[Temple City] [Chinese] Happy Noodle

Happy Noodle
麵對面
4815 El Monte Ave
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 279-7558

爸媽的朋友推薦這家山東口味的小店，這天中午帶著阿姨和表弟表妹一起來用餐，他們的三鮮水煎包很好吃，餛飩也還不錯，爸媽和阿姨覺得非常好吃，但是我自己是覺得整體來說就只是還算不錯而已啦！可能這家口味比較「大人」吧？

My parents' friend recommended this new Sheng Dong restaurant.  So we took my aunt and cousins here for lunch before they headed back to San Jose.


五香燻魚 Special Smoked Fish ($4.95)

Dad ordered two appetizers.  One was smoked fish.  I never liked smoked fish.  But dad and cousins liked it.



雪菜毛豆 Mustard Green Bean ($3.50)

This appetizer was ordered for mom and aunt.  I didn't think it was anything special, but they liked it.


砂鍋全羊湯(送燒餅) Lamb Soup (Served w/ Shao Bing) ($9.95)

Now the lamb soup, I like it.  The soup was cooked to a creamy color.



Inside the soup, there were lamb meat, skin, and liver.  It was the first time I had lamb liver.  The soup was very very flavorful and hearty.


燒餅?? Shao Bing??

On the menu, it said that the lamb soup comes with Shao Bing.  But instead of shao bing, they gave us "flower roll", or green onion bun.  Or Shang Dong people called this shao bing?


西葫蘆蒸餃 (10) Pumpkin Steam Dumplings ($5.95)

We ordered the pumpkin steamed dumplings.  The waiteress made sure by asking us again that the dumpling was a vegetarian choice.



What was inside the dumpling?  Black ear mushroom, glass noodle, and celery.  But no pumpkin.  No pumpkin?  But it was pumpkin dumpling.  The dumpling was good, but still....  It was false advertisement.


三鮮水煎包 (8) Mixed 3 Items Fried Stuffed Bun ($6.50)

We overheard people from other people ordering their fried stuffed bun and was saying it was the best fried stuffed bun they've ever tasted.  So we ordered two.  The buns were fried in a pan then flipped onto a plate with the thin layer of crispy crust from the bottom of the pan.



The fried stuffed bun was pretty big. 



This one had pork, shrimp and black ear mushroom.  I really like their fried bun.  The bottom was crispy, the bun was soft and chewy, and the filling was tasty.  Highly recommend this dish.


牛肉芹菜水煎包 (8) Beef Celery Fried Stuffed Bun ($6.50)

We also ordered the beef celery fried stuffed bun.  It was saltier than the previews one.  We like the mixed 3 items one better. 


菜肉餛飩 Vegetable Pork Wonton ($4.95)

When the vegetable pork wonton was brought to our table, the first thing we noticed was how much veggies were in the soup. 



There were 12 pork wontons in the soup.  All for less thatn $5!

My parents and aunt really liked this restaurant.  My dad's been talking about going back again for their fried bun.  Mom raved about the wonton soup.  I also thought these two dishes were the best items.  Overall, I thought this restaurant was just average.  But I will definately go back for the 3 items fried bun and wonton soup.

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