Lanzhou Beef Noodle (Stretched Noodles)

Lanzhou Beef Noodles (Stretched Noodles) is the most famous local dish in Lanzhou. Firstly created during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) in Qing Dynasty (1616 - 1911), now, it is popular all over China. This dish has five main features: clear soup, white radish, red pepper, green caraway and yellow noodles. In order to meet different favors, the noodles can be wide or slim. Boys like er xi (a little wider) while girls like slim ones, the middle-aged and the old like jiuyezi (leek leaf) and maoxi (slimmer) and scholars prefer slim and jiuyezi. Farmers, soldiers and workers prefer wide or even wider. If a girl or an old man asks for wider noodles or a boy asks for maoxi noodles, it would be rather strange. The noodles have gone beyond food to become a culture.

A bowl of beef noodles costs 2 Yuan and takes only a few minutes to prepare. The chef twists and stretches the dough skillfully and in less than two minutes the noodles are finished. This quick and inexpensive food is undoubtedly the first choice among the locals.

For various cuisines

Name: Yuebinlou
Address: 384, Jiuquan Road, Lanzhou
Features: Beijing Cuisine and Seafood

Name: Lanzhou Hongjin Fang Restaurant
Address: No.534 Binhe Nan Lu, Chengguan District
Features: the only luxury restaurant on a waterfront in Lanzhou

Name: Seventy Two Industries Folk Customs Restaurant (Qishier Hang Minsu Jiulou)
Address: 279, Jiuquan Lu
Features: Sichuan Cuisine and Hunan Cuisine

Name: Tianlong Meishi Cheng
Address: No. 921, Gannan Lu

Features: Dunhuang flavor

For Lanzou Beef Noodles

Name: Jinding Beef Noodles Restaurant
Address: Pingliang Road

Name: Ma Zilu Beef Noodles Restaurnat
Address: Dazhong Xiang, Zhangye Road

Other local restaurants are mainly located at Nongminxiang Lane, Hezheng Road, Snack Street at Square West. The food stalls are open until very late at midnight. You can try all kinds of different flavored snacks and fruits.

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