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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstMount Qi Pork Noodles
Wheat noodles tossed with pork belly in a spicy sauce, house chilli oil, Sichuan peppercorns and tofu, Xi'an style. The first bowl to the table.
Green Papaya
Vietnamese · Xi'an · Hackney
191 Mare Street, London E8 3QE
Hidden gemEasy to walk past — you'd have to know it's there.
Most people walk past the Mare Street façade. Family-run Vietnamese/Xi'an with almost no hype — the kind of room locals keep coming back to.
A Vietnamese kitchen on Mare Street that keeps a whole Xi'an noodle section on its menu, two traditions under one Hackney roof. The noodles are why we'd cross the borough.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the Mount Qi pork noodles
Craft
The chilli oil and the sauce are the kitchen's own.
“sautéed in our spicy sauce, tossed with our house chilli oil”
Tradition
A named Shaanxi noodle style, from the Xi'an side of the menu.
“truly authentic Xi'an specialities”
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