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Lan Zhou on Division

February 23, 2010 by Feisty Foodie 6 Comments

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One last stop in the hand pulled noodle journey!  The very first place I started was Lan Zhou (which is the region from which hand pulled noodles come, actually).  Since then, another place has opened with a similar name, so I made my way over to this ultra clean restaurant, which was pretty empty on a Wednesday evening. 

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Spicy Ninja ordered some spicy soup.  He liked it a lot, if I recall correctly.  He said it was a good spicy level, not crazy but not too mild either (one of his pet peeves). 

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I ordered the ‘beef stew hand pulled noodles’ – it’s not really beef stew, but it’s a bunch of really yummy beef parts that I like to eat. 

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A nice tangle of smooth, slippery noodles.  I really liked my noodles and there wasn’t too much MSG present to make my mouth tingle later.  Mmm.  I thought the noodles had a good chew to them, and were pretty tasty. 

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Dumplings.  Once again, fried was not on the menu, but because I was with Spicy Ninja, he busted out the Mandarin skillz and requested them fried, which was met with no resistance.  Seriously, when I’ve gone to the other places without him or a Mandarin speaker, they consistently refuse my attempts to get them to fry the dumplings, dammit. 

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The dumplings were super juicy and pretty tasty.  I like. 

Yvo says: This place gets a lot of points for being one of the newest to open, so it was super clean, plus its location isn’t quite as shady as Super Taste, Sheng Wang, or Kuai An La Mian.  But the noodles were solid, as was the broth, and the overall experience – despite it being totally empty – was a positive one.  I will definitely be back… though I don’t know how I’ll get those fried dumplings.  The original Lan Zhou still gets the win for that being on their menu. 
recommended

Lan Zhou on Division on Urbanspoon

Filed Under: Around NYC, Asia, By Name, Cheap Eats, Chinatown, Chinese, Cuisine, Downtown Lunch, Manhattan, Restaurants Tagged With: dumplings, hand pulled noodles

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Comments

  1. T.C. says

    February 23, 2010 at 10:14 am

    No surprise of more hand pulled noodles with Yvo. Nice beef stew noodles. Now I want a spicy beef stew noodles. *drools*
    And too bad they won’t fry dumplings for you without a Mandarin speaker.

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  2. Steve says

    February 23, 2010 at 10:23 am

    looks good. what were the prices?

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  3. Aimee S. says

    February 23, 2010 at 11:46 am

    The word isn’t “shady” it’s “sketchy.” LOL

    What’s up with you and the noodles? Noodles, noodles, noodles! Sheesh!

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  4. Ambitious says

    February 23, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    I want to eat dumplings now!! 🙂

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  5. Jj_an says

    February 23, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    re those fried dumplings and language barrier.. how about just saving that gorgeous picture of that fried dumplings above in your mobile phone and whip it out to show them next time you come around.. ?

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  6. Nicholas says

    February 24, 2010 at 12:33 am

    No mention of the bags of 50 frozen dumplings? Gotta be the greatest deals in Chinatown. What you said about Mandarin is true about multiple things. They wouldn’t give my friend half tendon half beef when he went alone, so the next time he had me order everything and there was no issue. I don’t know why, it’s not like it’s more work or anything.

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