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I'm nursing a nasty cold right now...it's the type that permanently clogs my nose making me unable to breathe properly. It's also the type of cold that's giving me a very nasal voice and is currently making me feel very very very....drowsy. Times like this I truly can't wait to curl up in bed under my thick, comfy comforters and to sleep the night away. Before that of course, I have to attend to my growling stomach. If chicken soup may be the comfort food for the soul, then mine would be that Plain Noodle Soup from Kanzhu Hand-Pulled Noodles. My first time to try Kanzhu Hand-Pulled Noodles was last Friday with some members of The Foodie Club , as we were invited to try some of their dishes. I've been passing by this restaurant since it opened taking the place of the Club's first meeting place -- Beijing Hand-Pulled Noodles . I'm happy to note that Kanzhu has a lot more varieties and Paul and I loved the quality of their noodles more. Let me sh...

Yesterday was our National Election Day and my sister and I were fortunate enough to arrive just at the right time wherein there were no lines anymore and we literally breezed through the entire voting process. With a lot of time to spend, we decided to grab some noodles at our new found neighborhood favorite, Beijing Hand-Pulled Noodles for our afternoon snack. I've been a regular customer of this cozy little eatery along J. Abad Santos street in San Juan. I love how firm the noodles are and the lamb dumplings are simply divine. We decided to share on a plate of Dry Beijing Plain Noodles (Php. 95). Mommy was actually the first to discovery this one as I usually would order their beef noodles. I love how flavorful this noodle dish is sans the meat toppings. To complement our noodles, my sister chose the Lamb Dumplings (Php. 75 / 7 pieces) which is a family must-order. This is the best dumplings in the house. Make sure to dip this into their special dumpling sauce to ...

Just a couple of months ago, I wrote an article sharing how San Juan is rapidly turning into the next Chinatown . With its numerous Chinese restaurants opening here and there, it is truly a perfect place to live in for a Chinese food lover like myself. After welcoming a well-loved Binondo chicken house , a Taiwanese-inspired tea store and a Taiwanese restaurant ; we witnessed the arrival of yet another Chinese food stop, this time specializing in hand-pulled noodles and dumplings -- Beijing Hand-Pulled Noodles ! So what makes eating hand-pulled noodles so special as opposed to the machine-made ones? For one thing, hand-pulled noodles are made right after you place your order. The noodle dough are made in advance then stored under a certain temperature. Upon receiving your order, the noodle master , who came all the way from China, will then begin the entire process of pulling and cutting the dough using his bare hands in order to create long strands of fresh noodles. We ordered the B...