Comments on: BEIJING NOODLE #9 http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/ Restaurant Reviews and Culinary Miscellany Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JenMar http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-42917 JenMar Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:54:55 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-42917 Shark fin soup on the menu! It was my first and last meal at this restaurant. My boycott began right away. Las Vegas caters to our foreign visitors but "we" shouldn't condone or buy into inhumane and unsustainable fishing & farming practices. Instead, I'm making dinner reservations at RM Seafood in the Mandalay Bay where chef Rick Moonen is working wonders with sustainable seafood. Shark fin soup on the menu! It was my first and last meal at this restaurant. My boycott began right away. Las Vegas caters to our foreign visitors but “we” shouldn’t condone or buy into inhumane and unsustainable fishing & farming practices. Instead, I’m making dinner reservations at RM Seafood in the Mandalay Bay where chef Rick Moonen is working wonders with sustainable seafood.

]]> By: Riley http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-6410 Riley Tue, 19 May 2009 07:15:16 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-6410 noodles were great, service was not... it almost felt like our server (jimmy) went out of his way to make us feel uncomfortable and a bother on his life... walking by our table giving us eye contact and just continuing to walk by as we tried to get his attention to order something or ask about something.. the noodles were great and some dishes as well but the service was horrible... i only wish i server was as friendly and couteous as one of the other gentleman that worked there (kwok) we only talked to him for 5 seconds but in those 5 seconds he was 100x more courteous and friendly than jimmy was the entire visit. noodles were great, service was not… it almost felt like our server (jimmy) went out of his way to make us feel uncomfortable and a bother on his life… walking by our table giving us eye contact and just continuing to walk by as we tried to get his attention to order something or ask about something.. the noodles were great and some dishes as well but the service was horrible… i only wish i server was as friendly and couteous as one of the other gentleman that worked there (kwok) we only talked to him for 5 seconds but in those 5 seconds he was 100x more courteous and friendly than jimmy was the entire visit.

]]> By: wong http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5142 wong Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:08:07 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-5142 For what this is, it is a ripoff. Fortune Cookie say: "Miniature portions, and exorbitant prices will grace your table tonight." For what this is, it is a ripoff. Fortune Cookie say: “Miniature portions, and exorbitant prices will grace your table tonight.”

]]> By: jason http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 jason Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:02:35 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3965 We ate there last night. Service was good, portion size was good, price was fine (can still get the same quality of food in china town on spring mountain road without the higher price) I could thou do without the space age small box decor. The biggest let down was the very small soup dumplings that had about a teaspoon of soup in it. Tell the chef to watch Anthony Bourdain's show on the travel channel when he shows how to eat and make a REAL soup dumpling in China!!! We ate there last night. Service was good, portion size was good, price was fine (can still get the same quality of food in china town on spring mountain road without the higher price) I could thou do without the space age small box decor. The biggest let down was the very small soup dumplings that had about a teaspoon of soup in it. Tell the chef to watch Anthony Bourdain’s show on the travel channel when he shows how to eat and make a REAL soup dumpling in China!!!

]]> By: Ken http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Ken Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:02:17 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3758 EC - we still need to get you to China Mama. EC – we still need to get you to China Mama.

]]> By: EC Gladstone http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3745 EC Gladstone Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:45:55 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3745 Thx John...was curious about this place. And even more curious to contrast it to the VERY expensive Chinese place behind Rao's... Thx John…was curious about this place. And even more curious to contrast it to the VERY expensive Chinese place behind Rao’s…

