Chin Xi'an Style Restaurant 秦张记

We’ve been wanting to try Chin Xi'an Style Restaurant 秦张记 for a while, and we finally gave it a shot. I’m happy we did! We started off with the “crispy celery with dried tofu slices and peanuts” as an appetizer. The celery was indeed fresh and crisp, the tofu plentiful, and the peanuts peanutty as expected. The dish was coated in some sort of salty marinade that tied everything together in a tasty way. The serving size was rather large, too, I had the “spicy cumin lamb hand-ripped noodles” as my main dish. I’ve had this before in the Flushing, NY Chinatown, and I have to say I think the Chin Xi’an Style version is my favorite. The wide noodles were fantastically elastic and fresh. The lamb was plentiful and perfectly cooked and seasoned with cumin and other spices. A spicy (but not too spicy) chili oil covered everything. The dish does have an abundance of oil, but it’s a feature, not a bug. My wife had the “northwest beef noodle soup.” Having grown up in Taiwan, my wife is a beef noodle soup expert, and although this Xi’an soup varies a bit, she reports that it was really good. Lots of beef and lots of noodles. If you don’t like spicy, use caution with the bowl of chili paste/oil they give you for the soup. Our server was friendly, timely, and answered any questions we had. The prices seem reasonable. It hasn’t even been a week but we’re already looking forward to going back to try different dishes.

Great price for the quality of food you get here. 好吃. portion size is generous. Flavor is on the lighter side, but spicy level is at a good moderation. Noodles texture was softer than I expected, hoped for a more al dente texture. Meats were off the bone. Dipping seasoning definitely needed. Atmospheres is more like an open cafe or cafeteria. We weren’t sure there is even table service when first arrived. After checked with the take out counter we found out it is a full service restaurant just didn’t look that way. And…don’t bother with the ordering machines out front. It only gives you take out and waitlist options. Recommendations for the management: Tables and seats needed more cleaning. And waiters need to confirm customers orders before put in since C & S can be mix up especially when environment is a bit noisy. But overall, we were satisfied with the service. Our server was very kind. Do recommend this place for casual dinner night.

Their Spicy Lamb Cumin Hand Ripped Noodles ares some of the best I have ever had! Spicy Pork noodles were good too. The Beef Murger was just okay, it had great spicy filling but the bread was underwhelming. I would definitely come back!