Hand Drawn Noodle

This place was first in Flushing with the hand drawn noodle craze. Used to be really good but now mediocre on its best day and bad on others. Not nearly enough meat in any of the noodles. At least the noodles are super fresh.

The noodle was alrite for being only 5 bucks.
I guess instead of getting the dumpling noodle I should have gotten any of the other noodles. The dumpling was ugh but the noodle was decent… I wish the broth had more flavor to it too. But hey it was only 5 bucks XD.
It was also cool to see how the guy hand made the noodle from just pulling the dough… it was really interesting.

This place is inside the Flushing Mall food court. The noodles here were pretty good but the soup is a bit bland especially their wonton noodle soup. The dumplings here were pretty decent. Worth ordering with your noodle soup. Value wise is pretty good. You’ll leave the place feeling full for less than $ 10.

It’s been a while since I’ve added to my Flushing Mall list, so here it is. I came here after a workout on a Friday evening, so you got to believe I was hungry! This stall in Flushing Mall is located to the far right of the food court.
Their setup is typical of the Flushing Mall food court, except that they actually have some seating all to themselves because they’re off to the far right of the area. I ordered Zi Ran Yang Rou Fan, which is a spicy dish of lamb over rice, and I also ordered boiled dumplings. To go along with the meal, I ordered a grass jelly drink (in a can). Grass jelly is a semi-​popular traditional Chinese dessert, and grass jelly drink is, well, grass jelly made into a drink. Grass jelly has a nice cooling and soothing effect when you eat or drink it.
The lamb over rice was really very good, not too spicy, but definitely spicy enough to be savoury. Along with the lamb meat, it also came with other ingredients like shredded carrot. The boiled dumplings, however, was average. I ate them with some Chinese chilli. The grass jelly drink was nice, but it was canned so that doesn’t really say anything about the restaurant itself. You can basically get it at most Chinese bakeries or restaurants in Flushing or Chinatown.
I’m giving it 3 stars but I would definitely go back for that lamb dish. And here’s a Wikipedia article on grass jelly.

I really, really want to give this place 4 stars but I can’t.
I love hand drawn noodles and they do a decent job here but I can’t stand their soup base or the hygiene issues here. Their soup is basically hot water with some MSG/​salt/​pepper… which should not be the case for Chinese noodle soup. The soup should always be cooked for X amount of hours with pork/​cow bones to get that awesome flavor.
Yes, you spent less than $ 6 and yes they give you A LOT of chewy hand pulled noodles. However, the soup is a main ingredient and they can’t really get that right, which is why I haven’t gone back in awhile.

Chinese hand pulled noodles have slowly become the craze of NYC’s fascination with regional Chinese cuisine. Here in Flushing Mall, lies the food court version, which is appropriately known as Hand Drawn (pulled) Noodle, or in Mandarin, Shou La Mian.
Pasta soup lovers beware, hand pulled noodles are easy to love, and Hand Drawn Noodle is no exception. They’re freshly prepared in front of customers and at only $ 4.95−6.95 a bowl, is a near perfect pick for any cheap eats list. Credit cards still aren’t accepted here, as it may forever be cash only here at Flushing Mall.
The noodles are chewy with very little hint of dough and depending on the meats (my favorite being the beef brisket), is usually cooked just right without being over powered by the broth. Best of all, the bowls are nice and big, just perfect for a slurp fest at the end of the meal.
There isn’t much seating being that this is a small corner shop, but thankfully there are plenty of tables within the food court. The ladies here are nice and speak good enough English (and of course plenty of Mandarin) to recommend soups catered to your palate.

I was craving hand cut noodles and landed myself at this joint. This was after already having had dim sum, food from various vendors at Golden Mall, and xioa long bao. The noodles had the right texture but the broth was completely flavourless. I’m not even certain it wasn’t just made from a lump of boullion rather than having boiled bones for 10 hours.
If anyone knows of great knife cut noodles that doesn’t require me going to SoCal, drop me a note.

This is my kind of dinner and a show. Or lunch and a show. Or brunch and a show.
A terse lady behind the counter begrudgingly takes my order and then barks the order in Chinese to the other lady who is acrobatically pulling, twisting, flinging and tossing my soon-​to-​be-​eaten noodles.
The freshly made noodles disappear for a few minutes, only to return dressed in lamb, chicken, vegetables or whatever else caught your eye on their menu board.*
My brothers and I make regular stops here when we do our «cheap Chinese food» runs. For about $ 5** — you have a meal and a half (or just half a meal if you’re one of my brothers).
And you get to witness noodles the way they are supposed to be made.
As good as it gets people.
*Other items are noodle soups, dumplings and non-​noodle fare, like chicken feet and seaweed salad. :D
** cash only