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Lanzhou

  • Dining

    October 19, 2011

    He Nan Flavor: Noodle on Down

    The Lower East Side greets its first Henan restaurant

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    New Peel Noodle Joint Opens in Chinatown: Kuai Le (or Kuaile) Hand Pull Noodles Restaurant

    ​Peel noodles with lamb in soup even boasts a stray mushroom or two. Five years ago, Counter Culture announced that a new Chinese noodle had hit town. At Sheng Wang on Eldridge Street, in a downstairs location attached to a fish-ball factory, something called peel noodles were served for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    The 10 Tastiest Things To Eat at the New World Mall Food Court

    ​The peanut Pure Snowy at Snopo Last week, Counter Culture rode the long silvery escalators downstairs to the humongous new food court at the New World Mall in Flushing. Obviously, would couldn't eat everything at the 28 stalls -- many of which offered multiple specialties -- but we did sam ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 10, 2011

    Malled by Food in Flushing

    We ride down into a massive new food court

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Robert Sietsema on the New York-Montreal Food Connection

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema explores the relationship between New York and Montreal food. Sam Sifton awards two stars to Harold Dieterle's Kin Shop, even though it's not quite authentic Thai: "[It's] an American restaurant that serves food prepared using Thai flavors, a restaurant that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Where Should I Go For a Weekend Eating Crawl?

    Include newcomer Eighth Avenue Noodles on your noodle crawl​Welcome to this week's installment of Ask the Critics. If you have a question--any question!--you'd like answered in this column, email us. This week, Amol M. asks: "Can you suggest a weekend excursion/eating crawl in the five borou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    New 8th Avenue Noodles: Peel Noodles Proliferate!

    Peel noodle soup with beef​The new storefront on Eighth Avenue displays cheerful bunting outside and a lump of dough as big as a Labrador inside.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Sheng Wang, New York's Foremost Purveyor of Peel Noodles, Closes, Then Reopens, (Eek!) Renovated

    ​The exterior of Sheng Wang looks pretty much the same--but wait till you see the interior! I got a panicky call from Scooter a couple of weeks ago: "Hey, have your heard anything about Sheng Wang closing? It looks all closed up."

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Our 10 Best Sunset Park Restaurants

    Yissel's chimichurris draw a crowd​The neighborhood of Sunset Park is so-called for the park of the same name, a green, hilly spot offering a community pool built in the 1930s and spectacular views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Until World War II, the area was mainly home to Easte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at Northern Spy; Sarah DiGregorio at Kuai An Hand Pull Noodles

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema is fond of Northern Spy, despite "a certain blandness" about the food that can probably be attributed to the Bay Area-style hands-off approach to food preparation. Sarah DiGregorio samples the latest Fujian-owned Lanzhou noodle joint : Kuai An Hand Pull Noodle ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 9, 2010

    Hand-Pulled Noodles in Chinatown

    Get your dough stretched like taffy at a new spot

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Francis Lam Enjoys a Hand-Pulled Noodle Crawl

    Kuai An's special hand-pulled noodles.​We at Fork in the Road have long been enamored of hand-pulled noodles. Salon's Francis Lam is, too: today on Salon's Food Section, he devotes a few hundred choice words to a recent hand-pulled noodle crawl he conducted through Chinatown. And over the cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    China to Ban Public-Space Smoking in 7 Cities

    ​The anti-smoking ban pioneered in New York have finally caught on in its natural home of Red China, where the totalitarian government has ordered a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces in seven provincial capitals. It's up to the local governments of Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenyang, Harbin, N ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: Slurp Through the Recession

    ​The anti-smoking ban pioneered in New York have finally caught on in its natural home of Red China, where the totalitarian government has ordered a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces in seven provincial capitals. It's up to the local governments of Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenyang, Harbin, N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    The Early Word -- Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodle Inc.

    The prodigal peel noodles at Tasty Hand-Pulled (click to enlarge) There are at least ten joints in greater Manhattan Chinatown that specialize in Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles. The latest entree in the sweepstakes is Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodle Inc. (note the fussy punctuation), on Doyers in the old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Incredibly Cheap Eats -- Wonton Soup

    The usual bowl of wonton soup carried out from a neighborhood Chinese restaurant is none too interesting -- rubbery, thick skinned dumplings in a broth that tastes like dishwater. The wonton soup slung at Super Taste is different: a wealth of wontons bulging with scallion-scented pork, delicate ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 10, 2008

    Scenes From the Roosevelt Food Court

    New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties

  • Dining

    April 22, 2008

    Regional Chinese Fare Hits Flushing Like a Ton of Bricks

    New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties

  • Dining

    March 18, 2008

    Lower East Side Fujianese Joints Becoming More Refined

    New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties

  • Specials

    October 23, 2007

    Letters

    New Flushing malls offer regional Chinese specialties

  • Dining

    March 20, 2007

    Mystery Mall

    Food court revels in a variety of regional Chinese styles

  • Dining

    November 7, 2006

    Use Your Noodles

    Slurping is encouraged late into the night at Fujianese newcomer

  • Dining

    December 13, 2005

    Thanks, Cattle

    On thronged Eldridge Street, maybe the best noodles of your life

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