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ZAO Noodle Bar Restaurant Review

261 University Ave. (Bryant St.) Send to Phone
Palo AltoCA 94301
650-328-1988 | Menu
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Popular noodle house offers affordable bowls of noodles, soups and starters from nearly every corner of Asia.

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Lunch & Dinner daily

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Owner Adam Wilner is committed to bringing affordable, authentic noodle dishes to the masses. Snacks include crunchy shrimp chips, seasoned soybeans and roasted wasabi peas. Satays (skewers) of vegetable and meat come with a spicy-sweet peanut sauce or a soothing yakitori sauce. Other starters include crispy imperial rolls, Vegas summer rolls and meat dumplings. But the heart of the menu lives in its noodles: room-temperature chicken and ramen noodles make a great salad, as does the seared-beef à la Thailandaise. Steaming noodle soups appear in traditional Japanese soba bowls. The concrete walls in the Palo Alto venue are softened with bright banners of wild animals, but the noise level can rise when this small place is hopping. Other locations.

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