Pointless Prize – Ramen Ride

[bikedavid]

Do you like to bike? Do you like noodle soup? If so then this game is for you because there’s nothing like a bowl of steaming noodles to power you on a cold wintry day!

The rules are simple:

1. Ride your bike to a noodle soup place

2. Consume the bowl of noodle soup at that location. This could be a brick-and-mortar place or a food truck!

3. Take a photo of your bowl of noodle soup

4. Post a photo here with a note about it

5. You can visit the same place only once. However, if the place is a chain, you can visit their other locations, e.g., Jinya Logan Circle and Jinya Mosaic District

6. What qualifies as noodle soup? Pretty much anything that contains noodles in a soup including Ramen, pho, Taiwanese beef noodle soup, Indonesian Mie ayam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodle_soup

7. Not required but if you so desire you can tag your ride as #FS2020soupyride or #FS2020slurpyride

8. The winner will be whoever visits the most locations

Happy slurping!

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[bikedavid]

@JoM 197812 wrote:

So – I should be out riding, but figured that I’d update my soupy status before I head out.

Places in College Park:
Qu Japan – right off Route 1 – only one veg option that you can make spicy. Comes with tofu, mushrooms, corn, bean sprouts, and nori (also bamboo shoots – but not my favorite, so I left it out) with springy chewy noodles in a savory and hot broth.
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Saburo – also off Route 1 – Spicy Miso Ramen – this isn’t worth writing about – broth was SUPER salty.
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Rockville: The Block, Mama Mei’s – Udon Soup with mushrooms and fried tofu – very filling – but they also threw Bonito Flakes on top – so vegetarians beware. (They probably also add bonito flakes in the stock as well.) The Block in Rockville had tons of space. I will have to go back to get ice cream – they had tons of asian-inspired flavors like – Ube, Lychee, Matcha, and Pandan with Mochi.
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DC: Sichuan Pavillion – A huge bowl of Mapo Tofu Noodle Soup – mouth numbing slurpy soup that was splash all over my shirt good. I used to work near Farragut Square – so when HF suggested that we go here, I was all in!
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You’ve been busy! Wow, don’t think I’ve ever seen Mapo Tofu as a noodle soup!

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

I didnt ride my bike there yet so I’ll steal no valor but if you’re ever in the area check out yunnan by potomac in Old Town https://www.yunnanbypotomac.com/
I’ve had several different things there now and theyve all been great. They make these thick billowy noodles that are sooooo pleasant to bite into and theres a bunch of interesting sounding things on the menu.

[josh]

I had this pho at Rice Paddies in Silver Spring for lunch during drevil’s D.C. L.a.G.R. ride a couple weeks back. The broth wasn’t as flavorful as I would’ve liked, and I preferred the flaming beef seitan that I tried as well. Still, it was nice having a lot of options there, and the ride was certainly worth it.
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[josh]

I’ve been here for banh mi before and they’re very accommodating to vegans. It’s tiny, but a friend was in the area and suggested going, so of course I said yes. It was pretty good and I liked the almond boba tea. TBH I’d still probably go for Sprig and Sprout.
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[Emm]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 198770 wrote:

I didnt ride my bike there yet so I’ll steal no valor but if you’re ever in the area check out yunnan by potomac in Old Town https://www.yunnanbypotomac.com/
I’ve had several different things there now and theyve all been great. They make these thick billowy noodles that are sooooo pleasant to bite into and theres a bunch of interesting sounding things on the menu.

They had a lovely wapo article written about them. They’re good.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/restaurants/at-this-alexandria-noodle-shop-diners-find-joy-in-moderation-not-extremes/2019/04/08/0c18b806-563b-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html

[mrhappy_onabike]

Got this delicious bowl of noodles at the Bollard Busters team get together last night.
Bar Bao in Clarendon. Nice spiciness.

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[bikedavid]

Here is the tally for noodle soup rides:

JoM 5
josh 3
emm 1
steveo 1
brownws 1
mrhappy_onabike 1

Congrats to JoM with 5 noodle soup rides! There may have been more but these were the ones that were posted.

Also congrats to runner up Josh with 3 vegetarian noodle soup rides! Who knew there were so many vegetarian pho places.

An honorable mention to mrhappy_onabike who seems to have the biggest appetite at least based on the bowl to size of person ratio!

It’s been fun seeing all the different noodle soup places. Hopefully you enjoyed finding and trying them. I’m looking forward to trying many of these places which I didn’t know about since I don’t often go very far north of the river (to College Park) or to the other side of the river (to Old Town to try Yunnan).

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