We know, we know: It’s in the Showboat, and it’s not even in the House of Blues. Still, this tiny, boxy Asian bistro channels a thoroughly mod Shanghai noodle bar, with its minimalist white window-screen wall, cozy booths, and open kitchen exhaling a constant cloud of soup-produced steam. Head-on jumbo shrimp, egg noodles with oceanic baby bok choy, and beef broths that’ll cure what ails ya arrive — even at two a.m. — faster than you can say “rice vermicelli.”

Royal Noodle House | Showboat Atlantic City 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ | 609-343-4000 | http://www.harrahs.com