The new Nooba eatery in Gurgaon

You’re the trailblazer. You discover, others follow. Only, there hasn’t been anything new in a bit, even when it comes to culinary escapades.

Nooba. Say it slowly, Trendy gals, letting the word roll off the tip of your tongue, just like the super-smooth noodles at this chic new eatery. As their funky line goes ‘oodles of noodles, shmoodles of style’.

Enter this 80-seater eatery, and let the bright red upholstery act as an instant mood booster. The short, crisp menu lays it all out — soups, dimsums, noodle bowls, fried rice bowls, pan fried noodles and the noodle soup bowl, each dish a meal in itself. The Fresh Shrimp Crystal Dumplings have sinfully thin layers. The Chong Qing Spicy Chicken gets its flavour from whole red chillies. Follow that up with the Shrimp Fried Noodles in Chilly Garlic Sauce. Each dish is a discovery: the spice levels and the sauces are just right.

The chefs are Chinese — Nooba is from the well-regarded China Club stable — and can’t understand English, so it’s better to understand what sauce you are ordering to prevent it from turning out a tad too spicy. Or worse, too bland.

Come alive to excitement of the new, again.

Nooba, Building 8, Tower C, Cyber City, DLF — II, Gurgaon. Ph: 0124 - 4147889. Meal for two: Rs 500-700.