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| - My first Lan Zhou hand-pulled noodle experience was in New York's Chinatown a couple years ago and I was sold. You can imagine my anticipation when I found out that YYC has opened up their first hand-pulled noodle restaurant. Calan Beef Noodle's small store front (~seats about 25 people) provides a casual fast food style experience where you go up to the cashier to order and pay, and then pick up your dish yourself when they call out your order number. I'm a little unsure if you seat yourself, because when we arrived (we were a party of 4), all the tables were occupied. One of the employees asked how many we had and told us to wait for a larger table to empty out. I have a feeling that you can freely seat yourself if vacant tables are available at arrival. When you are finished with your meal, you just leave your emptied out bowls and utensils as is and the employees will cleanup for you.
I ordered the #2 (hand pulled noodle in beef soup with pickled sour mustard) and made it a combo for $15.99 (includes a plate of simmered beef tendon and tea flavoured boiled egg), and opted for the flat and wide noodles. It was a flavourful and acceptable level of spice for the broth. However the broth is super oily due to the spice (chili oil included?) they use, so you will for sure be downing litres of water afterwards. I didn't finish the broth due to the oiliness, however my friend was able to lick his bowl clean (it was that good, but my conscious didn't allow me to do so).
You can watch as your noodles are pulled in front of you. Everything was done super quickly, and we got our lunch in no time. I loved the texture of the noodle and how dense it tastes. The flat and wide noodle did however make it difficult to eat as it kept slipping and sliding off my chopsticks (warning: wear a dark shirt to avoid soup splatters), however it was well worth it. I think next time I will try the thick noodles instead. I love my noodles and spaghetti with more texture and surface area, so that I know I am eating it. They give you more than enough noodles, and this was evident by the food coma we all felt after our meal. The portion of meat in the soup noodle was not abundant, however I had no problem with that since I am more of a carb fan than a meat fan, but I can see that being an issue for those who prefer to indulge in meat over carbs. The beef tendon didn't do much for me, not much flavour so I wouldn't order again. The tea flavoured boiled egg was so-so, the tea flavour wasn't very strong but I would potentially order the egg again (since I love eggs) separately without making my meal a combo.
Also, they have a stamp card where if you accumulate 10 bowls you can get one for free, so make sure to ask for one in case they forget to offer you the card.
I will definitely return again. There are a few more items on their menu that I am looking forward to trying out. Overall this place makes for a great quick and cheap meal.
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