1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles & Dumplings

"1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles, which has been serving Kips Bay noodle soup for a year, has a second location in Chinatown. You can swing by for noodle soup and dumpling dinner, with an added show of watching someone slapping hand-pulled noodles on the counter." - will hartman, bryan kim

"1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles & Dumplings (which opened in Kips Bay last year) has a second location in Chinatown, and the signature beef noodle soup is just as fantastic. The broth is slow-cooked for eight hours, a big pool of chili oil on top provides just enough smoky heat, and the noodles are slapped and stretched right in front of your face, like you’re at the gluten theater. It’s a few storefronts down from Maxi’s Noodle 3 (see below), so consider a noodle crawl." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, bryan kim, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, sonal shah, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, w

"If you visit the Chinatown location of 1915 Lanzhou Handpulled Noodles & Dumplings with someone else, make sure to let them have the street-facing seat. That way, when you sit across from them, you'll have the best view of the noodle pulling in the open kitchen at the back. A chef rhythmically slaps and stretches dough and two giant pots of beef broth bubble away—for eight hours, until the broth is rich and cloudy. Taste it in the signature beef noodle soup, which has fall-apart meat and a glittery red pool of smoky chili oil. You'll choose between seven options of varying noodle thickness. Get the regular to start, then come back six times to try the rest. photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore" - Willa Moore