A Xiang

When the food first came, it was presented in a very enticing manner with all toppings served in separate little dishes. Looked cool and I did get a little excited with all the choices but come to think of it, they must really abuse that dishwasher lol. The signature noodle soup was alright. I liked how the soup had a more subtle flavor and isn’t overly salty but I find that depends on your preference.
I must say I really enjoyed the spinach and nut salad!!! I liked the strong garlic flavour but it’s actually bidding on the overly salty side unfortunately. I had to dip it in my signature noodle soup to remove some of the flavor when I was nearing the bottom of the dish because there was a lot of sauce. My boyfriend said he tasted vinegar as part of seasoning but I didn’t. I guess it has a kind of unique flavour? Give it a shot! I was skeptical too :)
Would go back for the salad and probably try some of their other soup flavors. Apparently you get the same toppings for all the noodles, it’s just the soup base that is different.

Like the others have said, the main dish here is noodles. You choose your soup base, and it comes with a bunch of things to put in your noodles (raw quail egg, a few slices of hot pot beef, small dishes of assorted veggies and fungi, etc.). They have a laminated sheet (a tiny one) at the table that explains the sequence in which you put things in (egg, meat, veggies), but it doesn’t say when to put in the noodles. LOL.
Noodles had a good consistency. Side dishes could have been a tad larger, but for that price, this is is a very decent meal. Portion was not bad.
Soups: pickled veggie one is pretty good. really spicy one is good. tomato one is not bad, but more tomato sauce flavored than fresh tomato flavored. Soups were also very hot.
Sides:
Hot and spicy spare ribs ($ 2.99) — 2 skewers/​order. tasty, but could have been more tender, and definitely not as spicy as I thought it was going to be (in Chinese, they’re mala, which usually means super spicy). Warning, there are soft bones in this.
Deep fried stuffed rice ball ($ 2.99) — 8/​order. This is a glutinous rice ball stuffed with sesame paste. Sesame paste is molten lava when eaten hot. Delicious, but strangely not in the right section. I thought these would be savory. I was wrong. Cute though.
Green papaya and kelp salad ($ 3.99) — That was green papaya? I didn’t find any green papaya, but I did find cucumber shreds. This was delicious, and very well worth the price.
Sauteed soybean slice with scallion ($ 3.99) — beancurd sheet, for those of you who are wondering what soybean slice is. Also a good portion, delicious, and well worth the price.
Nuts and spinach ($ 4.99) — This one was alright for the price. Tasty, but a tad salty. Nuts were peanuts and surprisingly, cashews. Cashews aren’t cheap.
This place is tiny (although we did come with a group of 8 and there were at least 15 other people in the restaurant, so it does fit more than 6 people (See Queenie’s review). It isn’t fully renovated (Floors don’t look finished). The service is predominantly in Mandarin. They don’t serve you drinks automatically (none of the tables got drinks unless they had ordered drinks, which I find bizarre), but Chatime is next door! Despite this all, I’m giving them 4 stars because I left with a full stomach and I felt warm and happy, and for those of you who know me, warm is very important to me.

Apparently, this is a newly opened chinese noodle place. The place is pretty small. We were a group of 6. It barely fit all of us. There are only a few items in this restaurant, I was hoping that’s their best dishes.
Food comes fairly quick, you are suppose to put in all the side dishes come with the noodle. The side dishes were very small, and the server kept telling us to do this and do that. Such that, she can collect the dishes faster.
The food was average, noodle not hot enough, portion is small. If you are looking for snacks between meals, or quick meals. This place is an option.

Went to this place for lunch. As this type of northern chinese noodle joint has been popping out all around uptown toronto.
The noodle that is served here is in multitple province in china most notably yunan. Its concept simple get a boiling hot soup base and have fresh ingredients in. The most important is the noodle and the soup.
The soup is good. It is pretty authentic. And the noodles are good texture. The only thing is the portions are very small. And chances are you will need to buy extra portion of noodles to fill your stomach. .
The cold dish mushroom was a little weird for that region chinese cold dish. As the flavour was not quite right.
The skewer was not bad. As the flavour and texture of the meat was accurate
The services for this place i would say is one thing that drags it down. As not being very full. The waitress who might be owner. Forget to give my tables utensils. Or water. And gets the bill wrong. Need to constantly call multiple time to get service.
Overall if your in the area cravimg this type of noodle. Its not a bad placem just make sure your not super hungry. As its portion is small

a! Xiang’s menu is really simple, serving a twist of Crossing the Bridge Noodle 過橋米線 but with a choice of different soup base.
Soup is served pipping boiling hot and you just put the ingredients which are all cooked or semi cooked in and wait for everything to warm up.
The Famous Hot and Spicy Noodle Soup ($ 7.98) was quite spicy but delicious. I really enjoyed that but the toppings and noodles portion was pathetically tiny. I opted to order an extra portion of noodle ($ 1) as not to be hungry.
There are also some cold and hot side dish you can order too.
a! Xiang not a bad option if you have craving for noodle soup especially when the weather is cold. But if you are a big eater like me, then you might have to order extra portion or 2 of noodle.