When it comes to Lanzhou cuisine, most people will definitely blurt out "Lanzhou Lamian Noodles". Together with Shaxian snacks and braised chicken rice, it has propped up more than half of China catering! Lanzhou Lamian Noodles, as the largest mysterious organization in China, makes Lanzhou famous all over the country, but if you think that there is only Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou, it is all wet!

Only when you go to Lanzhou in person will you find that your Tucson is broken!

When you come to Lanzhou, you must taste a bowl of original beef noodles. When I arrived in Lanzhou, I ate the local beef noodles, only to know that my former Lamian Noodles had eaten it for nothing ...

1. Lanzhou only had beef noodles, but there was no beef Lamian Noodles!

There is really no "Lanzhou Lamian Noodles" in Lanzhou. There are only beef noodles in Lanzhou. Anyone named beef Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou is not authentic. Anyone named authentic beef Lamian Noodles is a fraud! So when you get to Lanzhou, don't be silly and say it wrong!

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2. There is no beef in the beef noodles!

Brother You went to Lanzhou for the first time. He excitedly went to the store and ordered a bowl of beef noodles. When he served it face to face, he found that there was no beef in the noodles! If you want to eat more than 3 diced meat from a bowl of noodles, hehe, it's almost impossible! If you want to eat beef, you need to pay extra for a plate!

But what is rare and precious is that the price is soaring now, but the price of a bowl of noodles in Lanzhou is still 7 yuan, and so is one or two pieces of beef, which is very conscience. In short, when you come to Lanzhou to eat beef noodles, the focus is on eating noodles.

3. There are more than one kind of noodles!

There are only two kinds of Lanzhou Lamian Noodles in big cities: Lamian Noodles and Daoxiao Noodles. When you arrive in Lanzhou, you will find that there are so many stresses on noodles! Generally speaking, beef noodles have big width, two width, leek leaves, wheat bran, fine noodles, two fine, three fine, fine and capillary.

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Old people and children like a little capillary. The most ordered noodles are fine noodles and two fine noodles: fine noodles are the most common and popular noodles, and girls love them. Two thin and large sweater needles are about the same thickness, with chewing heads, which young men like. Of course, if you stay in Lanzhou for a long time, you can try more varieties!

4. this is the way to eat noodles!

People in Lanzhou eat beef noodles, regardless of sex, age, everyone has a big bowl, and boys also like "double addition" (adding meat and eggs). Especially those beef noodle restaurants that are not on the main street, people prefer to squat on the sidewalk with a big bowl and eat noodles all over the street. Soon, the wind blows away the clouds and they don't see each other, even the soup is left, then they wipe their heads with hot sweat, throw the bowl on the table and go to work or school.

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Lanzhou beef noodles are originally the breakfast of Lanzhou people, so most beef noodle restaurants open at 6: 3 in the morning and close at 2 noon. If the beef noodle restaurant is still open at night, it must not be opened by Lanzhou locals.

Specially recommend

The best beef noodles in Lanzhou

In no particular order

Walking on Lanzhou Street, there are beef noodle shops everywhere. Which shop is authentic? Mogouyan, Bai Laoqi, Wu Muer and Bai Jianqiang are all good. Of course, there are Ma Zilu and Ma Youbu, who are now being fired.

1. Mogouyan Time-honored Beef Noodles

One of the best beef noodle restaurants in Lanzhou, but the store here is on the side. The noodles in this house are very strong, and the soup is very thick and delicious. They are all pure beef-cooked soup, which is really visible. Tendons from other families are also recommended. Generally, people who go to Mogouyan to eat beef noodles will ask for a piece of meat. Relatively speaking, meat is worse than my mill. There are many people in the morning, so be careful not to eat if you go late ~

Address: No.46, Mogouyan, Xijin East Road (near Nanbinhe)

2. Wumule Penghui Beef Noodle

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Wumule Beef Noodle is delicious because of its beef. His beef is very delicious. Beef and beef buttons are all 8 Jin, and the store can vacuum package them for free. The taste is pure, the ingredients are enough, the red oil on it won't make people feel greasy, and the noodles are delicious!

Address: No.2168, North Binhe West Road, Anning District (near Huanghe Building, Yiyuan Garden, near the Yellow River)

3. Beef Noodles with the tip of the tongue

A noodle shop with a booming business is open 24 hours a day, and many people often come to eat in the middle of the night. The layout of the store is very local cultural, and the explanation of Lanzhou dialect is hung on the wall, which is very interesting. Affordable and cost-effective.

