Regurge: Sliced Pork Belly Noodle Soup from M Noodle Shop

I hate to admit it, but the reviews were pretty spot on. The majority of yelpers designated the broth as greasy and bland and the noodles lackluster. Despite the diatribes, I tenaciously clung to the lone comments which bestowed accolades upon the place. The sole review on Menu Pages gushed over the sliced pork belly noodle soup, so that's what I ordered (plus a $1 extra fried egg).

What a disappointment. My feelings of optimism, reinforced by those of the doe-eyed Menu Pages reviewer, became hardened like the overcooked egg yolk pictured above. The noodles, a pallid, doughy mass which severed with the caress of a plastic spoon and adopted the spherical formation of the takeout container, were boiled for way too long. The broth was mediocre, not sweet (which is a plus -- I hate sweet broth), but nothing more than your average, run-of-the-mill wonton soup broth. I was hoping the pork flavor would somehow be integrated into the broth with a little unexpected heat, but alas. No go. The final letdown was the pork. An anemic beige color, it was tough and flavorless.

I'm glad I got this over with. It's a bit of a hike from my apartment and definitely not worth the trudge in the cold. I'll concede this one to the angry yelpers. I'm not irate enough to publicize my disappointment on a food website that people actually read, but I will try to heed their words of warning next time.