Li’s Lanzhou Hand Stretched Noodles

If you want some different dumplings, this is the place. They make these fried dumplings differently from other places because this restaurant comes from a different region in China than most Chinese restaurants in the country.
The fried dumplings here are served under a sheet of crunchy gluten. For reference, it’s like dosas from India. The wait is about 10 minutes for this particular dish, so if you’re dying of hunger, get something else to snack or drink with too.
The dumpling skin was perfectly stretched around the generous filling of pork and other vegetables. The gluten sheet provided a nice extra crunch to the softer fried dumplings. Chinese potstickers are just so yummy and juicy in general.

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Well here it is! The best beef noodle soup at the New World Mall Food court. Important to note. This is NOT Li’s Lan Zhou Hand Stretched noodles. They are actually located right next to one another. I believe this site was a more recent arrival and I’m clearly a bigger fan of this one.
The noodles are about equal for the two restaurants. Very chewy, home-​made and just the right amount of bite. Lanzhou Hand made noodle had better beef and broth though. The beef was more savory and obviously tender. The tendon was cooked to perfection. The broth was also richer, more flavorful and a darker color. Definitely my style.
Would recommend the knife cut noodle slices.
The picked mustard greens are too tart and pungent for my liking.
This food court is insane. I see teenagers walking around with massive bowls of food. Impressive. Hope to return soon.

We ordered 2 stir fried ramen (Hand pulled noodles). beef and seafood. We should have tried a soup one. So many choices we got flustered. I prefer my noodles to be a bit more al dente. These were softer than I would have liked but was decent. We did see the guy making the noodles. These noodles are slightly thinner than a Japanese udon.
Glad we have decent hand pulled noodles in the Boston area.

The noodles were great, but the cashier got our order wrong. Gave us roast pork noodle soup, instead of oxtail noodle soup. Excellent flavors, but cold ja jerng mein.

With the many food court offerings, there is only a handful of food outlets that are actually good. Li’s Lanzhou hand stretched noodles is one of them. There is a long list of stretched noodle soup choices. They’re made fresh while you wait (usually within five minutes).
The servings are generous (i.e. enough to get full on) and the prices are very competitive.
Li’s Lanzhou is one of my favorites when I’m not in the mood for anything else.

Great place to get a quick noodle fix. Beef Hand Pulled is usually my to go and always get the job done. The price for noodles around the area is definitely on the rise which is somewhat sad. Service is relatively quick and normal for a stall in the mall.
Add some preserved veggies and let the cilantro seep for awhile before eating to let the broth get maximum flavor!

This place is definitely overhyped. The noodles were decent for their price but nothing to write home about. $ 7 for a bowl of handstretched noodles with 5 – 6 pieces of beef and a fried egg on top. Ordering was a bit confusing since my Mandarin skills are non-​existent. After standing there and pondering what I should order, I figured that we ordered then paid or paid then ordered. But the cashier was yelling out orders in Chinese and I was lost. But I somehow managed to leave with a bowl of beef noodle soup. Go figure?
It was definitely filling and I was definitely stuffed afterwards.

Food: 2.5÷5.0
Service: 2.0÷5.0
Value: 4.0÷5.0
Décor: 1.5÷5.0
Overall: 2.5÷5.0
I’ve been a big fan of beef hand pulled noodle soup since trying the real deal across the Bigger Pond something like 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the noodles here just aren’t that good — the noodles themselves aren’t chewy enough, the broth was lazy, and the beef slices were only okay. The cumin lamb and pork buns were also both bland and disappointing, though extremely filling. Overall, A for value but more like C+ for taste. I get wanting to be real big on a food court /​hole in the wall type shop, but sorry, this place is a pass for me. Maybe it was just an off day…

Food: 3.0÷5.0
Service: 2.0÷5.0
Value: 4.5÷5.0
Décor: 1.5÷5.0
Overall: 3.0÷5.0
I’ve been a big fan of beef hand pulled noodle soup since trying the real deal across the Bigger Pond something like 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the noodles here just aren’t that good — the noodles themselves aren’t chewy enough, the broth was lazy, and the beef slices were only okay. The cumin lamb and pork buns were also both bland and disappointing, though extremely filling. Overall, A for value but more like C+ for taste. I get wanting to be real big on a food court /​hole in the wall type shop, but sorry, this place is a pass for me. Maybe it was just an off day…

Awesome tasty noodle! Fresh and so good. Decent pricing. Had me a bowl and I was amazed how good it was!

