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Experience the incredible heat of Chongqing at U-Noodles

U-Noodles is a new restaurant on Wyandotte Street West, near Campbell. It specializes in food from Chongqing, a major Chinese city known for its fiery dishes.

Jonathan Pinto pays a visit to U-Noodles, a restaurant serving food from the Chinese city of Chongqing

Yang "Yoyo" Zhou is the owner of U-Noodles on Wyandotte Street West. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

U-Noodles is a new restaurant on Wyandotte Street West, a few blocks away from the University of Windsor.It opened two months ago.

U-Noodles is located at 1652 Wyandotte St. W., just east of Campbell Avenue. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

While most Chinese restaurants in Windsor serve dishes from all over China, U-Noodlesspecializes in food fromChongqing, a major Chinese city known for its fiery dishes.

A look at U-Noodles' hot sauce, which is made in-house. It's a major component in just about every dish. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

Owner Yang "Yoyo" Zhouis from a part of Chongqing called Xiushan.At U-Noodles, Yoyo serves up Chongqing classics, as well as dishes you can only find in Xiushan.

Owner Yang "Yoyo" Zhou is from a part of Chongqing called Xiushan. It's home to many Tujia people, an ethnic minority. These are Tujia-style wontons. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

As you might expect from the name, noodles are the main focus. Depending on the dish, Yoyo uses noodles made from wheat, rice or sweet potato.

U-Noodles uses three different types of noodles: wheat, rice and sweet potato. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

I have a pretty high threshold for spice, so Iordered the hot and spicy noodles, a simple dish topped with peanuts, sesame seeds, green onions and cilantro.

Take a look at that deep red broth. It's asspicy at it looks maybe even more so.

One of the most popular dishes at U-Noodles, and in Chongqing: hot and spicy noodles. (Jonathan Pinto/CBC)

Tap on the audio player to learn more.

This week, Jonathan introduced us to U-Noodles, a new restaurant on Wyandotte Street that specializes in the food of the Chinese city of Chongqing.

U-Noodles is located at1652 Wyandotte St.W. They're open every day except Monday.