Shang Jie Kitchen

Called ahead and ordered a spicy lamb hot hot for pick up. I show up and I let the lady at the front register know that I'm picking up a phone order for a spicy lamb hot pot. She give me like typical styrofoam box. I'm confused because this is not what a lamb hot pot is suppose to look like. I ask "Is this the spicy lamb pot hot"? Lady says "yes". I ask "Doesn't a hot pot usually comes with soup"? Lady says "This is how they come when it's to-go". I ask "Shouldn't there be soup that goes with this"? If if packed separately then one container for items and one container for soup would be standard. Lady responds "no" clearly annoyed with me. So I pay for the item and I leave. I open the box and it's clearly not anything resembling spicy hot pot. Not sure what it is. Money and time wasted and I'm never returning and never recommending. Restaurant staff is incompetent and unfriendly. Maybe you'll have a better experience but mine was so bad I will never attempt again.

Hand pulled noodles in rich pork broth with a variety of toppings? How can you go wrong? We also ordered Xiao Long Bao which had a very deep pork flavor unlike I’ve ever had. Service maybe isn’t the best, but I expect that from a place like this. It’s good no frills food with great flavor. We also ordered a plate of things off the pickle(?not sure what else to call it) bar - lightly vinegared tofu skin, garlic wood ear mushrooms and some kind of marinated meat. Stellar meal.

Came here looking to try something a little different and settled on this interesting Northern Chinese/Taiwanese place. They make and pull their noodles by hand and you can definitely taste the quality: the noodles are very, very long and have a wonderful springy, chewy texture. Their lamb soup broth was very clean and light and not too salty. Both lamb noodle dishes were excellent, and prices were pretty reasonable. Definitely coming back again! Edit: came back, tried their beef tendon noodle soup. Great noodles and a light but flavorful broth. Plenty of meat and tendon.