Duan Chun Zhen Noodle House - Cupertino

We had D12, Braised beef shank noodle soup and C1, Braised dish platter. Both are excellent. I would have preferred the beef in the noodle soak in more flavor but the noodle and the soup are 10+. We will be back.

The lasagna is chewy, the beef is fragrant and chunky, and the soup is rich and mellow. Children who love to eat will always order the noodles every time they come ?Like

New restaurant, which was opened directly before Christmas. they see that they still put it out. I will update my review if problems improve below.1 on the plus side the decor is beautiful and inside is new and clean.2 the waiter and the staff are disorganized. it takes to get their order taken, or to get the leak, etc. would be even worse if the inner is actually full. they need to repair their processes.3 eating itself is ok. the chicken noodles did not look like the menu photo (boneless without actual lighter). the bark in the bark noodles has been cut too thin for the price. The large appetizer taster looks wet and dirty. the fried rice was good.4 smaller, but their main door does not work, it will soon break the art and wise as it is set up. small details like these probably signal other attention-to-detail problems throughout the board.

Tips: Use their Waitlist' tablet to check in and walk over to Marina Food while you wait (the market has lots of snacks to browse). During lunch time, I noticed customers are ordering to go; they were quoted 45 minutes pick up time.Service: Being the restaurant just opened, we understand there are more work needs to be done. It was our server's first day on the job. It did took 3 attempts to repeat our 4 bowls of noodles three appetizers to get it into the handheld POS the server was using. Although an item was missing from our appetizers, every staff we encountered were very nice and friendly . Please anticipate this if you are dining here soon. BTW the handheld POS made getting the check easy and efficient. We pay at the table and sign at the POS.Food: I'd like to break this down for you...(1) Food portion: The noodles bowl is not your typical Pho size bowl with lots of food. Tho, it was just right with a few appetizers added to our main entree. We found the Braised Dish Platter smaller than the picture advertised on the menu. Each item (tofu, seaweed, egg (one egg cut into half), beef trip, and tendon) is about 3-4 bites. We did ended up ordering two plates of the Braised Dish Platter for party of 4. Steamed vegetables plate is considered a single portion in my opinion. For a palm size steamed cabbage with braised sauce $5, we probably will skip this dish next time. PS: You can combo any of the noodles (price difference) and choose a small side dishes (size of a soy sauce ramekin) a beverage.(2) Taste: Our party ordered Beef Noodle in Braised flavor and Mala Garlic flavor. They are all very good. We all agreed the broth is where the magic is! The beef shanks were bit firmer than expected but it was cooked evenly. The beef tendons were in large pieces as well. There are three types of noodles to choose from (thin, flat, and handmade) and we each got different kind. Note: the handmade noodle is like a sheet of lasagna noodles cut into large pieces. Chewy and floppy.Least favorite food: Wontons with Chili Oil sauce. The wontons were over cooked which caused the skin to fall apart. The chili oil was just right but salt was missing. It was just chili oil without seasoning.Our total bill was $100 with 4 noodles 2 braised platter chili wontons. Overall, the food was decent as there aren't many decent beef noodle soup in the area. Most of the dishes are seasoned well though some felt their food overly salted (based on individual preference).

We’ve lived in Hsinchu and tasted Duan Chun Zhen over 12 years. We can absolutely identify the store in Cupertino has totally different taste and flavor compared to the headquarter. I suggest to have it without any Duan Chun Zhen’s stereotype.(We tasted it on Dec 22nd, 2021)