Go Noodle House (Jaya One)

Go Noodle House, a noodle shop that recently gain a lot of attention, found at The School, Jaya One, PJ.  Its sister shop is Go Rice House which is situated in Jaya One as well.  The Chinese name is rather interesting, i.e. 有间面馆 a.k.a. "there's a noodle shop".

The shop itself is nicely decorated in traditional Chinese style, with jars of small wine bottles fronting the shop.  Standing at the entrance dishing out and calling for queue numbers is an uncle clad in 唐装 clothing.  His behaviour/impression is not too friendly though.  Not to be outdone are the waiters with unique name tags, i.e. Fu Chok （付竹）, Grouper Fish (石斑）, Fried Prawn, Superior Soup (上汤）, etc., sounds like 鱼兵虾将 ....if that's the case, maybe the uncle should be called 大白鲨.

Generally the noodles on the menu are pan mee, mian xian and mee hoon.  Pan mee itself comes in three variants, i.e. thin, thick and hand-teared.  Next, one can choose the different types of accompaniment to the noodles, e.g. pork balls (quite popular), squid balls, bursting balls, beef balls, fuchow balls ...

Bursting Ball Mian Xian

Pan mee

Pork Balls Soup

Apparently mian xian is a must try type of noodle according to some blogs.  The texture of the thick mian xian is like 兴化面线.  The soup base is sweet and nice with very strong coriander smell. For those who do not like coriander, you may ask them not to add it as they will only separate the spring onions on the giant spoon.  Portions are big where one may have difficulty maneuvering amongst the noodles with the giant bursting balls at the top.  It was disappointing that there were no "bursting" effect with the bursting balls, possibly fish balls may do a better job.

Pan mee noodle soup comes with a dash of wine taste (绍兴酒）, with lots of fried onions at the top and one piece of fish paste.  Apparently, one can pay a bit more to add more wine into the soup.  Some may still prefer the anchovies-based soup for pan mee as the wine may not blend well for a pan mee noodle dish.  Nevertheless, its a unique attempt.  However, there were not much ingredients that accompanied the pan mee, most unfitting of the RM9.90 price tag.

Pork ball soup again comes with the coriander-filled soup base, quite similar to the mian xian noodle soup base.  It goes well with the spicy chili sauce that's available at all tables.  The pork balls are springy, tasty and comes in 8 per pot, sufficient to satisfy one's cravings.

 WILL WE COME BACK? - Yes
(Not so much for the pan mee noodle, but more for the mian xian and pork balls)



Go Noodle House
Block D, The School, Jaya One, 61-P1
Jalan Universitim PJS 13
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor

Hours: 11:30 am - 9:30 pm (daily)