"Yunnan Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles is backed by the owners of Buford Highway hand-pulled noodle institution Lan Zhou Ramen. Instead of wheat noodles, Crossing Bridge specializes in Yunnan rice noodles or 'crossing bridge noodles.' It’s a name shrouded in mystery, but is said to center around the story of a cantankerous scholar and his accommodating wife who would cross a bridge to an island daily to bring her husband food. In order to prevent the noodles from becoming soggy, the wife would carry the hot broth in an earthen pot with the noodles and other ingredients separately, only mixing everything together once she crossed the bridge. Try the tomato broth at Crossing Bridge with fatty beef. This broth is hearty and flavorful and almost has the consistency of creamy tomato soup. Unlike other restaurants offering these rice noodles, Crossing Bridge constructs the dish for you right before it hits the table, just like the wife from the tale." - Susie Chow
