1.   But as a staple of Chinese snack shops and noodle houses, it refers specifically to a slithery broad noodle, usually made of rice flour.

2.   Customers must bring their own alcohol to this noodle house, which has fewer than a dozen tables.

3.   Noting the large Japanese population in the East Village, and the profusion of sushi bars and noodle houses, they decided to concentrate instead on kushikatsu.

4.   They came full circle with the opening of popular all-in-one mainstream noodle houses like Zao and Longlife, scattered throughout the Bay Area.

5.   This slick Westernized version of a traditional noodle house offers a long list of relatively inexpensive noodle dishes from China, Japan, Thailand and Singapore.

6.   Historic buildings were turned into malls, warehouses, even a noodle house.