It’s also been named as one of the best places in Britain to eat noodles
After a long and stressful day at work, many people will reach for their favourite comfort food for a quick mood booster. Noodles are a popular option thanks to their versatility, how easy they are to make, and how warming they are when drenched in a cosy broth.
In Chinese culture, long noodles symbolise longevity and are an essential dish to have for celebrations such as New Year and birthdays. Cambridge is lucky to have plenty of restaurants serving up a range of noodles that are tasty enough to soothe any issue you might be facing.
The CamBites series sees our reporters going around Cambridgeshire in search of the best food that doesn’t cost a lot of money. The Two Treasure Hand Pulled Noodle Bar caught my eye, not only because it was named one of the best places to get noodles in Britain by The Observer, but also because you can watch the noodles being made.
I visited the noodle bar on a Tuesday at lunchtime with a friend expecting it to be fairly empty. However, when we arrived, the restaurant was absolutely packed with solo diners and groups of friends enjoying steaming bowls of noodles.
You order before finding a table so there were lots of people huddled around the short but inviting menu. While queuing to order, you can watch the chefs hard at work making the hand pulled noodles right in front of you with an incredible ease.
I decided to try the pickled cabbage beef brisket ramen, which cost £13.80, and my friend went for the garlic chilli oil beef brisket ramen, which cost £12.80. We were pointed to a cosy little table right next to the kitchen and waited for our noodles to appear.
Before long, my steaming bowl of noodles had arrived in a wonderfully colourful broth. The soup was topped with a dash of chilli oil, fresh coriander, pickled vegetables, and a generous portion of shredded spring onion.
The broth had a slightly sour flavour with a nice chilli kick that just tingled on the tongue and helped to clear out my sinuses. The heaps of noodles were bouncy, soft, and worked perfectly with the umami soup.
The pickled vegetables added a lovely crunch to the dish. The beef brisket was extremely tender and could easily be pulled apart using chopsticks.
My friend’s noodle bowl did not come with a broth but was still topped with plenty of vegetables and beansprouts. The noodles were thick and springy but still as soft as the thinner noodles in the soup dish.
The garlic flavour was strong and the dish was a bit less spicy than the pickled cabbage option if you are not a fan of spice. If you want to make it hotter, each table has extra chilli oil you can add.
An extra bonus the restaurant does is free noodle refills. If you have finished your meal and still have lots of soup left, you can get another lot of noodles for free.
However, we didn’t need extra noodles as we were so full that we had to take home some of our food. Two Treasure is armed with plenty of tubs for takeout so they clearly have people taking home their leftover food regularly.
The noodle spot is truly a treasure in a city with loads of restaurants serving up bowls of ramen. Two Treasure Hand Pulled Noodle Bar is a must-visit for a quick dose of comfort food.
Two Treasure Hand Pulled Noodle Bar can be found at 85 Regent Street. The restaurant is open everyday from 11.30am to 9pm.
All of our food reviews are paid for by the writer. The establishments do not know we will be reviewing their food, allowing us to make fair judgements on each place.
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