Hunan Mifen 小香牛骨米粉

This is becoming one of our go-to places for a quick and yummy meal for noodles. We have been here several times - during weekend lunchtime they are pretty busy and usually have a waitlist, but it moves fairly fast. Dishes we’ve tried: Stinky tofu - yummier than I expected. The sauce really elevates the dish and the tofu were fried well House special noodle soup (招牌特色牛肉粉）- really can’t go wrong with this one. It’s a good level of spicy and the broth is very flavorful. They serve the spicy part separate so you can decide how much of it to add Braised beef and tomato （番茄牛腩粉）- an excellent alternative if you don’t like spicy. The beef is very tender, soup is really tasty Gluttonous rice cake (糍粑)- fried well, generous portion, a little too sweet with the syrup Rose ice jelly with rice cake (冰粉） - this one is not as good as some of the jelly I’ve had elsewhere. IMO not enough toppings and the syrup isn’t the right proportion of brown sugar and water

Authentic Hunan place according to a local friend. There are quite a few non-spicy options too. For instance I recommend the 三鮮肉絲米粉. The broth is flavorful. Can see that they spent time on it. 紅糖糍粑 would be a great finish for the meal. Side dishes are decent too but not as outstanding as the rice noodle dishes. Our waitress is attentive and friendly. The place plays Taiwanese pop music is another thing that I personally like.

Small appetizers and noodle soup are just ok. We ordered this stinky tofu, just out of curiosity. It's not just stinky, the taste is so offensive. There are stinky foods that when you eat, it is actually good, like kimchi ,fermented fish, etc, but not this stinky tofu. It smells and tastes like it was fermented inside pork intestine for years. Be cautious before ordering it. On a fairer side, service is good and fast. My 3-star review is not based on our stinky tofu experience. It's the overall dining experience, food, atmosphere, service and price

The noodle comes without spiciness. All the flavor and spice come from the separate bowl so that you can “adjust” your tolerance on spiciness. Unless you are sure, you should put the spice to the noodle one spoonful at at time. I put half bowl and it is already at my limit! Flavor is good and the bai ye tofu is very tasty and is a must have. Service is prompt and nice, too.

Delicious authentic Chinese mifen. Tried the assorted beef noodles, not very spicy, and fried, basil chicken. Everything was very flavorful. Food came 5 min after ordering. Good value and service. Will come back to try more items on the menu.

Good enough Hunan rice noodle / mifen place - 3.5 out of 5. Not the most authentic Hunan style but I was pleasantly surprised they had this particular pickle vegetable - xuelihong 雪里蕻 which is usually hard to find. But I found the beef way too oily. Portions were also pretty small for the side dishes.

Yesterday evening (18-19 hours) I was in this wonderful place! I ordered the following three dishes (attached a picture). I liked all three of these dishes, but the tofu was a little spicy. I didn’t know how to order food (it was my first time). But a nice waitress came up and made an order. After about 3 minutes the food arrived. Very fast and friendly service (please increase their salary, they are trying very hard, although there are only two staff for the entire cafe). The atmosphere was pleasant, there were many families with children and elderly people. Looks like a quiet Chinese cafe, very cool!!

If super hot and spicy noodle is your thing, then you need to come here. But since they put the protein and the sauce on the side, you could put in as little sauce as you want. Just start with a little bit and add more if you can stand it. If you dump the whole thing into the noodle you may regret it.