Xī'ān Xǐchángcháng Miànguǎn

On the right as you walk towards the beach, just past Joy Plaza, this unassuming Shaanxi noodles joint is easily the best of the numerous restaurants on this stretch of Zhonglou Beilu. There are many types of noodles, but the house-speciality yóupō làròu miàn (油泼辣肉面, slightly spicy, flat noodles with beansprouts, spinach leaves and succulent chunks of cured pork; ¥16) is not to be missed.