?> {"id":150,"date":"2009-05-23T22:14:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T03:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2009-12-14T19:27:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T00:27:28","slug":"a-perfect-saturday-lan-zhou-hand-pulled-noodles-paris-sandwich-di-palos-lansdowne-road-famous-53rd-street-halal-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/05\/a-perfect-saturday-lan-zhou-hand-pulled-noodles-paris-sandwich-di-palos-lansdowne-road-famous-53rd-street-halal-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Saturday (Lan Zhou Hand Pulled Noodles, Paris Sandwich, Di Palo’s, Lansdowne Road, Famous 53rd Street Halal Cart)"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Josh and I lived downtown, we would walk over to Chinatown almost every weekend. It was a bit of a hike but that just gave us an excuse to eat more, since we figured that we’d at least be walking off some of the calories we consumed. Some days we spent trying to find the best soup dumplings and other days we would navigate through the hustle and bustle of the steam carts at dim sum. After our meals, we would always wander through the fruit\/vegetable markets and fish stalls and pick up some fresh groceries for the rest of the week. Our treks to Chinatown will always hold a special place in my heart, as it is on the way home from one of these trips that Josh proposed to me, on the steps in front of the Federal court house.<\/p>\n
But I digress; this is a food blog after all! So at lunchtime on Saturday, we headed downtown with Claire and Sean, who are staying with us for the weekend, to introduce them to some of our favorite Chinatown foods.<\/p>\n
Lan Zhou Hand Pulled Noodles<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>We started out with hand pulled noodles at Lan Zhou on East Broadway. I know hand pulled noodles have been blogged to death in the last few months, but they are definitely worth talking about. Josh and I have tried Super Taste and Sheng Weng, but we always come back to Lan Zhou because of their tastier broth. We got seats along the wall right next to the noodle maker and proceeded to watch him intently for 10 minutes while we waited for our soups. We’ve seen him make the noodles a hundred times, yet we still can’t grasp how it’s done. It’s simply amazing to see him take a ball of dough, bang it against the table a few times, twist his hands around, and somehow he always winds up with perfectly formed strands of noodles.<\/p>\n