Paik’s Noodle

AWESOME SPICY SEAFOOD SOUP YUMM! Finding a small ethnic restaurants that are open on Mondays can be a challenge, which is why I ventured away from the great Kimbob Deli across the H Mart parking lot to Paik’s.
The restaurant was well-​populated with diners, clean, and orderly. The short menu is a plus, making ordering easy. I went for the Spicy seafood Ito, which worried the hostess. She warned me the soup was very spicy, and said she was afraid of serving serving such a spicy soup to me. She suggested a heat level of 1, or maybe less.
This suggestion was made out of a kind concern, but as a white chick who improbably eats the 5 – 7 star Thai with the natives, I implored her to SPICE IT UP like she would for a true Korean, and she did!
That soup was HOT HOT HOT and super amazingly delicious. The hot pepper in the broth had a smoky chile flavor that complimented the slightly sour rich broth — it was more than just heat. My nose was running after 2 spoonfuls, and my mouth was on fire, but it was such a good burn I couldn’t pause for long. I needed more!
I was very pleased with the amounts of squid, octopus, and pork in my bowl, mixed with a flavourful combo of veggies including carrots, onions, widest mushrooms, and cabbage. Noodles were about half as thick as standard Japanese udon noodles, with a better flavor.
The soup is served with a side of sweet pickled gourd, sliced thinly, that clears the palate perfectly, between fiery bites.
Unfortunately, I had to get my soup to go. The soup was packed so well that despite falling over twice, not a drop of soup spilled.
I can’t wait to go back!
23 Nov 2015 — I told you I couldn’t wait to come back!
Today I brought my two daughters, who can handle NO HOT PEPPER AT ALL.
Sarah had the Sweet and Sour Pork which was awesome — pork slices were dipped in rice flour and perfectly fried to a crisp with NO GREASE. The sweet and sour sauce was DELICIOUS and full of crunchy bamboo shoots, carrot, cabbage, onions, and woodears. The flavor was bright and well-​balanced, and of the natural color of rice syrup and honey: not that cloyingly gross rocket-​red glop that they call sweet and sour sauce in bad Americanized Chinese restaurants. Tip– take a piece of pork and dip it into the sauce, instead of dumping the sauce over the pork. Make sure you pick up some veggies :)
Miranda has the pork and shrimp stir-​fried noodles. Her dish was savoury and flavourful, loaded with veggies and tender strips of pork and while small shrimp. The noodles were well sauced and the whole dish was a delight. Stir-​fried noodles (especially Chinese lo mein) are so often greasy, but Paik’s noodles were not greasy at all. All you taste is the light salty-​sweet-​tangy sauce and the flavor of the stir-​fried ingredients. DELICIOUS!
I had the spicy seafood soup — it’s addicting. After the first cold snap in NTX, I have been wanting this soup for 2 days.

Paik’s Noodle is the perfect restaurant because of their exceptionally pleasant service, cheap food, big portions, sensational taste and texture, spotlessly clean restaurant and it is perfect place for serious eaters!

I heard from a friend that this is a popular place in Korea. If it’s that good in Korea, for sure it’ll be great in Dallas! The menu is easy to understand with only 5 items on the menu. Do I want the black bean noodles or spicy seafood noodle soup? Or do I want it over rice? Or maybe the stir fry noodles and some sweet and sour pork? Heck we got 4 people in our party, let’s order them all!
I’m glad I got to try all the dishes, but disappointed that not one dish was good. The sweet and sour pork lacked flavor even with the sauce. Perhaps it’s the way they fried the pork, but it was really bland. The black bean noodles were good, but also kind of bland. The stir fry noodles smelled delicious, but had kind of a one-​note flavor. The veggies and meat tasted like lukewarm soy sauce. The best dish was the spicy seafood noodle soup. Deliciously spicy with a decent amount of seafood and noodles. I would order this again!
Unfortunately for this place, you can go to elsewhere w/​in the area for the same dishes with MUCH more flavor. Fortunately for us folks, there is a place where you can eat these delicious — Dong Chun Hong. AND, they have combos!

3.5−4star. A Korean friend recommended this place and we decided to try it. The lady at the counter was super nice and sweet. The portions are large and very filling. The flavors were okay. I wish the temperature of the food was hotter. Everything was room temperature. I would say if you’re in the area and curious, sure go ahead and give them a try. I would not purposely go out of the way to eat here though.

Korean Chinese fusion. Large portions, and healthier than American Chinese. Great fresh taste. Fast service, you can see your food being prepared after order.

