Missing China at the Beijing Hand-Pulled Noodles
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...