Lan Zhou Handmade Noodle

4 stars is right on point for this place. I came here a few days ago for some beef noodle soup. Was looking forward to some ill hand pulled noodles!
The beef noodle soup is $ 6. So, the soup base on its own was a little disappointing. It was slightly flavorless and tasted kind of like a sweaty, dank basement (I was probably influenced by the cramp, dirty basement quarters in which this place exists. But mad love to these places.) When I added a bit of chili oil, it definitely opened up the soup and became more enjoyable. The beef was a little tendon-​ish, which isn’t my favorite, but was pretty aight. There wasn’t a lot of beef in the soup though; it could have used more. Vegetables were unspectacular.
The noodles however, were fantastc. That chewy hand-​pulled noodle texture is awesome and so addicting. I could eat those noodles for days. You see the dude making the noodles in the back too, and that adds to the appeal of it.
So it’s not perfect, but so cheap and soundly satisfying. 4 stars.

Came here for a quick late dinner, anything would’ve done the trick for my stomach, which has been growling crazily. This was better than I expected but was a bit pricey for the amount of noodles I got. I ordered the beef tendon pulled noodles. Upon paying she asked if I wanted a soy sauce marinated hard boiled egg or a fried egg. Thinking it came with the order, I said fried egg, then when I got the receipt it said noodles ($ 7.50) and fried egg (+$ 1). And the egg wasn’t all that appetizing looking. The act of doing that was just not cool, could’ve just said an extra dollar and you get to pick your choice of egg. I still would’ve gotten one but this made me feel like I was cheated.
Anyways, there were a lot of beef tendons but they were all cut in thin small slices/​pieces. A lot of cilantro and scallion over the little amount of noodles in that bowl of soup. It was a good snack in my opinion, but wasn’t a dinner/​meal. I went to get a bubble tea right after.
Definitely a one time thing, as there are plenty of other choices in that food court. Just going to try something else next time.

I love to go to this place when I visit flushing. First of all, I love noodles and handmade noodles are as good as it gets. This place is kind of a hole in the wall, with the exception that food network made it kind of famous, but that’s not how I found it. I was just looking for another handmade noodle place to try out.
The guy to makes them is really kind. I love the beef noodle soup and the jia jiang mien is great too. I once took a friend here and he got the rice dish, I found that to be odd but when I tried it it was very good as well.
I love to bring my friends that are visiting the city here because this place has such authentic Chinese food. The setting is very Chinese, where you just sit where you want and everyone sits together.
The prices are so awesome too. I seriously love love love this place.

I had been looking for a new place to get Chinese noodle soup after finding a cigarette butt in the soup at my usual place in Manhattan, read my reviews of the Cottage.
After reading all the reviews on Unilocal for Lan Zhou Handmade Noodle my wife an I decided to give it a try. We found the address easily enough and only after reading one of the Unilocal reviews did we realize it was located in the basement through a separate entrance. We ventured down stairs into a maze of little stalls until we found Lan Zhou. I was happy to discover that their menu was in English, that they had an «A» rating from the board of health and the person taking the orders also spoke pretty good English. My wife ordered duck with noodles soup and I had the beef. We were told to take a stool at a long low stainless steel counter and a few minutes later our bowls of soup arrived.
Big steaming hot bowls of noodles in a delicious broth chock full of beef, bok choy, cilantro and of course those perfect handmade noodles. My wife told me her duck was perfect. I can’t wait to go back to try some of the other things on the menu. I noticed that they also have a sushi bar and the sushi chef was also having a bowl of noodles for his lunch.
So if you find yourself on Main Street in Flushing’s Chinatown go check out Lan Zhou for a tasty bowl of noodle soup.

I always pass by this place but never stepped foot in. Searching for a quick dinner spot, we found this.
We ordered a spicy cumin lamb burger, lamb pulled noodles, beef noodles, and garlic eggplant.
The spicy cumin lamb burger was standard and fair. The bun was way too crunchy for my liking. Crunchy to the point where the gums would hurt a bit from chewing. It would be like a 3.5 stars.
Eggplant was pretty bomb. The eggplant was cold but the sauce had garlic, oil, soy sauce, scallion, and sesame seeds. Tasty. The sauce was warm (temperature wise). It was a contrast of hot and cold… interesting. This was good because the garlic also wasn’t overpowering.
The chili sauce on the side of the table wasn’t too great…
The beef noodles were nicely flavored. The beef was tender. The noodles were chewy. The soup was also nice. However, I feel like they skimped a bit on the beef (as well as the lamb).
The lamb noodles soup was a bit fattier. The lamb was a bit gamier.
However, when asked tea or water, we sad water but were given tea. It’s like the tea they give you at sushi places…
All in all, not bad. Would I come back? Sure.

