Tag Archives: 拉面

Lanzhou beef noodles, Lanzhou-style

Posted on September 18, 2017 by David Dettmann

Three years ago I published my first post on this blog, focusing on a topic that has fascinated me for more than twenty years–Lanzhou hand pulled noodles and “secret” ingredients. Over the past three years that post has been far … Continue reading →

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Uyghur home-style pulled noodles

Posted on February 15, 2015 by David Dettmann

For those of you who have experienced them, Uyghur pulled noodles–known as läghmän لەغمەن or längmän لەڭمەن in Uyghur and banmian 拌面 or latiaozi 拉条子 in Mandarin Chinese–are surely a special treat. Expats in China talk about this dish as … Continue reading →

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Lamian (pulled noodles) in University City

Posted on July 26, 2014 by David Dettmann

Life is starting to get easy.  A new place opened up next to the Wawa on 36th and Chestnut in University City that does a decent pulled noodle (lamian 拉面–see here for my more detailed entry about this noodle dish).  … Continue reading →

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Lanzhou pulled noodles and “secret” ingredients

Posted on July 13, 2014 by David Dettmann

For those who have experienced it, a trip to a hand-pulled noodle (lamian 拉面 in Mandarin) shop is a culinary highlight of China.  Often these shops are named after their product: “beef noodles”(牛肉面), or “Lanzhou pulled noodles” (兰州拉面). In China, … Continue reading →

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