Noodles and Company
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Image of Noodles and Company from my cell phone. |
Yesterday, Katie and I got to try out a new restaurant on 5th Ave. by the name of Noodles & Company; it’s down the street from Chipotle and Taco Bell for those that know where those are on 5th Ave. Katie did get to experience it once before I did so she had a leg up on my having been there before. If the name didn’t give it away, the basis of the restaurant is that all of the dishes are noodle based. Dishes vary in their nation of origin, offering American, Asian, and even Mediterranean foods. Don’t quote me on this, but I’m pretty sure that many of the dishes are vegetarian. I say this because the menu allows you to add meats like chicken, beef, or shrimp to your food. Regardless, on with the noodles.
Being a huge fan of hot and spicy foods, I chose the obvious Indonesian Peanut Saute. It came with your standard peanut sauce and noodles and the dish had plenty of vegetables, containing: broccoli, carrots, cabbage, and Asian sprouts on top. To my food I had some chicken and shrimp added in to the mix. Atop the mound of noodles was a wedge of lime to help compliment the spicy taste. While the plate certainly had its spicy aspects, it wasn’t unbearably hot. And I would have preferred that the Asian sprouts were cooked as well since I’m pretty sure that they were just thrown on top.
Katie went with the standard Macaroni and Cheese. It was good, but if you like macaroni and cheese then I suggest just buying a box and making it at home. I tried her’s and you could probably get the same, or better, quality from a boxed version. She and I both got the pot stickers which were quite tasty to say the least. But that may be me being very biased since I love pot stickers from almost anywhere.
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| The image in the left is of my Indonesian Peanut Saute; to the right are the pot stickers with sauce. These pictures were taken with my cell phone and I unfortunately didn’t get a picture of Katie’s Macaroni and Cheese. | |
Summary: Noodles and Company definitely lives up to its name and gives you a wide variety of noodle based foods to choose from, but the food can be a little costly; my food was just over $13. I would suggest giving this place a try to at least see if you like it. It’s the kind of place that seems as though it’s on a person-by-person basis as to whether you feel the dish is worth the money.