Same issues as the other branch in New World Mall — the silky saltiness suggests they’re using MSG, as do the headaches I get after eating here. If they’re using it — and other reviews here agree they are — it’s a real shame because I have really enjoyed their food and won’t be able to go back now.

Begin your culinary adventure to the Golden Shopping Mall and head down to the basement. Heads up, the stairs to the basement are located outside the mall; enter from the sidewalk.
At Lanzhou Handmade Noodle, you’ll watch them pull, stretch, and pound out the noodles right in front of you! Then feast on some delicious dishes.
Listen: you can hear the loud smack of the noodles slamming against the wall! Warning: don’t come here if you’re going to be sketched out by health code violations.
We got the lamb noodle soup. The broth was very tasty. If I went back, I’d consider bringing my own spoon (or secretly scour one from another food stall. shh! don’t tell) because theirs is too small and can’t capture enough of the delicious broth.
Also, the meat was served on the bone, so it was difficult to eat and a bit messy. Make sure you have napkins handy!
The noodles were excellent! They were very springy and had the perfect amount of chew. You can definitely tell they are freshly made.

Great consistency of noodles. Tastes authentic and the price is absolutely amazing for a bow of lamb noodles. Very quick service, and its always cool to watch them make the noodles. They also have many noodle combinations to choose from. If you want sliced noodles which I requested, you have to make sure you let them know otherwise it is the standard noodles. Many people behind the counter as well, which is a plus. Their friendliness level was okay. Would recommend if you’re visiting Flushing.

Came for lunch while working. Ordered beef noodle soup with chili sauce and it was amazing! Cost effective and delicious. $ 6 for a huge soup. My lips are still tingling from the chili sauce, so good! First time ever in a little food court like this and I was intrigued. Would go again next time I have a craving for noodles.

This is the first time that I have eaten at the queens mall location. We should have stuck with what they are good at, the noodles. We could watch them hand pulling them for our table in the middle of the food court. However, we got a pulled pork burger to try something different. Usually it is dumplings with hot chili sauce! This choice lacked flavor, and I ended up adding hot chili oil to kick it up a notch. I walked away disappointed and hungry.

Everytime I came here to eat always busy and no seat available… U have to wait… the place is small but I like their beef noodle soup and its cheap.

I know the food stall almost right across called Xian famous food is really famous because of all the food network people. But I can honestly say that real Xian food is 100% more flavorful. Lanzhou hand pulled noodles on the other hand is way better. I have had real Lanzhou hand pulled noodles in lanzhou and this place can’t compare, but it’s the closest thing I can find in flushing. I always get the simplest beef noodles and add small amount of vinegar, chili oil and the pickled veggies they have in a tub on the tables. The broth is delicious, the noodles are always on point. And it’s just a really cheap and fast meal. I cannot praise this place enough.

Another stop in our food trip to Flushing for the day, we got the beef noodle soup and split it between the three of us. The hand pulled noodles were awesome to see right there, and they were delicious. The food court is nothing fancy and doesn’t LOOK nice, but the food was great and worth it! The guy at the shop was also extremely nice.
Oh, add the chili oil to the noodles. It’s in a metal tin on the tables and it added so much flavor. But it’s very spicy so don’t add too much!

I remember the first time my friend took me here. I was repulsed by the overall appearance and location of the place, downstairs, tucked away along with some other small eats, in a shady looking basement underneath some shops in a tiny strip mall. I recall saying, «Bro, if I contract bird flu down here, I’m gonna kill you.»
I remember sitting down in a rickety old chair amongst a group of people, and this woman comes up to us and asks what we’re ordering. My friend says in Chinese, «2 bowls of daoxiaomian please!» At first, I was like. daoxao? (knife-​sliced) O_​o Never heard of it. Then I see this brolic Chinese guy with a round piece of dough in his hand and using a sharp blade, actually, for lack of a better word, slice thin strips of dough into the pot of boiling water. Hmm… Interesting. There’s also another variation, where they knead, twist and pull the noodles. but I’ve never tried that; I’ve always had the knife-​sliced noodles.
A few mins later, 2 bowls of piping hot daoxiao noodles with slices of beef, were set in front of the 2 of us. I started eating. and holy sh! t. It was love at first bite. $ 5 for an amazing bowl of noodles and generous slices of tender beef. Wow. I was so impressed with the food that I forgot how appalled I was at the appearance! Loll That was 2 years ago. Nowadays, I come here pretty much once a week for my fix. or whenever I’m in the Flushing area. Especially on a cold winter day, a nice hot bowl of beef noodles and soup is amazing.

