The beef noodles had plenty of medium-sized pieces of beef, the sauce/gravy was super good too. I have to say, the popcorn chicken was much better than I'd expected it to be, each piece was quite large and tasty on it's own, but they did come with a spicy dipping sauce (I think sriracha mayo) and a soy mayo type of sauce as well. Just like the N Williams location, the food was unbelievably delicious, and there was plenty for the four of us to all feel fully sated.
We all ordered about $75 worth of food for the four of us, getting two different types of steamed buns (mushroom and chive, and a pork one), soup dumplings (XLBs), shrimp, the beef noodles, and popcorn chicken. We walked by this place and I convinced the crew to give this a try. I'm so glad that a new location has opened within walking distance of my office! Coworkers were in town and our boss decided to take us all out to lunch. I've gone to the location on N Williams once or twice and couldn't get over how good the food is here. There are other much better options for Chinese food in the Hollywood area. I can assure you, after that flip-flop, and the overall poor experience with the food, we won't be coming back. But a few minutes later, the restaurant called us back to say that they would not refund the price of the chicken and would only give us credit toward a future visit. We didn't expect or ask for anything more. At first, the staff said they would refund the price of the chicken. We called and only mentioned the poor chicken. This was an expensive meal as takeout goes. Again, really nice flavors, but literally 1/2 of the pieces were just chunks of gristle fried and dumped into the sauce. I really like garlic in food, but no kidding, each dumpling must have had 1/2 clove of chopped garlic. The veggie dumplings were sub-par because they were overly garlicky. The problem is that the noodles are swirling in at least 1/4 cup of oil, which quickly undermines the flavor of the otherwise positive dish. The chef's special noodles had good flavor, and it was a very large portion. We ordered the orang chicken, chef's special noodles, spicy veggie noodles, and the veggie dumplings. Unbelievably disappointing, and really poor customer service.