🍽️ Lanzhou Beef Noodle

"Clear broth, white radish, red chili, green cilantro, yellow noodles" — a halal classic.

Lanzhou beef noodles are the culinary calling card of Lanzhou, Gansu, and a halal classic. Beef-bone broth is clear; radish white; chili oil red; garlic sprout and cilantro green; noodles yellow and springy, the famed one clear, two white, three red, four green, five yellow. Noodles are hand-pulled to order in many widths, from hair-fine to wide belt. The soup is fresh, the beef tender, the chili oil aromatic, the noodles springy. For Lanzhou locals a morning bowl is routine, prized for clear broth, soft meat and flavorful radish, often with a side of beef or tea egg, the most authentic northwest morning.