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"Centered on the Shaanxi specialty biang biang noodles — long, wide ribbons that are at once silky and chewy thanks to a hand‑stretched, thwacked, high‑gluten dough — this University District original grew popular after its 2016 debut and expanded into a mini chain with outposts at Westlake Center (opened September 2019) and Bellevue (2022). Wu traveled to Xi’an to learn the proper technique, and during COVID she used the closure as a chance to remodel the University District restaurant." - Jay Friedman