The characteristics of Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou will be more obvious, while the pasta in Jiangnan is popular.

Lanzhou Lamian Noodles has won customers at home and all over the world with its unique flavor of "clear soup, fragrant rotten meat and fine noodles" and "one clear, two white, three red and four green wuhuang", one clear (clear soup), two white (radish white), three red (chili oil red), four green (coriander, garlic sprout green) and wuhuang (noodle Huang Liang). And it was rated as one of the three Chinese fast food by China Cuisine Association, and got the reputation of "the first side of China".

Lamian Noodles, a clear beef soup in Lanzhou, was originally a flavor food for senior guests in northwest China. Because it is delicious and economical, it is not only found everywhere in Lanzhou, but also has Lanzhou Beef Lamian Noodles Restaurant in all provinces of China and even many countries and regions in the world. Lanzhou locals generally call Lanzhou beef Lamian Noodles "beef noodles". Young people also call it "Niu Da" or "Niu Da Wan", which means "Da Wan Beef Noodles".

Lanzhou beef Lamian Noodles, as an indispensable part of Lanzhou people's life, can no longer be defined simply by "snacks". For some people, beef noodles are a daily necessity and the beginning of a day. According to an official statistic, nearly 9 noodle restaurants in Lanzhou sell more than 8 bowls of noodles every day on average, of which breakfast accounts for more than half. According to this figure, there are more than 2.5 million residents and floating population in Lanzhou city, and one in every four people has to eat a bowl of noodles every day.

Most noodle restaurants open at 6:3 every day, and the attendance peak is at 1: every day. A small noodle restaurant may receive hundreds of people every day. At this time, the beef noodle restaurant is full of people, and if you want to communicate with those who order noodles, stand and sell tickets, you must shout loudly, which also constitutes a major feature of the beef noodle restaurant. There is no waiter in the traditional noodle restaurant. Everyone is working for the same purpose. Just pay the money and take the noodles directly. Customers and shop assistants have a good cooperation.