Chong Qing Xiao Mian
Chinese noodle restaurant · Chinatown
915 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Highlights
Spicy numbing noodle dishes, tender beef ribs, and chili wontons
Spicy numbing noodle dishes, tender beef ribs, and chili wontons
"Whether you come for lunch or dinner, this 44-seat restaurant is always bustling with activity. Locals plop down at this no-frills spot primarily to order the beef tendon, spicy Chongqing noodles, or one of the many massive, comforting bowls of soup like the spicy beef noodle soup: a symphony of silky, tingly, numbing broth; crunchy cabbage; chewy noodles; a slab of radish; and a giant, tender beef rib to top it off." - Lena Park
"Those looking for a hefty dose of spice will want to check out Chong Qing Xiao Mian, a Sichuan restaurant on the edge of Chinatown and North Beach. The lunch scene can get busy, but the restaurant’s fans know the spicy Sichuan noodle soup is worth the wait. Try the wontons with spicy chile oil or the Wuhan hot dry noodles, or verge into the restaurant’s chicken dishes, such as the Sichuan-style mouth-watering chicken." - Dianne de Guzman
"This small, always-packed Chinatown restaurant offers regional Chinese noodles galore. It’s also where we like to park ourselves on casual weeknights to get a steam facial over a bowl of dan dan noodles. The broth is nutty and rich, there’s an overabundance of wheat noodles, and it all leaves a tingly, numbing sensation in your mouth that somehow doesn’t overpower. On days when you really want to stay under the covers, order a wonton-packed soup with chicken broth, spicy and numbing Chongqing noodles, or spicy beef soup all the way. " - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, lani conway
"On a recent weekday, the small Kearny Street restaurant was packed with locals all vying for space and bowls of Chongqing numbing spicy noodles or Sichuan-Style Mouth Watering Chicken. On this occasion, it was the wontons with spicy chile oil that stood out amongst the others, as I kept sampling the dumplings from the bowl of mouth-numbing oil. My stomach isn’t always built for spice, depending on the occasion, but I plucked dumpling after dumpling anyway, content with the lovely play of dumplings in their soft wrapper against the chile oil clinging to every pleat and crevice. This restaurant might not be for those with a low spice tolerance, but if you can stand the heat, you’ll want to head to this Sichuan restaurant." - Dianne de Guzman
"Soup: Tan Tan Noodles This always-packed Chinatown noodle house offers regional Chinese specialties galore. On days when you really want to stay under the covers, it’s tan tan noodles all the way. The broth is nutty and rich. There’s an overabundance of wheat noodles. And the soup leaves a tingly, numbing sensation in your mouth that somehow doesn’t overpower. " - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
