VOTED BEST TAKE-OUT IN VANCOUVER!

5 years running The Noodle Box has won the WE “Best of City” award.

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VOTED BEST TAKE-OUT AND NOODLEs IN THE GOLDEN PLATE AWARDS

You voted us #1 take out in the city for the Georgia Straight, Golden Plates Award.
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The Noodle Box chain serves yummy pan-Asian food, such as curries and stir-fried noodles and rice. Prices are a little on the higher side but still represent good value.

When I’m too tired to cook and I want fast food, I don’t crave traditional fast foods like fried chicken, or burgers and fries. My idea of fast food is fresh, made-for-you, noodles. I lived in South Australia for a number of years and one of my favourite things about the food scene there was the countless number of stores called “Wok in a Box” that were popping up everywhere. Basically, you could swing by on your way home from work and grab a box of fresh stir-fried noodles for a quick and easy lunch or dinner. The benefits were numerous; it was quite affordable (about $8 a box), it was healthy (noodles, veggies and meat/tofu) and you could select exactly what you did, and did not, want in your box. I always thought this would be a great business opportunity in Vancouver.

Looks like I am a little too late as the owners of The Noodle Box already clued onto this back in 2001 when they started their business out of a refurbished hot-dog cart on the streets of Victoria. (I would love it if this happened in Vancouver!). However, because B.C. city by-laws regarding street-vendors are so backwards they were forced to close their cart and open a store. Since then they have grown and have opened four stores in B.C. Not bad for a start as a small street-vendor.

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL

October 20, 2006 | Alexandra Gill

“From the outside, The Noodle Box looks like a funky urban diner, with it’s front wall of windows, soaring ceilings, polished concrete floors and spiffy designs. And while seating is available for about 25, there is no table service. You order at the counter and pick up when your name is called. This is fast food. And the assembly-line service helps keep the prices down (no dish is more than $12).

I’ve already been a few times and never been disappointed, although some dishes are better than others. The Cambodian Jungle Curry – rice noodles in a light ginger broth with mushrooms, peppers, greens, sprouts and topped with lots of cilantro and chunks of mango – is my favorite.

These are the kind of meals I’d make for myself if it weren’t such a hassle to gather all the ingredients. Why bother anyway? The Noodle Box does it faster and cheaper than I could on my own.”
The Globe and Mail Article