Yum-Yum Bowl

If you think you’ve tried all the noodle varieties that Melbourne has to offer, then you should come try these. Yum-​Yum Bowl specialises in a smooth, thick rice-​noodle that hails from the south-​western Chinese province of Gui Zhou. I’m not sure if there’s another like it in Melbourne, but these rice-​noodles are a delicious lighter alternative to the Japanese wheat-​flour udon, but have more bite to them than the thin flat rice-​noodles you get in a bowl of phở.
The soup noodles here come in two varieties — tender fatty beef chunks with pickled mustard greens, or chicken, shiitake mushrooms and bamboo fungus (it’s a lot better than it sounds don’t worry). If you’re tossing up between the two, I’d go the beef as the chicken is a little dry and the shiitake’s a little bland as they appear to have been soaked in water instead of the delicious tasty broth.
In your dry noodles category, you can go a fiery chilli chicken or a tasty mince-​pork sauce. My recommendation is to stick to the pork if you’re apt to get the runs from chilli oil.
The décor is clean, bright and features some traditional artifacts unique to Guizhou.
Well worth a visit if you like your noodles.