What's New Restaurants: Zhuang Zhuang de Men Mian

Emily Walz | Oct 5, 2014 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 1630 reads

Zhuang Zhuang is a chic little noodle bar, specializing in a covered-pot noodle cooking style known as men mian. A row of burners prominently displayed in the small restaurant allows diners to watch as the individual pots, equipped with colorful conical covers, heat up.

The menu is primarily in Chinese, but is thankfully accompanied by pictorial diagrams for ease of ordering. From the appetizer list, a dish of shredded green bamboo shoots in sesame oil (麻油青笋丝) is crisp and delicious. Of the drinks, the fresh mixed berry soda (混合鲜莓苏打) makes a perfect bubbly mocktail (RMB 12/glass, RMB 45/pitcher).

Options among the five noodle-pot packages include pickled vegetable and pork belly (酸菜五花肉焖面) and vegetarian noodles (全蔬焖面) (RMB 25, small size). All the noodle options can be made into set meals for one or two persons. Since the ingredients and noodles are fried up together we found that many of the different dishes tasted quite similar. However, a touch of vinegar perked up the flavors. The owner tells us he has plans to revamp the menu soon, so watch this space.

Zhuang Zhuang de Men Mian
Daily 11.30am-10.30pm. 107, Bldg 4, China View, 2 Gongti Donglu, Chaoyang District (8587 1877)
壮壮的焖面：朝阳区工体东路2号中国红街大厦4号楼107室