The best noodles in the city RIGHT NOW

• Tasty hand-pulled noodles is a little hole in the wall spot at the tail end of Doyers Street in Chinatown, and like many of the best spots in Chinatown, it’s unassuming. But the noodles here are hands-down my favorite in the city. I could eat them plain, they’re so good. You have options here. Noodles pan fried or in soup? With meat, fish or just veggies? Knife-cut? Hand-pulled, fat hand-pulled or wide hand-pulled? They’re all good. My order? Veggies knife-cut pan fried. And I add lots of Sriracha because that’s how I roll.

  Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles NY, 1 Doyers St., 212-791-1817, tastyhandpullednoodlesnyc.com

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• Update: Yuji has closed his popup at both Whole Foods locations and now has a restaurant at 150 Ainslie St., Williamsburg.

  Yuji Ramen has helped to popularize the latest trendy ramen style, mazeman, or without broth. But he’s gone way beyond that by introducing combinations like bacon and egg and salmon and cheese to New Yorkers always looking for the next best thing. The salmon and cheese (Camembert) is particularly inspired. The salmon is lightly cured, and fishy enough to stand up against the creamy, somewhat stinky cheese. The addition of lemon keeps the dish bright and the noodles, which are fresh and hand-rolled by Chef Yuji Haraguchi, are a cut way, way above typical ramen noodles. They’re springy, chewy and toothsome.

  Whole Foods Gowanus, 214 Third St. and Whole Foods Bowery, 95 E. Houston St., yujiramen.com

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• Here are some other great noodle dishes that didn’t break the top 5:

  Cold sesame noodles at 456 Shanghai Cuisine, 66 Mott St., 212-964-0003

  Pho Chay (vegetable pho) at Nha Trang Centre, 148 Centre St., 212-941-9292 [Ed. note: Also order the garlic fried calamari.]

  Spicy cumin lamb hand-ripped noodles at Xi’an Famous Foods, various locations, xianfoods.com.

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It was tough to get to the bottom of where to get the best noodles in the city, but we tried. These dishes are the ones wowing us right now, but there are certainly many, many more.

What are your favorite noodle dishes in this city of limitless options? Tell us in the comments.