Located in the basement belly of New World Mall, where the cavernous and cacophonous food court lies, Li’s Lanzhou Hand Stretched Noodles is a stall that provides a dinner and a show. Before ordering, I spent a few amused minutes watching the noodle master stationed at the front wrestling with an enormous ball of dough, stretching, slamming, and whipping it into submission until it was shredded into noodles and boiled for a new order of noodles. I was impressed enough to get in line to place my order of vegetable noodles in soup, with amounted to a paltry $ 5 and was ready within minutes. Three condiments are available at the pickup counter — a jar of pickled vegetables, a bowl of spicy chili oil, and a bottle of vinegar. As the picture of my bowl might suggest, I helped myself to some generous spoonfuls of the spicy oil.
At first glance, the vegetable noodle is a disappointment. Neither the toppings (wood ear mushrooms, a handful of baby bok choy, slices of tomato, and a hardboiled egg) nor the serving size seem particularly notable. For me, the light and uninteresting broth was helped enormously by the addition of spice and it wasn’t until I reached the noodles at the bottom of the bowl that my taste buds woke up. Hand pulled noodles were a first for me and I found the texture toothsome — pliable and all of the stretching worked the gluten in the dough to make the ramen uniquely chewy. There was a good amount of it hiding below the broth, so that by the time I reached my last bite, I was pretty full.
Service here is quick, if a little unfriendly. The cashier in the front who takes orders calls out to those passing by in Chinese, presumably to lure them to the stall. But once you get there, she is unsmiling and the interaction is about as warm as a glacier. Still, efficiency is to be appreciated — money gets handed over, she screams your order to the cooks in the back, and high turnover of noodle production ensures that your food will come out quickly. Though the noodles themselves were delicious, I found the broth and the accompanied toppings just okay. For the price, it was a decent meal and I’d love to come back and (based on other Unilocal reviews) try some of their fried noodles and dumplings.

Best noodles. Traveled long journey just to try the noodles. Glad I did. Watching the guy pull the noodles and cooking it. Hard to find the store.

AMAAAAHHHHHZZZZING!!!
Excuse the authentic schmutz everywhere, and just order your food. Eat it… enjoy it. It’s that simple. I ordered the hand drawn beef noodles, which in short is very similar to Chow Mein… It was the best Chinese food I’ve had in a long time if not ever. Hands down.

Have had this place’s noodles a couple times and it seems to get worse every time. For consistent flavor and quality, go to the golden shopping mall, which is a basement food court at the corner of 41^st road and main. A similarly named food stall will give you much better stuff.

5 stars for the fried dumplings! We had noodles and the giant dumpling that’s really 8 regular sized dumplings fried together. The noodles were alright but the fried dumplings were the best fried dumplings I’ve encountered in NYC! Aside from Japanese gyoza, most fried dumplings I’ve had are too doughy, or at the very least the dough wrapper is too thick for my preference. I love delicate, thin dumpling wrappers that only serve to encase a scrumptious filling. So I’m often disappointed when I try other dumpling shops that people rave about. Not even Vanessa’s dumpling shop or Prosperity dumpling gave me what I was looking for. But when I tried these dumplings, I knew I found exactly what I’ve been looking for. The wrapper is thin but enough to hold the filing. And the filing is delicious. It’s really just pork and scallions but it’s so tasty! The dumplings are first steamed then fried to order in one batch resulting in a massive looking dumpling. Omg, my mouth is watering now. I’m gonna need to go back soon!

We come to the food court quite often and decided to try this food stand. We ordered the Ox-​tail handmade noodles and the cold spicy handmade noodles. Both were really tasty. The ox-​tail broth was delicious. Had the right amount of salt and meat flavor. In the same dish, they give you bak choy and a hard boiled egg. The noodles wasn’t overly floured and it was cooked well. They were a little al dente. The other dish came with the same stuff but with sliced cucumbers. The next time I visit again I will try their spicy beef noodle soup. I saw 2 other patrons eating it. Probably a popular dish.
Overall, I would recommend this place and would definitely come here again.

I grew up eating Flushing food and refused to eat at another crowded, sticky, loud cafeteria style food court. But I reluctantly went and one look at these pan fried dumplings reeled me in. One taste keeps me coming back for more. Oh yeah, the noodle soup is wonderful too. But they’re known for that anyway. I ate my noodle soup with an entire order of this giant pancake of dumplings. I ain’t ashamed.

My favorite handmade pulled noodle venue in Flushing because they have an extensive menu of toppings and their broths are always on point. My go to picks are noodle with beef, dumplings or wonton. The serving size fills me up more than I can handle. Great value and pricing.

I always come here when I’m in the mood for some hand pulled noodles. With so many variety of toppings to choose from, you can’t go wrong! They even have it with wontons, which I usually order. Very much recommended!

