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New Kettering restaurant serves up authentic Chinese dishes

Kung Fu Noodles joins neighboring Asian market in Kettering space that once held the Colony Club

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By Mark Fisher
Feb 11, 2019
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A restaurant that specializes in noodle dishes from northern China is now open at 2801 S. Dixie Drive in Kettering.

Kung Fu Noodle is located on the north end of a building that once held the Colony Club, a former nightclub and restaurant that enjoyed its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, bringing in big-band musical acts that drew large crowds from throughout the region.

Kung Fu Noodle is now open at 2801 S. Dixie Drive in Kettering.

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The building later housed a succession of Mexican restaurants, but was vacant for several years before its south portion reopened last July as a Happy Asian Mart food market.

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Kung Fu Noodle opened “softly” in mid-January and is still serving a “trial operation menu,” with a permanent menu in the works in the weeks ahead. The restaurant seats 22.

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But even the trial menu is extensive, featuring appetizers such as roasted lamb skewer, dumplings, pot stickers and “Dandan Noodle,” consisting of thin vermicelli-style noodles with stir-fried ground pork, topped with spicy garlic sauce and green onion.

Kung Fu Noodle is now open on South Dixie Drive in Kettering.

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Noodle-based entree dishes include Classic Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup, with hand-stretched noodles served with thinly sliced braised beef, sliced white radish, green garlic and cilantro; Stir-Fried Noodle with pork, zucchini, onion, cabbage and tomato; and “Bite of China” Ground Pork Noodle Soup with tofu, kelp buds, dried lily, carrots, spinach, potato and ground pork.

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Kung Fu Noodle is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Monday, closed on Tuesdays. For more information, call (937) 938-9027.

Kung Fu Noodle is now open in Kettering.

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About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.