Simply Noodles

@ 273 King Street, Newtown

Simply put this is ... simple. What I didn't like about this place is it tries to be all things Asian and noodly when clearly it's not qualified enough to be. When I say things are authentically cooked, it's usually because there's someone in the kitchen who is versed in a certain cuisine so well that they kill it first go, every go. Now I'm not too sure what the cook at Simply Noodles is versed in, but it definitely isn't all and every type of Asian noodle dish in the world.

Looking at the menu simply confuses me. What to choose? Which country to eat from? Finally I settled for something simple. A flat, white noodle dish with some vegetables and beef. Though the price was decent the meal was nothing special. The portion size was average and so was the taste. The ambience as well was quite without. The look of this restaurant is a narrow, long kitchen and counter on one side and a series of white tables down the other, which opens up into the back area creating a little more room but not much. The white decor doesn't do this restaurant any favours either, giving it no atmosphere and making it seem less "deco" and more "sterile." I ate here once years ago. I don't have to tell you twice that I haven't returned since.

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