Shots of Life: Lan zhou la mien

Lan zhou la mien

Boyps and I just had our first food trip in Bambang! I find this place quite a Binondo-like because it was surrounded with lots of restaurants and eateries. Just after my check up at Metropolitan hospital, Boyps had already an idea where to bring me for lunch. Just in front of the hospital is a noodle house named Lan zhou la mien. The place was small but air-conditioned. It was a bit jam-packed when we arrived so we had to share a table with other guests.

Menu is few as compared to other Chinese restaurants and that made it easy for us to select what to eat.

First off, we ordered Egg Cha Gan (Php160) - fried rice with scrambled eggs, sausages and green veggies. It was not oily, the serving was just okay, but the taste is quite ordinary. It was a bit bland but the soy sauce from our dumplings helped to improve its taste.

We wanted to have some soup so we ordered Beef Knife Mien (Php 120). Thick noodle soup with big chunks of beef and few Chinese pechay. It was such a good choice. The soup was seasoned nicely and the noodles really made us feel full after consuming half of it. There are cut onion leaves and another veggie that can be added to make it more savory.

Fried and Steam dumplings (Php 170). This was a combination of steamed and fried kutchai dumplings. This was actually not written in the menu but it just so happened that Boyps wanted steamed, while I preferred fried so I asked the server if we can have half-half and she said yes. Hihi. I like their version of this dumpling - the combination of ground chives and meat is perfect. The chives were not overpowering. The fried dumplings were not oily and the wrapper was crunchy. Try it with their special sauce plus the chili sauce.:)