The Noodle Shop is a Chinese restaurant in San Mateo’s 25th Avenue shopping district.  They specialize in Mandarin Hunan Cuisine and Mao’s Family Dishes. Many items are hot and spicy through the use of red chili oil. This restaurant has changed hands several times in the last couple years with the last one happening in late 2009 with no English name change. Mao’s Family Cooking is the new Chinese name and they serve Chairman Mao’s favorite dish. Read the rest of this entry »