Chinatown-Ten Second Noodles

Chinatown’s Ten Second Noodles on Beach Street serves rice-noodle soups with a choice of broths and toppings. Tomato, kimchi and green-pepper versions give the bowls quite different starting points, with combinations that include beef, pork chop or fish. Choose the broth first if that’s what matters most to you, then work out the rest of the bowl.

There are chicken-and-mushroom noodles and beef-tripe options as well. Fried chicken, scallion pancakes and dumplings round out the menu if you want something on the side. It’s a restaurant to keep in mind for a noodle-soup lunch, with enough variations that everyone at the table can order their own bowl.