LaoXi Noodle House

The beauty of dining at this noodle house is that you don’t have to guess what they’re good at — the menu is brief, and everything you really need to know is in the name. This kitchen focuses entirely on slinging noodles inspired by the cuisine of China’s famed Shanxi Province. Start with pork and cilantro dumplings before digging into the “wife special” noodles, with their springy, toothsome texture mixing with bits of crisped pork belly and fermented soy sauce. House special fried noodles, as well as noodles with lamb, also deliver in spades.