I think I like this place, self-​service. They have only 4 entrée menu serve on rice or noodle. I have no idea with all of the choices but I just pick no.1 with noodle. After I finish, still don’t know what I have done but only one I know I like it so much. The price was fair for the home style restaurant. Easy come and go. Fast with very very big big portion. I will try all of them soon. ;))

Yum! I have a friend who lived in Korea and bragged about this place for months so I was really excited to try it. The menu is short and sweet, the food is hot and tasty. I shared the tangsuyuk (crispy, sweet and sour pork) and the jjampong (seafood noodle soup).
At first, I thought it was just aight. I’m not a fan of the sweet and sour combo in foods so I wasn’t a huge fan of the thick sauce that comes with crispy pork. However, you can order the sauce on the side and try it before slathering the pork in it. Don’t expect the American-​Chinese takeout sweet and sourt stuff. This pork is light, crispy and coated in (what I assume is) potato starch. Onto the soup! Initially, I thought the jjampong was a little bland but the more and more I ate it the more I really liked it. I declared it delicious by the end of the bowl. The broth is light but still savory, spicy and filling. The noodles have a nice texture and all the veggies in it taste great. Next time I’d try the stir fried version of this though.
I’m landing between three and four stars. The portions are fairly large so I think it’s a great spot to bring a friend or date and share some comforting Korean cuisine.

We came for their black bean noodles. We walked in and looked at each other shocked and wide eyed. Wow the smell from this place, ugh wreaked of sulfur. We decided to stay anyway seeing people dining in and we were starving lol. Seemed we also walked in at an awkward time because the food inspector was there, overheard food temps were good and only pointed out the fridge for drinks needed to be colder.
As we waited for our food the smell disappeared thank goodness.
Pickled radish, vinegar, soy/​oyster sauce?, watery siracha, red pepper powder, and aprons provided. Friend ordered jjajangmyun (bbn) — just okay, less onions please, sauce needs a little work, I added some vinegar which gave it some sweetness, but still not as good as China Factory in HMART’s food court, I ordered Jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle) — this was the winner, no fish odor/​sand, broth was amazing, unsure if it was lady like to pick up the bowl and slurp, but we did it lol. mmm what perfect combination of seafood, veggies and noodles

I came here to relive the magic of Korea when I lived over there for a few years. I believe the equivalent place is called Hong Kong banjum. They only had 3 dishes you could order, and these places (yes it’s a chain) were almost never empty. Here’s how this place compares:
The jjampong (noodle seafood soup) was almost the same! The taste of the broth is more intense and spicy. I imagine they tempered it for American tastes? More importantly, the dish is supposed to come with tons of mussels in the soup, rich this place doesn’t. Be prepared this is one BIG bowl!
The sweet and sour pork is almost identical. I think the sauce was reduced more so the flavor was even more sweet and sour. But I’d definitely take this over anything else in the area. The breading is crispy and the sauce luxurious. I can’t imagine anyone not liking it.
The interior is nice and the service is not bad at all. You self serve yourself most of the silverware, water and condiments anyway.
Verdict: it’s not quite the same. But I’m still coming back.

We love this place. They have a very limited menu but the items are our favorite Korean-​Chinese dishes anyway and they’re all delicious. It’s self-​service and the food is ready fairly quickly. The staff has always been friendly. It’s very clean too.
It gets rather busy on the weekends so we try to go early, 5:00 ish for dinner.

I am not Korean. I was kind of intimidated about ordering, but it turned out OK because I looked at the pictures on the menu and picked numbers. The staff at the register could definitely speak English and made sure to call out order numbers in both languages. The transaction went fine. We got the black bean noodles that we ordered. It wasn’t terrible, but I’m not sure if I’d go back, especially when there are all these other restaurant options in the area.

The menu is tiny! Spicy seafood noodles, black bean noodles and sour pork. The food isn’t amazing enough to bring visitors for, but if you’re in the area… It’s a cheap, solid meal: D
The seafood noodle soup itself wasn’t as richly flavored as I would like, but it was hot, a wonderful thing to be when it’s literally freezing out! ^^ Don’t be expecting clams, shrimp, and mussels– there was only pieces of chewy squid. But for a ginormous bowl big enough for two meals priced at less than $ 7, it’s all good~ I like how there was a TON of vegetables, mainly cabbage, making rabbits like me happy, nom nom! :D
Order at the counter, and they will call your order number. The rest is self-​service. Don’t forget to clean up after yourself and place your trays on the cart in the back! I’ll be back when my taste buds need a change :)
(Bring a coat in the winter; every time the door opens, the cold gusts of air reach everything!)