Not great.
I wasn’t expecting greatness but I was expecting better.
I ordered the beef noodles. There are 3 variations of this and I chose the cheapest priced one just as a test eat. I should have went with braised beef or the beef stew.
The beef noodles ($ 5.00) is pretty much noodles in beef broth was hard blocks of beef. The kind of beef that you need to chew through like Italian bread. The noodles was the best part of the meal as is in their storefront name.
Good thing because if it didn’t taste well, I would have definitely not returned.
The spiciness was light but can be adjusted by using their hot oil/​grounded chili pot that is next to the cashier/​order pick up side.
I will return to try their other beef options and if they don’t wow, I probably woudn’t not thrice the visit.

Let me tell you. The smell of Golden Mall hit my senses and I knew that it was on.
It was a freezing, rainy night and all I cared about was the fact that I was eating hot noodle soup in a dungy basement with people yelling at each other in Mandarin. I know this review is irrelevant because… Anthony Bourdain… so I don’t feel bad that I couldn’t tell you a damn thing about whether the food was good or not, because all I cared about was that it felt like home. I think that’s all you need to know.
…oh, yeah. and, you guys, it is SO cheap. Houston prices in NYC? Yes please.

Cheap, fresh hand pulled noodles in several combination broths n meat is what this place offers.
It is another gem place in a dingy basement of the golden (nothing golden about it) mall.
I got the beef handle pulled noodle soup and it was excellent. All ingredients were flavorful as well as the broth. Meat was tender and tasty. Think this will become my favorite on cold days. And for $ 5.50 woooooooooot, u cannot beat that price!

I love this place for a few reasons:
1. It’s a hole-​in-​the-​wall, which is precicsely the kind of place I always look for. Not the seatings, tables, location and it does not pretend to be anything else. The charm is in its food, not ambiance. Nevertheless, the people are usually very friendly.
2. The value is great. For $ 5 – 7 you’ll get a generous serving of handmade noodles with plenty of choices for meat.
3. Most importantly, the food is delicious. Since I am now a vegetarian, I miss this place terribly. The only time I go these days is when I take my friends here, to this assuming place, so they can appreciate the same experience.
I’ve tried several different things here (beef sirloin, roast duck, seaf food etc.). The beef sirloin is always a safe bet. I’ve never tried any non-​noodle items here though.

Everyone’s raving about Ippudo this, Momofuku that, but I’m thoroughly convinced that the best damn noodle soup you’ll find is at this stall in the dingiest basement in Flushing.
Watching the guy hand pull the noodles — slowly forming long strands from a single solid block of dough — is hypnotic. This is an artist! They don’t need Sun Noodle’s machines here, all they need is dough, and questionably used gloves! Haha but for real, the noodles here are impeccably prepared and cooked, with a perfect amount of chewiness and bite. They never fall apart either — they are an impossibly long nest of noodles in your bowl.
The broths are amazing as well — never too salty and impossibly deep in flavor. Each bowl’s different toppings are great, with the moist oxtail, duck, lamb, whatever in a perfect portion lying on top of the noodles.
All at an attractive price! You could buy three (or four!) bowls of these noodles for a price of one at a ramen joint in the city.
Definitely recommended.

The quintessential hole in the wall place. It’s fast, it’s cheap, it’s delicious. I know the Golden Mall has become popular with Zimmern and Bourdain but there really is good eats down there. So the «food court» is in the basement and it seems completely dirty and dingy. If you come looking for anything fancy or anything visually appealing, then you are mistaken.
The food:
Beef noodle soup– I think the noodle soup is great, it’s cheap, hand pulled noodles with tender chunks of beef. The hand pulled noodle really is a work of art, it’s time consuming and tedious but it makes all the difference in the world. The noodles have a nice smooth texture with a nice chew. I am a fan.
Oxtail noodle soup– The noodles are the same as the beef but I thought the ox-​tail was tougher than I would have thought, I also think the ox-​tail was cut too thin. I say stick with the beef noodle soup.

