CA NOODLE — Restaurant in Pleasanton

Showed up on a Sunday around lunchtime with the intent to dine in, but unfortunately (for us), the place was completely packed! We wanted a seat for five, but the place was clearly designed for tables of two and four: so probably would’ve needed to wait a while before we were seated.

We ended up ordering quite a few things: beef noodle soup, pork with dry noodle, lamb noodle soup, pig ears, Liang pi, and the rou jia mou. The food probably took about 30 minutes to cook (which felt quite long but likely was due to the dine-in situation being full). We took it home to eat (15 minute drive) and I’d say that the texture of the food (noodles, bread) were the highlights here - whereas the broth, flavors were just alright. The pig ears were also very good, but almost a little sweet with a good amount of chili oil. I will say, I appreciate the packaging here: always a plus when the noodles are separated from the broth and it doesn’t get soggy from the drive.

Overall, the food was good enough for a fix, but not something I’d go out of...

Normally I would rate places based on their food, but this place took FOREVER to get us all our food. It wasn't until about an whole hour after we were seated until we got all our dishes. From what we observed, it looked like they were giving one dish per table at a time and rotating through each table, and that included the water as well. There would be people that would come in like 45 minutes after we sat down and still get a dish before we had all our dishes yet. We were in a hurry too so this was NOT okay. And we only ordered three dishes, two of the dishes were cold dishes and one of those two was a simple seaweed salad appetizer, which somehow came like 20 minutes after a main dish.

The food was just okay. Maybe it's just because they just opened but I think I'm going to wait a while and see how the future reviews are going to be before...

I’ve been hearing rave reviews about this place for quite some time, and I finally had the chance to check it out after a few years. As a noodle enthusiast, I was immediately impressed by their unique noodle texture. They’re chewy and well-coated in the sauce, and they come in three different options: regular, middle, and flat, which is the widest. The only downside is that these noodles are incredibly long because they’re handmade, so it’s difficult to cut or split them.

We tried the dry beef noodle and chili oil noodle, and both were delicious. The spicy sauce beef and tendon was also a great choice.

One thing to keep in mind is that there’s plenty of parking spots, so you won’t have to worry about...