Noodling Around City Heights - Trieu Chau Revisited

After doing my Hu Tieu Nam Vang Kho comparison post, I realized that I hadn't revisited Trieu Chau in years. So I made it a point to revisit and have some noodle soup in over the last couple of weeks.

The service here is all business.....an older woman helps in the kitchen and busses, either a gentleman or a woman who I think is his wife takes orders, waits tables, cooks, and works the register.

The noodle soup menu is quite long. I soon realized that I had never had the egg noodle soup at Trieu Chau; so I decided to go ahead and get the House Won Ton Egg Noodle Soup ($7.50).

This bowl had way more than just won tons in it. It had some shrimp (nicely deveined and fairly plump); slices of pork (good flavor, but tough), ground pork, and a piece of rather tough chopped chicken, in addition to won tons, which were on the tough side; though nicely flavored.

The broth was salty and overly sweet; though it had a slight porkiness to it. It was delivered absolutely steaming hot with a decent amount of tongue coating richness. The lime came in handy.

The egg noodles were of the thinner type and prepared decently; it had a nice crunchy-chew to it.

A few weeks later, on a rather cooler and somewhat wet day, I decided to drop by on my way to Northgate Market.

I had my eye on the "Duck Soup with Egg Noodles" ($8.00). I was pleasantly surprised by this bowl.

The broth was much more fragrant and darker than my previous bowl. It became obvious that the drippings/sauce from the duck was used to help flavor the soup. While the broth was still on the saltier side; the added flavor boost did a nice job adding a bit of complexity and savory tones to the soup. It was also pleasantly rich.

There was a good amount of sliced duck; including the leg in the soup. All the bones and such made it somewhat ponderous to eat. The duck was fairly tender, the skin was soft, and the meat still had some gamey-savory tones to it.

There was a smaller portion of egg noodles in this bowl, but like my previous visit, it was prepared nicely.

This was not bad and I'd surely order it again.

So, it looks like Trieu Chau is on my noodle rotation in City Heights. There's still much to try from the menu. Like Lotus Garden, I need to try the Beef Sate Egg Noodle here.

Trieu Chau Restaurant
4653 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92105
Hours:
Daily 8am - 8pm

Comments

[kat]

nice!

[Kirk]

That duck egg noodle soup was much better than I thought it would be Kat!

[Soo]

Mmm... Looks like a good place for soup.

[Junichi]

More soup weather this week!

[Kirk]

That duck noodle soup was pretty good Soo!

Yes indeed Junichi! I'm kind of looking forward to it!