Comments on: Taiwan Beef Noodle House in Vancouver

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Correction: the restaurant English name is “THE PLACE”, not “The Old Place” (Chinese version)

Addendum to my post above:

(see 1st reply):
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/437868

http://www.vanmag.com/restaurants/reviews/Southvancouver.shtml

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:11:42 +0000

Deepgroove, I agree with you about TBNH. In fact I’ve stopped going there altogether for the past 18 months now.

GOOD NEWS: a new restaurant opened up in the past year up Granville, also on east side, around 63 Ave called “The Old Place” (Chinese name is same literal translation). It’s between the Starbucks and the Shanghai Palace Restaurant. Very good, authentic Shanghai fare. I brought my parents there recently and my mom, who grew up in Shanghai and Szechuan areas, was very impressed with the quality of their foods. Humble but honest interior and prices are more than reasonable.

A must try :-D

(I’m getting hungry …..)

By: fxho

fxho — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:17:39 +0000

Although it is not in Vancouver/Richmond, I will second LotusRapper’s opinion on Lao Shan Dong. I drop by every other week to satisfy my noodle cravings! A friend of mine tried a new Taiwanese noodle stand in Yaohan Centre food court. She said it was quite decent (she is Taiwanese). I guess I will have to drop by one of these days and try it myself!

By: deepgroove

deepgroove — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:32:09 +0000

I’ve been going to this restaurant for several years and it had been very good, but last year it seem to have changed chefs and probably the owner as well. The last couple of times I went may have been after october hence the difference in experience. When I first tasted the beef noodle soup I can tell the soup wasn’t done right, there was no flavour. The beef wasn’t stew long enough to be tender or flavorful. What’s worst was the noodle was overcooked. The other thing I always order was the marinated tofu which wasn’t done right as well. Anyways I thought it could have been a fluke, so I decided to try again after 1 month and it was exactly the same experience. So I stop going. If anybody had been there recently and can confirm that their beef noodle soup is good again, I will check it out. it’s so hard to find a good beef noodle place in Vancouver/Richmond.

By: [eatingclub] vancouver || js

[eatingclub] vancouver || js — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:37:08 +0000

The restaurant prior to The Old Place served very good Taiwan beef noodle.

I tried their version a couple of years ago, a few months before they closed down and became The Old Place.

Too bad. I was hoping that they might be resurrected someplace else.

By: _ts of [eatingclub] vancouver

_ts of [eatingclub] vancouver — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:20:20 +0000

This place closed down for a while. It’s now called Wang’s Noodle House or some such thing (in English), but the Chinese name is still the same. (Tricky, tricky, haha.)

Ken, where else is a good place to go for Taiwanese Beef Noodles? (Burnaby may be a little “far”, hehe.)

(I thought The Old Place on Granville & 64th was more Northern Chinese food with dumplings and such.)

By: Wai Bing

Wai Bing — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:48:31 +0000

Believe you’re referring to me? :) Glad you like pork ears…I miss them so, so much. It looks soooo…delicious. I now know where to go to for pork ears! My next immediate task is to pester KC to take me there!

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:23:00 +0000

Well I don’t want to sound like a sour grape, but TBN used to be much better. They changed ownership about 2-3 years ago and quality & quantity have gone down. Service is slow and inconsistent. There are a number of very good beef noodle restaurants in town, starting with one only about 4 blocks north of TBN (around 63 Ave), on the same side of the street, called “The Old Place” or something (direct translation of their Chinese name). Everyone I know who has been there swear it’s one of the best they’ve ever had.

Another conveyor of venerable beef noodles is Laoshandong on Kingsway at Nelson in Burnaby. Not quite the Taiwanese style although one would be hardpressed to taste the difference. Price for a large bowl is maybe a $1 more than TBN but well worth it.

I actually try my best to keep track of local beef noodle restaurants as it’s one of my obsessive foods, and I’m even in a group in Facebook called “I Love Beef Noodles” :-D

By: flowbee

flowbee — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:44:40 +0000

i thought this place closed down?? or maybe it was an extended vacation…anyways, glad to see that it’s open now. i love the noodles and innards here :)

By: Gloria

Gloria — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:01:46 +0000

As for a 24hour restaurant this is place you would go. But as for Taiwanese Food, this is a place you would not want to go!! China people cooking Taiwanese Food is like Canadians cooking Chinese Food!!! Their food are not traditional Taiwanese, and very very extremely oily!!