In this clip, Chef Wu Xinxiao turns the typically meticulous art of ’la mian’ making into a lively performance. ‘La mian’ is the Mandarin term for hand-pulled noodles, literally meaning ‘stirred noodles’ or ‘to scoop out water’. Generally, ‘la mian’ is served in a broth with vegetables and seafood or meat. As a flavor unique to Northwest China, ‘la mian’ creation is taken very seriously with many technical requirements. The basic method is to first press the dough into a flat strip and then pull from the middle several times. Chef Wu proudly claims that he can pull 260,000 meters of noodles with only one kilogram of  plain flour, so thin that 60 threads can be inserted thru eye of a needle!  Watch Chef Wu play with his noodles, tricks that he said only took one month to perfect. He is probably the only ‘la mian’ maker who uses his noodles as a jump rope!

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