Rice noodlesNorth York, Toronto
One bowl,
seven broths.
00The project
- Client
- 真三鲜米线 · Lava Rice Noodle
- Cuisine
- Sichuan–Chongqing rice noodles
- Location
- North York, Toronto
- Year
- 2026
Lava Rice Noodle — 真三鲜米线 — serves Sichuan–Chongqing rice noodles in North York, Toronto. The mark came with the restaurant: chopsticks lift noodles from a bowl whose rim turns into a chili. We left it as it is and worked outward from it — re-setting the bilingual menu so guests choose the broth first and the bowl second, then carrying the mark’s red, cream and ink into posters and pieces for the table.
- Bilingual menu, two sheets
- Menu English edit
- Poster series
- Identity applications
01The mark
Chopsticks, noodles,
and one chili.
The mark is the restaurant’s own and we didn’t redraw a stroke of it: the name in brush script, a bowl, noodles drawn as nested arcs, a rim that turns into a chili. It arrived as a single JPEG on red, so we cleaned it into a transparent mark that prints in red, cream or ink, and took the palette from it.
02The broths
Choose the broth,
then the bowl.
The original menu squeezed the seven broths into one line of small print, found only after thirteen dishes. The new menu turns that round: the broth is step one, in a column of its own, and the noodles are step two. You read the menu in the order you order.
- 01老四川火锅Sichuan hot pot
- 02经典泡椒Pickled chili
- 03藤椒Green Sichuan pepper
- 04苗家酸汤Miao sour soup
- 05老坛酸菜Pickled mustard greens
- 06药膳滋补Herbal broth
- 07浓汤番茄Rich tomato
03The menu
Thirty-three dishes,
two clear pages.
Page one is only noodles; page two is rice combos, snacks and braised dishes, and drinks. The Chinese name leads, the English sits beneath it, and every price lines up on one edge; hairlines separate the dishes and red is kept for wayfinding. All thirty-three Chinese names and prices are exactly as they were.
米线
RICE NOODLES · 13
01先选汤底 Choose a broth
- 老四川火锅Sichuan hot pot
- 经典泡椒Pickled chili
- 藤椒Green Sichuan pepper
- 苗家酸汤Miao sour soup
- 老坛酸菜Pickled mustard greens
- 药膳滋补Herbal broth
- 浓汤番茄Rich tomato
02再选米线 Then the bowl
- 三鲜米线Sanxian rice noodles16.99
- 全素米线Vegetable9.99
- 嫩肉米线Tender pork12.99
- 猪肝米线Pork liver12.99
- 午餐肉米线Luncheon meat12.99
- 黑鱼片米线Snakehead fish slices12.99
- 酥肉米线Crispy pork12.99
- 虎皮鸡脚米线Braised chicken feet12.99
- 嫩鸡肉米线Tender chicken14.99
- 牛腩米线Beef brisket15.99
- 腰花米线Pork kidney15.99
- 肥肠米线Pork intestine15.99
- 虾滑米线Shrimp paste15.99
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饭 · 小吃 · 饮
RICE · SNACKS · DRINKS
03米饭套餐 Rice combos
配菜、卤蛋＋汤 with sides, a marinated egg and soup
- 招牌卤肉饭Signature braised pork rice12.99
- 牛筋牛腩饭Beef tendon & brisket rice15.99
- 隆江猪脚饭（半只）Longjiang pork knuckle, half12.99
- 隆江猪脚饭（整只）Longjiang pork knuckle, whole16.99
04小吃 · 卤味 Snacks & braised
- 小酥肉Crispy pork7.99
- 招牌椒麻鸡Signature pepper chicken12.99
- 虎皮鸡脚Braised chicken feet5.99
- 猪肘Pork knuckle16.99
- 猪耳Pork ear8.99
- 猪舌Pork tongue8.99
- 卤蛋Marinated egg1.99
- 红糖糍粑Brown sugar rice cake5.99
- 炸薯条French fries4.99
- 红糖冰粉Brown sugar ice jelly3.99
05饮品 Drinks
- 瓶装水Bottled water1.00
- 雪碧Sprite1.99
- 冰红茶Iced black tea2.99
- 茉莉花茶Jasmine tea2.99
- 酸梅汤Sour plum drink2.99
- 可乐Coke1.99
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English, edited against the Chinese
Several English names on the original didn’t match the dish. We checked each against the Chinese and added nothing the menu didn’t say.
- 三鲜米线
Pickled Cabbage TrioSanxian rice noodles - 午餐肉米线
HamLuncheon meat - 藤椒
Green PepperGreen Sichuan pepper - 药膳滋补
Medicinal TonicHerbal broth - 酸梅汤
Plum SyrupSour plum drink - 全素米线
VeganVegetable
04Posters
Numbing, hot,
and fresh.
Three posters, one character each, each tied to something on the menu: 麻, numbing, is the green Sichuan pepper broth; 辣, hot, the Sichuan hot-pot broth; 鲜, fresh, the Sanxian noodles the restaurant is named for. Each takes one ground from the palette.
藤椒汤底
Green Sichuan pepper broth
老四川火锅汤底
Sichuan hot-pot broth
三鲜米线
Sanxian rice noodles
Poster series · concept
Best eaten hot.