Restaurant: Dong Ting Noodle
Location: 1947 Sawtelle Blvd suite c, Los Angeles, CA 90025. (310) 867-5937
Date: June 28, 2024
Cuisine: Chinese Noodles
Rating: Focused, but good
These days I can only go to AFF (Asian Food Friday) when it’s REALLY close to my house/work — too busy.
Dong Ting is a lake in Hunan and Hubei Provinces and this restaurant features noodles from the region opened recently on Sawtelle.
Very casual noodle bar.
The small menu, mostly variants on 1-2 noodle dishes.
House Special pickled cauliflower. Crunchy.
Fried Egg. Hints of anise.
Wood Ear Mushroom.
Changsha Style Spicy Medley. Mixed vegetables and some tripe.
Crispy Chicken. These were good.
Two kinds of spicy sauce, a dry and wet. I liked the smokey quality of the wet.
House Special Crystal Noodles with Vegetables. These were their house wide noodles. The fresh vegetables, cucumber and tomatoes even, were fresh and quite “un-Chinese” in some ways, but the net effect was very refreshing and delicious.
Crispy Chili Beef Rice Noodles (dry). These were the wider round rice noodles. The beef is like a Chinese beef jerky and quite good. There are preserved vegetables.
Crispy Chili Beef Alkaline Noodle (dry). This is the same toppings but with the wheat based alkaline noodles. I liked these noodles better but the overall flavor was basically the same.
Shredded Chicken Noodle In Golden Soup with rice noodles. A mild chickeny soup with the ticker noodles.
And the thinner noodle version.
Dong Ting was quite good, but is very specific — just Hunan/Hubei style noodles. Basically there are 3 noodle types with about 4 toppings. It’s certainly a good addition to Sawtelle.