Address: Wuquanxia Square, No.8 Jinchang South Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou

4. Amber Beef Noodles

This ramen restaurant is very big, with three floors, and it is very popular. It is often seen that long queues are waiting for each other. Beef noodles are really clear, white, red and green. Lanzhou locals come here to eat noodles in the morning, and noodle soup is the most delicious in the morning. In addition to the signature beef noodles, other recommendations include sauce beef and radish soup.

Address: No.756, Beibinhe Middle Road, Chengguan District (opposite to Long Yuan)

5. Bailaoqi Penghui Beef Noodles

Although this beef noodle is not as famous as Mazilu and other famous brands, it is objectively good. Bailaoqi beef noodles are authentic beef noodles that Lanzhou locals love to eat deeply, and they are the best beef noodles in Jincheng Guan area, but foreign tourists may not be easy to find, so diners are basically local people nearby.

Address: Jin Chengguan, Qilihe District, Lanzhou

In addition to the beef noodles that are famous all over the country, there are countless delicious foods in Lanzhou, including fried noodles, cold noodles, braised mutton, Hu spicy mutton hoof and so on. Yellow River honeydew melon and white melon in Lanzhou are juicy and sweet, and the local "soft pear" has a unique taste. Hot winter fruit is a standing drink in local winter, so you must try it.

special food

1. stuffed skin

stuffed skin is one of the unique snacks of the Hui nationality, which is delicious and refreshing. Affordable, with both food and meals. In the hot summer, if you can eat a plate of stuffed skin, you will feel cool and refreshed, and your appetite will increase greatly.

2. Milk-egg mash

Milk-egg mash is made by cooking milk, eggs and mash together. It tastes smooth, soft, sweet and sour. This kind of fermented glutinous rice is rich in nutrition, easy to digest and absorb, helpful to digest and stimulate appetite, and it is the most "nearly perfect food". It is a major feature of Zhengning Road in Lanzhou, and the queue at Laoma's house is particularly long. You can try it.

3. Hand-grabbed mutton and braised mutton have been made for hundreds of years, and the feeling of eating hand-grabbed mutton is quite heroic. High-quality hand-grabbed mutton is rotten and tasteless, and the meat is tender. In the northwest, braised mutton is as popular as hand-grabbed mutton, and hand-grabbed mutton is more original.

4. Three-bubble table

Three-bubble table, also known as bowl cover. Every hot summer, drinking a bowl of tea is more thirst-quenching than eating watermelon. In winter, the Hui people get up in the morning, sit around the fire, bake some steamed buns, or eat some dumplings, and always "scrape" a few cups of tea. In Gansu, most people prefer "Sanpaotai" medicinal tea.

5. serous surface

serous surface is a kind of noodles with serous water as soup. Its taste is sour, spicy, fragrant and unique. The slurry contains many beneficial enzymes, which can clear away heat and stimulate appetite, and is a good summer product. When you go to Lanzhou in summer, you can taste the plasma surface in many restaurants in the city.

6. Sweet candied fruit

Sweet candied fruit tastes a little bit like fermented grains. There is a proverb in Lanzhou: "Sweet candied fruit makes the old doll drool. One bowl and two bowls can stimulate the appetite, and three bowls and four bowls can top the meal". The faint sweetness is both refreshing and delicious.

6. Apricot skin water

The skin water tastes more like sour plum soup, but it is not as sour as sour plum soup, and its taste is lighter. When eating kebabs, order a cup of this, which is spicy and refreshing!

gourmet snack street

There are two famous gourmet snack streets in Lanzhou, which specialize in all kinds of snacks in Lanzhou and other places. It can be described as a "western gourmet paradise".

1. snack night market on zhengning road

the night market occupies a whole street, full of excitement, crowds and diners. Order all kinds of snacks and enjoy them in the open-air seats.

2. Dazhong Lane Food Street

The Dazhong Lane in Lanzhou is a paradise for eating goods. This path is not wide, but there are many famous foods on both sides. There are many time-honored brands in Lanzhou, such as Mazilu Beef Noodles, Grey Bean King, Ruji Barbecue, Jincheng Fried Noodles and so on.

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3. Farmer Lane

Farmer Lane is another food street in Lanzhou. Different from Dazhong Lane, the restaurants here are bigger and have higher grades. If you are crowded and want to eat both snacks and authentic dinner in Lanzhou, go to Farmer Lane. Farmers Lane Restaurant is bigger. There are many restaurants dealing with northwest flavors such as Long cuisine, Shaanxi cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and xinjiang cuisine. You can choose from them, and there will be one that will satisfy you.

after reading these, is it a step closer to understanding Lanzhou? Find a time to eat authentic Lanzhou beef noodles!