This place is pretty good. I haven’t had Seoul jajangmyeon for 3 years so I might have liked it more than I would have in Seoul, but it was way better than the instant stuff you can buy at an Asian store, or even the one I had at the Korean place, Pepero, in Charlotte.
First of all, Seoul is just an awesome place filled with trillions of jajangmyeon places, and one could get away with saying that they all taste a bit different. So, Paik’s Noodle didn’t ‘have-​to’ taste exactly like anything back in Korea, but it sure was nice to have something close to authentic.
The clerk is Korean who seems to be bilingual. I just ordered in Korean so I’m not sure how proficient her English is but I’m sure it’s more than good enough. The kitchen was open behind a large glass window so they were confident. The customers were almost all Korean. This could be interpreted as inconvenient for someone who is totally uncomfortable with being the only [insert your non-​Asian race]. But I would see it as having a good reputation among the people who enjoy that type of food.
The franchise, actually, is pretty common in Korea. But hey, so is Café Bene. It was good. You should try it too.

I brought my family here with much excitement and we were all very disappointed. Only thing positive that I can say about this place is that the price is very cheap. But with cheap price comes bad quality food.
Jjajangmyun, the black bean noodle was just ok.
Jjampong, the spicy noodle soup, was terrible. The broth was very oily and full of MSG. I can tolerate certain amount, but my goodness, it tasted like they really went overboard.
Soup had good amount of veggies and squid. As I was chewing the squid though, some pieces tasted funny. I didn’t want to be the complainer and ruin other people’s meal, so I quietly continued to just eat them. Later, my daughter told me she did the same. Big mistake! We ended up with bad stomach aches and my daughter developed rash all over her body. Not happy at all.
I know that they are new and maybe they did not manage their ingredients well. But, I don’t think that I will ever go back. Too sad.

Went on a Monday night at 730pm with some chinese girlfriends. Told them I would take them to a Korean interpretation of Chinese food. When we arrived the lady warned me in the front that the orders were backed up. So I had fair warning that the food would take at least 15 minutes.
The Jjajang was good but lacking in sauce, the tangsuyook was decent but could’ve been crispier and the sauce was VERY VERY thick. They might have gone overboard on the corn starch. The Jjambbong although the broth was excellent it was luke warm. Uh… that is a BIG NO NO! Spicy seafood soup should be generating HOT HOT HOT when it comes out. Oh well.
Because they are fairly new maybe they are getting into the rhythm of things but if you dont get it right in the beginning people wont recommend this place to others. Hopefully they will catch on soon, Carolton can use a GREAT «Chinese» Korean place.
Now, only if they would deliver and pick up the dishes like they do in Korea… haha.

At first you see the Korean name, so I thought this was the same owner as the one in HH (closed). Walked in and realized this isn’t the place I was thinking. Paik’s noodle is a franchise, owned by a famous chef in Korea. Their menu is simple and the price is cheap.
I ordered the spicy seafood noodle (chambbong), black sauce noodle (ja jang myun), and deep fried pork (tangsooyook). Of course, this wasn’t all for me.
The spicy seafood noodle was delicious! The portion wasn’t too big and the broth wasn’t so spicy. You can actually taste the seafood cooked into the broth. I personally didn’t like their ja jang myun but then again I ate it when it when it was swollen. The deep fried pork was good and went well with the noodles.
For all three we paid around $ 20.
For my next trip I will get the black sauce with rice (ja jang bap) because it looked so yummy!
Located in between charm juk and musiro.
By the way, don’t expect kimchi with your meal because that is not a norm in Korea.

Decided to try this place out because of the hype that is has in Korea.
First off the place is definitely in the beginning stages of an actual restaurant. It’s really open, but there’s a limited amount of seats and tables so we were forced to wait around 15 minutes awkwardly in the middle of the restaurant.
I ordered the Jajang Bap and has some of the tangsuyuk, the prices were really cheap and it came with big portions, perfect for lunch.
However the food was just overhyped, the Jajang sauce has a burnt after taste that I couldn’t escape, and the tangsuyuk doesn’t taste like meat at all, it was straight up batter with a corn syrup sauce.
I’m giving them three stars simply because they’re still fairly new. It also sucks that they charge you around 50 cents to take your food Togo, don’t really understand that concept. I will be coming back to see if they improve, but as of now, I would wait til they settle down.