix of Korean and Chinese. I was able to look into some of the history, and it seems like the owner has had a lot of experience in the SGV area before opening a place here.

Love to see more and more Asian food places open around here, and more people being able to try this type of cuisine. We regularly go to La Bufadora which is right NEXT to this place, which makes it a perfect combo if we want a variety of different type of food.

I found it was really nice to have some different banchan even though there wasn’t that much of it.

Hope to be able to try some of the other dishes next time like the Walnut Shrimp or the Spicy Chicken. Looking forward to it....

Google picture menu of combo noodle bowl (black bean noodle and seafood noodle) looked too small so I hesitated ordering at first. Once I ordered plenty volume wise. Tastes just as good as ordering them individually. I previously tried "mussels seafood" noodle and I definitely think that was the best do far.

Another best dish I just ordered today, Korean style sweet and sour. They practically melts in your mouth. Best quality meats, so tender and joucy. Best combination of chewy texture initially followed by tenderness melting in mouth few seconds later. Meat outside fried so soft yet crispy. Speacial pineapple sauce not to sweet, just...

Today was my first time, as I try to find restaurants that serve jjampong and/or jja jang myeon. We got there when they opened (10:30), so we did not have any issues with parking or seating. My wife and I each ordered the combination jjampong/jja jang myeon bowl. We also shared the korean style sweet sour pork. Everything was delicious. For me, if the restaurant can pass my jjampong/jja jang myeon taste test, it's a keeper. Tastebuds...