]]> By: Ken http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3741 Ken Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:54:02 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3741 We had lunch here yesterday and overall I'm very impressed by the food. I really don't care for the design, it's a cross between the Jetsons and A Clockwork Orange, and its dominant color, white, is not something that creates a feeling of tranquility or relaxation. Then again I'm not sure it's supposed to make you feel anything except that you are inside a cutting-edge place plucked from the streets of China. What the restaurant does create is delicious authentic Chinese food. We started with the chilled cucumber and beef shank, moved onto two homemade noodle dishes (braised beef and eggplant), then to the seafood hot and sour soup (which is the best I've ever had - including the great bowls I've eaten in Hong Kong and Beijing). We also ordered two "pastry" dishes (one filled with pork the other with beef) - both were outstanding. The dim sum offerings we ordered (har gow and shiu mai) were two of the best examples of their kind I've had in the city - delicate wrappers filled with generous portions of quality pork and shrimp. The braised black bass the manager suggested was also outstanding. I didn't love the Imperial seafood soup dumplings, funny because those were what I wanted to try the most, but think it's because I prefer pork-based soup dumplings over the seafood variety. The only real misses were the noodle dishes which I thought were both pretty bland. The place isn't cheap. For three of us (granted we ordered enough for six) the bill came to $146 and change before tip. Will I venture there to eat this food again? As a local, probably not, because there are as good if not better examples of everything we ordered (save for that soup) up and down Spring Mountain at half the price. But if I was staying at Caesars Palace and had a craving for some delicious, authentic Chinese food, I'd definitely head back. We had lunch here yesterday and overall I’m very impressed by the food. I really don’t care for the design, it’s a cross between the Jetsons and A Clockwork Orange, and its dominant color, white, is not something that creates a feeling of tranquility or relaxation. Then again I’m not sure it’s supposed to make you feel anything except that you are inside a cutting-edge place plucked from the streets of China.

What the restaurant does create is delicious authentic Chinese food. We started with the chilled cucumber and beef shank, moved onto two homemade noodle dishes (braised beef and eggplant), then to the seafood hot and sour soup (which is the best I’ve ever had – including the great bowls I’ve eaten in Hong Kong and Beijing). We also ordered two “pastry” dishes (one filled with pork the other with beef) – both were outstanding. The dim sum offerings we ordered (har gow and shiu mai) were two of the best examples of their kind I’ve had in the city – delicate wrappers filled with generous portions of quality pork and shrimp. The braised black bass the manager suggested was also outstanding. I didn’t love the Imperial seafood soup dumplings, funny because those were what I wanted to try the most, but think it’s because I prefer pork-based soup dumplings over the seafood variety. The only real misses were the noodle dishes which I thought were both pretty bland.

The place isn’t cheap. For three of us (granted we ordered enough for six) the bill came to $146 and change before tip. Will I venture there to eat this food again? As a local, probably not, because there are as good if not better examples of everything we ordered (save for that soup) up and down Spring Mountain at half the price. But if I was staying at Caesars Palace and had a craving for some delicious, authentic Chinese food, I’d definitely head back.

]]> By: Scott http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3717 Scott Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:03:17 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3717 It's the Egyptian touches (picture #1) that I always like about Chinese restaurants in Caesars Palace. Don't recall seeing such a motif when Bourdain did a No Reservations show in Beijing. Nice touch with the number 9--the number of the emperor. It’s the Egyptian touches (picture #1) that I always like about Chinese restaurants in Caesars Palace. Don’t recall seeing such a motif when Bourdain did a No Reservations show in Beijing.

Nice touch with the number 9–the number of the emperor.

]]> By: rjwong http://www.eatinglv.com/2009/02/beijing-noodle-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3699 rjwong Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:41:36 +0000 http://www.eatinglv.com/?p=394#comment-3699 ELV, a few questions: Who was that movie gal? I may be old, but I'm not THAT old. "Feng Sui"? Is that your way of combining "Feng Shui" and "Chop Suey"? Egads! Are you finding that casinos/resorts want to open up more "authentic" Asian restaurants, probably to cater to their Asian clientele, as opposed to their guests going off-Strip to Spring Mountain Rd.? ELV, a few questions:

Who was that movie gal? I may be old, but I’m not THAT old.

“Feng Sui”? Is that your way of combining “Feng Shui” and “Chop Suey”? Egads!

Are you finding that casinos/resorts want to open up more “authentic” Asian restaurants, probably to cater to their Asian clientele, as opposed to their guests going off-Strip to Spring Mountain Rd.?

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