Dish: Asparagus Beef NoodlesPlace: Wanna Noodle, Queen AnnePrice: $9.50 In the bowl: Per the menu: “5 pepper black bean sauce, asparagus, mushrooms, red peppers, egg noodles.” Also: onions and green onions.Supporting cast: Nothing. What to do: Dive right in.Noodling around: First off, friendly folks work the counter at Wanna Noodle, wearing orange shirts (to match the walls) and warm smiles. I asked for a recommendation, and the one guy in the black shirt (head noodle chef, as black trumps orange) immediately suggested the asparagus beef noodles, touting the really good spice level (one flame). I figured I should listen to the black shirt.My companion, who’s a spice and seafood queen, went for the lemongrass seafood hot pot with its two flames. (This is one shy of the three flames found in a couple of other bowls, but both of those are made with udon, which we eat all too often at home.) It would turn out that my bowl was spicier than hers, which suffered from sweetness.The asparagus beef noodles weren’t bad, as there was enough going on in the bowl to keep it interesting. The noodles were well-cooked: thin, eggy, spaghetti-like strands with just the right bite to them. The spice level, as promised, was perfect. Normally I’d spike up a dish like this (there are bottles of Sriracha by the front door, though the color was a little less bright than normal), but I liked that it wasn’t overpowering. And the meat/vegetable-to-noodle ratio was good. But given that it’s the start of asparagus season, and having just returned from San Francisco where fresh-picked ones adorned virtually every plate, these spears fell a little flat.If you want more: Sides are limited to miso soup, edamame, a small green salad, and some dumplings. The overhead sign says “spicy Szechuan dumplings” (chicken, with smokin’ chili-garlic sauce), while the paper menu reads “potstickers” (with gyoza sauce). At $5, maybe give either of these a try.Be aware/beware: This is a sparkly new restaurant in lower Queen Anne, with window seating that allows you to watch the valet parking action for fondue lovers heading to The Melting Pot. The location and its cleanliness had me suspect from the start, as I generally want a grittier feel to get my noodle juices flowing. Pricing is $2-3 too high per bowl, perhaps to pay the rent. If you walk half a block to Than Brothers, you can get two small bowls of pho for the average price of one of Wanna Noodle’s bowls–and you’ll get a couple of cream puffs to boot. Follow Voracious on Facebook and Twitter.