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Ya Ya Noodles Chinese Restaurant
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
5 reviews for Ya Ya Noodles Chinese Restaurant
After attend Montgomery Middle School on People to People's program to Australia demostration, we came to this nice Ya Ya Noodle at Montgomery Center nearby off Rt 206 North for dinner.
We kind of know where it is because we came hear every time we visit the area. We also visit their sister Tiger Noodle at Princeton when we were there.
Everytime we came here seem to be seated in different round table, and this time we got one right in front of the Asian Chinese Character Board, saying, Eat First. It is nice, we seldom see those in the US, and my father was Chinese Professor in Taiwan Culture University; he write Chinese Caligraphy very well.
We order some nice "small bum" and "fri dumbling" as apertizer which taste very good, after chewing some Chinese fried noodle with saurce. The waiter and waitress are nice to give us two dishes, as we looked very hungry after a whole afternoon of Open Houses in Warren area before heading down to Montgomery.
Then we had General Tso Chicken as kids always love, Family Tou-Fu that we always like to have, then a Mongomery Beef which taste great, and also checked out a Tai Chicken that we always order one new to try out each time.
We like the way it sever to get all dishes and rices on at the same time; this is very different from Chinese Dim Sim we had in the morning at Jade Dynasty off Rt 22 before heading up to Open House at Warren, which provides one or two at a time as ordered. So, the dinner is more like a traditional Chinese dinner that family can shared everything.
There are many other customers and the feeling was warm, while it was raining very heavily outside. They also kept providing hot tea and cold water which is nice that we do not need to tell them to refill.
The whole bill is quite affordable of about $67 for a family, this is a bid less than the Hometown Buffet at Edison we went the evening before and about the same as the dinner we had at Norstorm Cafe at Short Hill Mall on Saturday, but that required us to visit White Castle off Rt 22 later the night. So, Ya Ya is both tasteful and economic.
We like the "candy" on the way out, it looks big and taste great, very different from Northstorm Cafe's long stick chocalate mint, and much better than most Chinese restaurants' little candy.
The only thing they did not have is the orange that many Chinese restaurant would provide when bringing in the check, instead, they bring in the fortune cookie.
Ya Ya Noodles offers a wide variety of Asian noodles and rices, they serve dishes with Chinese, Japanese, Singapore, and Thai fare, etc. My all-time favorite is the Thai silver noodles. The home style noodles are really good too. The rice dishes are just OK (fried rice tastes overly greasy).
I also enjoy their "xiao long bao" or steamed pork buns as indicated under the appetizer section. Or, "little dragon buns" as my friends and I call it. The steamed buns aren't as heavy/starchy as some of the other places. It's a must try!
They also offer a large selection of ice teas and icy drinks, including bubble tea. Great with your sit-down meal or picking up with your takeout.
Ya Ya Noodles is pretty good, all things considered. It's certainly better than the average Chinese fare. I'm not a huge fan of Americanize Chinese food because of the gloppy sauces that permeate the dishes. Both Ya Ya and Shanghai Park manage to avoid these pit falls. Of the two, I would definitely give it to Shanghai Park, particularly when it comes to juicy buns.
As the closest Chinese restaurant to our house, this place immediately gets kudos for that. Kidding... well, kinda. Its close proximity to us means that my family members are frequent customers to this small Chinese restaurant tucked away in the corner of the ShopRite shopping center. Which means that we've become friendly with all the servers and the boss. But thankfully, we're quite the fans of the food.
This is the third restaurant or so opened by the boss. He also owns the Tiger Noodles in downtown Princeton. This place I find to be more authentic. You can even get the Chinese-only menu for the good stuff (I recommend being able to read it first).
Some traditional favorites:
- Niu rou mian (Beef noodle soup) - traditional mainland China comfort food
- Kong xin cai (Water spinach) - standard way of cooking, always yum
- Three types of mushroom + bok choy - I forget the name of this dish
- Xiao long bao (small pork buns) - they're not amazing here, but there aren't that many places you can pick them up. Well, okay, scratch that. Shanghai Park only a couple miles away has better, but since we go here more, it's more convenient.
I'm usually skeptical about the Chinese restaurants back East because California has all the new immigrants, but this place knows how to get a reasonably-priced, pretty authentic Chinese meal on your table. I'd go back. Oh wait, we do. Frequently.
**
Update Feb 08.
Sorry Ya-Ya. It's really only your Beef Noodle Soup that I love.
The rest just doesn't do it for me. Knocking you back a star.
Not just noodles... they have the best soup dumplings (i.e., Steamed Juicy Pork & Crabmeat Buns) ANYWHERE! Not starchy or fatty like you find at other restaurants. I prefer their soup dumplings to ones from Chinatown (NYC) or anywhere else. We always order the Chicken Chow Fun too. They also serve bubble tea.
