Edison Noodle House

Craving dumplings and noodles and a search led me to Edison Noodles House - I ordered for take out, so I imagine it is even more delicious in-house! Soup dumplings were good, not as soup-filled as some, but still tasty. The beef noodle soup was very flavorful! Filling portion of noodles, and I saved half of the broth for later. The mapo tofu was my favorite, the right amount of spiciness for me. Excited to order from here again and hopefully will dine in next time.

It was our first time coming here and we actually walked in from the back parking lot entrance. When you first walk in the back, you walk into what looks like a small dark storage room that had unused fridge and old advertising decorations. Then you walk into another room which looks like the restaurant now, but the lights were off and it looked abandoned. We were about to walk out, but we heard sounds coming from another room that had the lights on. Finally, we found the front main room. It would've been helpful if they had signs pointing to the front. There was one customer eating and a woman watching tv, which we assumed was the owner by the way she spoke to staff and how she made her way around the place. The place had some hot-pot/ shabu shabu grill tops on some tables but the menu doesn't offer any. We stood by the host desks for some time before being seated. Our waitress was nice, but there was a slight language barrier. At the back of the menu, they had a recommendation page but sadly, it's the only page in the menu that didn't have English translation. We ordered the braised beef noodle soup, pork stir fry noodles, the fried pork chop as an appetizer, and two flavored teas (Thai and honeydew) from their tea shop. They first brought out our entrees and then brought out the wrong appetizer, so there was an extra wait for right one to come out. The portion size and the price were good. The braised beef noodle soup was alright. They had meaty juicy beef pieces but it only came with 4pcs. I wish it had at least one more so I didn't have to "save" a piece for the end since the ratio of noodles was a lot more. The noodles were great but the broth was salty. It wasn't one that I wanted to "chug"/ finish at the end. My friend said that the pork stir fry was good but was just greasy so he didn't finish it. The fried pork chop was good. I wish it came with a glaze or sauce but I'm not sure if that's traditional Taiwanese cooking. Lastly, the flavored teas were okay. They had an aftertaste that made it clear it was made from powder. I was hoping it was going to be better since they had a whole separate menu for their tea shop with numerous choices. I really wanted to like this place- especially looking at some of the other reviews and pictures. Maybe Covid affected restaurant quality... or it was an off day? But alas my search for some good braised beef noodle soup continues.

This place was absolutely delicious, I went around 1 in the afternoon and was shown a table immediately. Great service, took my order promptly, answered any questions I had about the menu, food came out quickly, came around with tea, nothing bad to say. Be prepared to hang out and eat slowly, you're meant to talk and drink tea. The food itself was outstanding! The beef noodle soup was exceptional: a strongly beefy broth with warm spices, toothsome noodles, and tender pieces of beef, this style of soup is delicious. The braised pork over rice was just the right amount of tender and fatty, and the pickled greens that came on the bowl really tied the whole dish together. My brother's mapo tofu was the best I've ever had, perfectly balanced between spice, richness, sweet, sour, and just enough pork to give flavor without overpowering the tofu. We also had the cold beef tendon as an appetizer and it may have been my favorite thing we got as it was perfectly tender while still being subtle in flavor. Fair prices with good portions, I cannot really think of a way to make this meal better. I highly recommend it!