Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar

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The ancient art of noodles

This is the Zhengzhong Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar at 33 Cranbourn Street, one of the few places in London still home to the exhausting art of hand pulling Chinese noodles.

Like so many of its kind in China, Zhengzhong Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar is about an everyday noodle habit.

At the corner of the front counter stands chef/proprietor Liangming Qiu, 36, who was born in southern China but trained in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, home to the finest hand-pulled noodles, many believe.

These include soups and dim sum; a few meat dishes; a long list of vegetable dishes; and, finally, a matrix of noodles.

Stretching the dough, whirling it about, laying it out, letting it rest, folding it and finally refolding it, Qiu works hard until it becomes thin strips of pale noodles which, with a nonchalant turn of his shoulders, he then drops into a bowl of hot stock just to his left.

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This is the Lanzhou Noodle Bar at 33 Cranbourn Street, one of the few places in London still home to the exhausting art of hand pulling Chinese noodles.

The only decorations on the wall are Chinese cartoon characters, eating noodles naturally, alongside, and again very typically, photos of the many dishes on offer, all covered in plastic.

At the corner of the front counter stands chef/proprietor Liangming Qiu, 36, born in southern China but trained in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, home to the finest hand pulled noodles, many believe.

These range from soups to dim sum; a few meat dishes; a long list of vegetable dishes; and, finally, a matrix of noodle dishes.

This includes stretching the dough; whirling it about; laying it out; letting it rest; folding it; and finally refolding it as it becomes thin strips of pale noodles which, with a nonchalant turn of his shoulders, Qiu then drops into a bowl of hot stock just to his left.

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Watch noodles being hand-pulled and cooked to order, then tuck into bowls of nourishing soul food, Chinese-style.

This Chinese noodle bar near Leicester Square tube is cheap, fast and open into the early hours.

The main attraction is the hand-pulled noodles, which are made to order.