So many places to choose from especially down stairs in the New World Mall. We selected this place because it had the longest line.
Eats:
— beef with noodles soup which was good
— ox tripe noodle soup was good but did not come with enough tripe, maybe only a few pieces for the size of the bowl
Likes:
— price, two bowls only cost $ 12
Dislikes:
— bowls lacked the amount of meat it should get based on the size of the bowl

This location is located in the cleaner and nicer New World Mall, the original location is in the Golden Mall. So this is located on the bottom floor in the food court of the New World and there are a TON of food options. I think Lanzhou makes a very respectable bowl of noodle soup. It’s not fancy, it’s served in a plastic to go bowl but it’s quick, cheap and pretty filling. Just remember it’s a food court stall and it’s quick and cheap and your experience will be a good one.
The food:
Lanzhou beef hand stretched noodles– I think the hand stretched noodles are great. The chew is nice and the smooth texture is great. The beef is really tender, but it doesn’t have the boldest beef flavor but texturally it’s nice. This bowl is great any time, but really hits the mark on a cold winter day.

Downside. forget about the receipt.
The cumin lamb burger was okay; I had better but the noodles looked, as always, delicious.
The cook was shaving another set off, and will have to try it again next time.

I’ve been here a couple of times now. The first time was after they switched over to new management and were offering $ 3 noodles with chicken. Wifey was all over this deal but I skipped it to get food from another stall. I did try some of hers and it was pretty good so I bookmarked them to try later.
Next time I was in NWM, I headed straight for their stall and ordered the spicy beef w/​sliced noodle. As soon as the soup came out I noticed how good it smelled. I could smell the cilantro stems and the star anise even before I got near my tray. Tasted pretty good too. The wood ear mushrooms and the beef went well together. The beef was very tender and took a lot of flavor from the broth.
The noodles themselves were chewy and tasty. I usually prefer the sliced version rather than the pulled version cuz they hold up their texture better in the hot broth. I think I would have been fine getting the pulled noodles here because the broth wasn’t crazy hot and had cooled down a lot by the time I was done with the dish. I just wish it was less oily though that didn’t stop me from adding more chili oil. Also, adding a little bit of of the preserved vegetables they have on the side goes a long way in adding another layer of flavor.
Missus got the beef tendon pulled noodle soup this time which came in a light broth. The tendons were slightly inconsistent as some were soft and others were chewy. They have a lot of different kinds of noodle soups so I’ll be back to try a couple more.

It’s the end of March, and NY feels like winter just started. It’s ridiculously cold and all I can think of is hot noodle soup. My family wanders into the New World Mall Food Court and there are so many Asian style restaurants t choose from, but I zone into «Handmade» noodles because I figured they’d have some excellent beef noodle soup to warm my bones!
BEEF TENDON NOODLE SOUP: So instead of beef, I ordered the tendon noodle soup. The tendons, which were quite abundant, were of great texture and tasted great. And there were a lot of noodles as well. Normally, I hate when restaurants put so much noodle in the dish just to cover the lack of meat, but for one, there was plenty of tendon, and two, this was great because the noodles here are hand pulled! You can see them making it from start to finish.
What’s most impressive is the quality of this soup when it’s in a food court! It’s a shame I’m only visiting a few days, I’d like to have explored this menu a bit more!

It’s entertainment and inexpensive dining at the same time! I did a spin around all the stalls in the New World Mall Food court and decided to get some of Li’s noodles. After watching the free show, with the noodle meister pulling clumps of dough into noodle, I felt compelled to try the fresh pasta. It was obviously authentic, unlike some of the Chinatown places that I’ve witnessed use a machine for their «hand pulled» ! This dough was pulled by a man who must use Ben Gay Gel at night, and made with passion and endurance. Noodle chef must have made a batch a minute. He’d stretch and stretch and then run to the kitchen behind him every time a handful was finished.
Li’s noodles are the real deal, chewy, delicious strands of wheat in soups, in stir fries. Take your pick from the many choices. Most people ordered some kind of beef in a broth, decorated with cilantro. I watched the people who bought, everyone seemed happy. And sated. I bought the tomato and egg, and received a huge bowl of noodles, topped with a heaping portion of shredded cucumbers. Add your condiments. To the right of the stall is a little table with chili oil, a pot of pickled vegetables, and a vinegared soy sauce. One lady, only speaking Spanish, kept pointing to the chili, with a question, picante, picante? Hey, this is Flushing where all ethnicities reap the benefits of each other’s cuisine, and English is not required. And my noodles? Delicious. I surmise there is always a wait. Put in your order on the left side, wait on the right for your meal to come out. Watch the performance and the wait seems to shorten. Or eye the crowds to scope out your next meal. Be patient. Noodle man is like Terminator, tireless. Stick with him if you want to eat.