The Friday food feed: Restaurant and dining news around western Pa.

Soft opening: Chi Le Ma quietly started serving at 709 Bellefonte St. in Shadyside, offering Sichuan-Tibetan noodles alongside Asian desserts and handcrafted matcha drinks. Owner Wengmu Ciren, who’s from Ganzi in Sichuan, runs the kitchen with her father, who brings 30 years of restaurant experience to the operation. Ba Tang noodles, crawfish mapo tofu, curry beef and pork rib noodles round out a menu that’s already generating buzz — and don’t even get us started on the fun-sounding desserts like Korean milk bingsu (shave ice).