As reported, Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles has a soft opening on October 25th. I’ve confirmed with the owner that the owner worked in Lanzhou and that this is an independent restaurant, not part of a chain.
Updated list of places serving Lamian 拉麵 aka Shou lamian 手拉麵 aka chen mian 抻面 aka Hand-pulled noodles.
Mention Lanzhou
- Ark Chinese Restaurant (Alameda) CH Lanzhou la mian stated on menu
- Boiling Beijing (San Bruno) CH, CH Lanzhou la mian stated on menu
- Mom Dumplings (Milpitas) Lanzhou la mian stated on menu
- Yi Yuan (Millbrae) / Yummy Szechuan (Millbrae) HO; CH, CH Chef Hu Wen Jun trained at Shijiazhuang Culinary Academy in Hebei. Lanzhou la mian stated on menu
Noodles simply listed as hand-pulled / la mian, no mention of Lanzhou
- Bing’s Dumpling (Fremont) la mian
- Chef Wang (Millbrae) HO Korean Chinese/ Shandong
- China Way (Santa Clara) Korean Chinese/Shandong
- Din Ding Dumpling House (Fremont) HO la mian hand-pulled noodles and Xiao long bao, some Shaanxi dishes
- General Tso Kitchen (SF Inner Richmond) La mian hand pulled noodles, needs verification— photos look like lagmen described in original post
- Kung Fu Noodles wide and thin hand-pulled noodles and lamb pita soup
- M.Y. China (SF Union Square) knife-shaved, scissor-cut, and other Shanxi noodles CH HO doesn’t list hand pulled but you can watch the chef twirl them
- QQ Noodle (Milpitas, Cupertino)] CH
- San Wang (SF Japantown) CH Korean Chinese/Shandong
- Thousand Tasty (Milpitas) HO la mian
- GG skewers needs verification
I’m leaving out Shandong, Korean Chinese, and whatever else i listed as Category #4 in the original post, and I don’t know their technique. Some of those source their noodles or use packaged, pretty damn good, noodles available at Korean markets.
While I’m updating, two new Shaanxi places with hand ripped noodles:
- Xian Kitchen (Milpitas) shell shaped noodles
- Xi’an taste (Newark) la mian
