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| - I'd had Lan Zou style Lamen (La = pulled, Men = noodle) before, several times, in Asia and Montreal. This is definitely not the real deal, but the lack of authenticity aside (I don't judge food by its authenticity; I grew up with and love General Tao and Butter Chicken).
The noodles are not very good. They are hand-made for sure, but so are the noodles from Nudo 2 minutes away, Yuki Lamen (sp?) at Concordia's Faubourg and that one Lamen shop at Eaton Center's food court, and frankly, it's not very good or fresh here.
The seating is atrocious here. It's very cramped, since it's a semi-open area to the outside, flies is a problem in summer and the extreme coldness is a problem in winter. Plus the floor are just disgusting. The tables aren't very clean either, you'll most likely get your winter jacket and/or shirt dirtied.
The soup stock is itself is very watered down and tasted mainly... I dunno how to describe the flavor that only chemically constituted beef bouillon cube can provide. You might make better beef stock with half chemical flavoring and half real meat and/or bone at home.
TL;DR:
Meh noodle, bad soup, extremely back setting. Good proximity to the metro, much better options, including other Lan Zhou style Lamen, to be had within 3 minutes walking distance.
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