Dagu Rice Noodle in Alhambra

Very good authentic food from China! Staff is super nice.

I should have read through all the reviews before I ordered from here. Being the curious foodie I always am, I've always wanted to give new places a try and also support small business. To my disappointment, there's nothing special from the noodle that I ordered. I got the original beef noodle ($16). It was a mild spicy and sour taste to the broth, with a strip of the beef bone. There's no taste of the beef in broth, so not sure if they're just using the same soup for different noodles except adding different ingredients. Plus, they are no longer giving 20% off purchase even if you show them the app, which makes the noodle really expensive. In the SGV area, I'm sure I can find somewhere with better quality food at a more reasonable price.

My fiance and I had lamented the closure of Dagu Rice Noodle in Arcadia for months. We only discovered it this year and when we pulled up only to find it permanently closed, we literally yelled out, "NOOOO!!!" (Think Darth Vader in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) However, one random night as we were driving through Alhambra, we were met with a shining beacon of light and by that I mean the brightly lit-up sign of Dagu Rice Noodle and its beautiful "We're Open" sign. Compared to its old Arcadia location, they offer even more menu options based around their amazing soup. You can't go wrong with their original with beef slices which is creamy and pork-based flavored with plenty of herbs and oils. I've also had the tomato soup with beef which was also a favorite of mine. My fiance got the spicy...