Mawn Noodle House
![A round sign for Mawn Noodle House in Philadelphia. The sign hangs from a post and is reflected in the tall window at the front of the restaurant](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-1.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
My daughter started a printmaking class at Fleisher’s Saturday Young Artists Program, so we’re in downtown Philly a couple of times a month. Last time we dropped her off and we stumbled on Mawn Noodle House, a new Cambodian restaurant in South Philadelphia. We popped in for a quick lunch1 before taking a walk through the Italian Market.
![Diners share a meal. In the wall behind them is an arrangement of several framed prints of illustrated chickens, and an elaborate printed cloth stretched across the top of several of the frames.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-3.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
![A bowl of beef noodle soup with an egg yolk delicately perched above beef and greens.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-4.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
![A tofu bowl topped with artfully shredded carrots and peanuts.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-5.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
![A tofu noodle bowl topped with sauteed mint leaves and crispy ramen noodles.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-6.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
![A silver boombox with a single cassette deck and a rotary radio tuner.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-7.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
![A woman and a young girl sitting side by side in a restaurant, smiling. The woman wears glasses and wears a green cardigan. The girl has a headband and a pink shirt with a grey cardigan over it. Behind them in the near distance is a bright red curtain leading to the entrance of the restaurant.](/.netlify/images?url=/posts/mawn/mawn-2.jpg?w=320&fit=contain)
We only later found out that while Mawn doesn’t take reservations for lunch, dinner reservations are a hot ticket since they opened. ↩︎