TerraCotta Boyz

Don't expect a full dining experience at this location. But if you are looking for good tasting Chinese style noodle (spicy or not), this place is worth the try. You will be surprised.

Cumin beef jiamo. Didn't expect ground beef, prefer sliced but flavours are pretty good and appreciated the clean taste, you can tell everything is house made. Prices on the higher side, and cash only unfortunately!

TerraCotta Boyz is a Chinese noodle shop located in the Old Orchard Shopping Centre in Burnaby. This smallish shop has a few tables on one side of the store and a stand-up counter on the opposite side. Their menu is fairly basic but odds are that you’re coming here for their noodles. The server had recommended that I try their Spicy & Sour Pork Noodles in Soup ($12) so I took him up on his suggestion. I found that the soup was not overly spicy or sour but it is noticeable (especially if you’re unfamiliar with this combination of flavours). I did enjoy the texture and the varying thickness of the long and wide noodles (I need to work on my noodle pull technique). The dish also contained a small amount of thin beef, cut up tofu puffs, and veggies but it felt a bit sparse. While I was waiting for my meal to arrive, I could hear a loud slapping sound coming from the kitchen… assuming it was from them making their noodles. Overall, I was a bit undecided about this dish so I made a note to come back here and try one of their non-soup noodles to see how that compared. It actually took me about 4 months before I finally managed to come back for a revisit and this time I ordered the Fried Beef Sauce Noodles ($12). As expected, the English on the menu isn’t very descriptive but I wound up pleased with this dish. Again, there was the loud noodle slapping noise coming from the kitchen while I waited. And they had to ask me to move over to the counter because a larger party came in after me. This bowl had a generous portion of long, broad noodles of varying thickness topped off with well-seasoned fried ground beef, sprouts, and a few pieces of veggies. You have to kind of mix it up before you eat and the sauce was only mildly spicy but I did think this turned out quite good.

The burgers here is one thing you won't miss out on. However........the noodles were very well done! Nice spring and bounce in every bite, the flavour is nice but I somehow feel like they used to be better before......for those who don't know, they used to be one of my top favourite places for noodles before they closed down. Now since they reopened....its pretty similar but not quite there yet....hopefully they can match what they served before. The cucumber dish was very refreshing though. It's a small place with very limited seating.

The best 凉皮&肉夹馍 I had in Vancouver ever!!! Reminds me food in China in Xian. And they are playing the playlist of Jay Chou!!!

I like it ? Owner is very nice (with his unique monotone ?) I don’t usually eat spicy but it’s very friendly to my tongue ?

Very authentic and good northwestern Chinese food. Not greasy. You can choose all lean meat option for the famous JiaMo. Noodles are handmade with good veggies and meat sauce. The only complaint is the long wait time. Service is friendly. Price is higher than other places, but the quality is worthy.

Convenient area to park. The restaurant is really small, it feels more like a mini food court. The noodles are amazing though! Finished it so quick that I wanted another bowl. This place seems more like a take out/delivery place but it is nice to be able to eat in as well. Would honestly come back for the noodles again.