Takeout From Green China Grill

When I did takeout from Bonchon, I look over and realized I hadn't been to Green China Grill in a while. A week later, I was working from home and it was pretty chilly, so I thought the Beef Noodle Soup with Sour Cabbage might be good on a chilly day. I did a quick search and found that GCG did online ordering and placed n order for the Beef Noodle Soup with Sour Cabbage, which is now $11.99. I then headed over to pick-up my lunch.

Man, I remember when this parking lot used to be pretty crazy, but on this day there was so much parking available at noon. Sign of the times.

I walked into the doorway and up to the table.

And told the young lady my order; which was ready to go.

This time around, wanting something a bit more substantial, I went with the flat noodles. Things were packed quite well.

While I got the broth up to the temp I wanted, I put the noodles, pickled mustard greens, I liked that there was a pretty generous amount provided, and was quite happy to note that the noodles weren't clumped together.

This was actually not bad, still a bit too much MSG and white pepper for my taste, but the broth, a pretty simple one, wasn't too bad.

The slices of beef looked tough, but were fairly tender, and full of nice beefy tones and I detected a hit of anise as well.

The straight forward pickled greens were briny and also added that sour-pickled palate restoring taste that I enjoy.

The noodles....well, I know I usually go with the regular Lamian here, but these were nicely prepared, with a nice pull and al dente chew that I may just order things this way in the future.

Overall, nothing fancy, but quite simple and satisfying....just what I wanted on this day.

A couple of Friday's back, I was working from home and the weather was crazy, rain pouring like a river in bursts of 10-15 minutes, thunder, and hail....hail! I actually went out looking for clouds of locusts and wondered if we would be having three days of darkness!

I was actually going to order the same noodle soup from GCG again....but after taking a look at the menu online, I saw that they had Yang Rou Pao Mo......like I've said before; I've given up on finding "true" Yang Rou Pao Mo, like we had in Xi'an in SoCal, with a thick, rich, very gamey broth and hearty, but not waxy-dense-slippery-noodley unleavened bread.

So, like my previous visit, I placed my order, had a super easy time finding parking, and my Yang Rou Pao Mo ($12.99) was waiting when I walked to the table.....in and out in less than three minutes! The bag felt pretty darn heavy.....and sheesh looked at all the pseudo pao (soaked) mo (unleavened bread).

Because of the density of the dish, it was still steaming hot when I unpacked it at home. I just had to pour it into a bowl.

In terms of how this compares to Shann Xi Magic Kitchen and other versions, I thought it a bit better for a couple of reasons. The broth had a much stronger gaminess, though it did have a bit too much MSG for my taste. The lamb was super "ewe-y" and fairly tender, though there wasn't much of it. What there was a plethora (sorry, I always think of this when I hear the word "plethora") of was the waxy faux pao mo....though it wasn't bad, not overly hard....I just think of it being more like noodles....like in alphabet soup.

And this sure did warm me up on a wet and chilly day.

In case you were wondering what I'm all waxing nostalgic about:

From Tong Sheng Xiang (同盛祥) in Xi'an.

Oh well; it wasn't too bad, though I think I'll stick with my "usual" the next time around.

Green China Grill
4688 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 292-5555
Current Hours:
Mon - Fri 1130am - 3pm, 5pm - 10pm
Sat - Sun 1130am - 10pm

 

Comments

[kat]

sounds like you’ve been having wintry weather, stay warm!

[RedDevil]

I don’t go often but have always liked GCG.

[Peter]

Thanks for the reminder about GCG -- I am deeply in love with their spicy hot oil noodles. Going to pick up an order tomorrow for dinner (plus a spare for leftovers)!

[Kirk]

It's all relative Kat.....nothing like Japan!

Time to check them again RD!

You know; I need to try out more items from CGC Peter! I'm going to try out that dish. Thanks for the recommendation. Enjoy your noodles!

[Junichi]

That's cool that they offer online ordering. Phoning in an order can be a challenge sometimes with a language barrier.

[Kirk]

Like the time the woman at Village Kitchen hung up on me when I started speaking English Junichi? ;o) I wish places like Sakura, etc would do online ordering......