Ok listen: this is a food stall not a traditional resturant. Are we clear?
This is an underground labyrinth of Asian gastronomic chaos!
It’s HOT, tiny, claustrophobic, confusing, and NOT clean, cramped, and even harder to figure out where the heck your going to sit! English is not the main language so good luck unless your super psyched to have a Chinese speaking/​reading friend w you.
But…
This place serves amazing LAMB dishes… Very spicy! And hand made noodles!
Yes, the one where famed Andrew Zimmerman & Anthony Bourdain were filmed for an episode on authentic regional Chinese dishes.
***Just get noodles w lamb or hot soup w noodles & lamb or the lamb «burger» served on a similar bun as the Korean Bot Banh Bao buns.
Keep a very open mind & bring your sense of adventure (& lots of hand sanitizer) bcz it’s delicious!

This is a 4 star dish. I have never gotten anything else from them. I ALWAYS get the chicken w/​potatoes in spicy sauce. It is $ 15 anf more than ebough for 2 people. It comes w/​a side of noodles ot rice. love it! ! !
Always hits the spot & always consistent.

«Not obsessed, not obsessed, not obsessed – » okay, I am OBSESSED with this place. It’s such a shame I couldn’t have discovered this place sooner before the whole Anthony Bourdain-​Golden Mall publicity. One of few cheap eats left in Flushing where you can actually get the most bang for your buck; I’d like to think this is why it’s called the Golden Mall – divine prices for divine food.
I wouldn’t call myself a noodle snob – I like my Cup Noodles here and there but who doesn’t love a bowl of fresh noodles, especially when it’s straight from fresh dough? The underground of Golden Mall is like another universe made for foodies – like Alice goes to Food Wonderland. The first time I discovered this mall was also the first time I discovered Lanzhou Handmade Noodle. Are you really telling me that you can get freshly made, hand-​pulled noodles for $ 5-​$ 6? You bet your ass.
It’s so sad that I haven’t been able to stop getting the beef noodles only because, well, they’re that good. The noodles are delicious and smooth but the best part about it is the light but strong aroma of the broth. I’ve tried ordering their skewers, which are only a dollar but here’s the catch: you must buy at least 3. I mean, I’m a girl who can stuff, but I can only stuff so much. I usually order takeaway and their packaging is pretty legit and probably the best noodle takeout packaging I’ve gotten.

Lanzhou Handmade Noodle is one amazing place. You have this guy stretching, pulling and making fresh noddles. Awesome. If I was making this, I would be wearing the noodles. The guy behind the stall was definitely an artist in my book. The guy reminded me of the old school pizza guy who would toss and twirl the pie in the air when I was a kid.
I saw this art of making fresh noodles on one of the cooking shows. The basic combination of flour and water with molding, stretching and pulling to make a delicious noodle may be a lost art one day. The precision and detail was definitely a big wow factor.
On my first visit, my wife and I ordered two dishes which I thought was a soup base dish. Instead, we received two plates of noodles with veggies and pork. A small let down, but not the end of the world.
The dish was delicious. Fresh noodles is awesome in any form. The texture, flavor and freshness sets it apart from process package product you buy at the supermarket. The dish was huge, enough for two people and we ordered two plates. We where stuffed. While I enjoyed the stretched noodles, the veggies and pork in the dish was on the small portion side. Oh well.
On my next visit, I got it right. A delicious bowl of lamb noodle soup. Across the board a well balance dish with a flavorful broth, tender lamb and very tasty noodles. Add some heat and I was very happy camper.
Overall, Lanzhou Handmade Noodle is a must try at The New World Mall Food Court. Get a table near by and enjoy the art form of stretched noodles being made. The stall has many options and can’t wait to try them all.

Not the most pleasant atmosphere to eat. But the noodles are really good.
Beware of the hot chili oil, it will burn your mouth and probably your ass later when you…
That being said, the beef noodles was $ 5.50. Beef was tender and soft. A few fat spots here and there, but it was marbled pretty good. The broth was beefy and the right level of salt. Noodles was fresh, perfectly chewy and had a really smooth texture.
Almost a 4 star, but the atmosphere was just a little tad dirty. Some people may like the décor and no frills type of place, but the tables and chairs were a little greasy. They use disposable bowls and utensils so you don’t really have to worry about dirty noodles. As long as they cook it in a clean pot. my stomach is good. Don’t let unappealing décor stop you from coming though, the noodles is worth coming back for.