LUCKY HAND PULL NOODLE HOUSE: ADAPTING A NORTHWEST FAVORITE

Hand-pulled noodle (lamian, 拉麵), is a made-to-order type of Chinese noodle. After placing your order at Lucky Hand Pull Noodle House, your chef gets down to work repeatedly stretching and folding a piece of dough onto itself until each noodle strand reaches the desired thickness.*

Flushing Food sat down for some lamian lunch at Lucky Hand Pull Noodle House around 1:30 P.M. on a weekday. Less than ten minutes after ordering, a steaming $6.00 bowl of beef hand-pulled noodle soup (牛肉拉麵) arrived. The rich broth was as satisfying as the freshly-made chewy noodles. And presentation was an inviting contrast between bold red utensils and mild greens of scallions and bok choy:

Make like most Chinese do and top off your soup with Donghu Laochencu and pickles:**

For those preferring something spicier, there’s always chili oil:

If nothing else, visit or order from Lucky Hand Pull Noodle House to avoid a drive to Philadelphia’s beloved Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House.*** As with Nan Zhou, Lucky Hand Pull Noodle House has a similarly unpretentious feel and eerily similar condiments setup:

May Flushing Food suggest: Making like a local and ordering the beef hand-pulled noodle soup.


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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamian
** China’s preeminent vinegar brand. See http://english.cri.cn/4406/2009/03/05/1981s460791.htm
*** Well, at least among frugal college students.

Media credits: Helen Y.
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