Lanzhou

…Lanzhou is the provincial capital, a city of about 4 million people perched on the banks of the Yellow River, surrounded by yellow low hills and dry, dusty landscapes that look more like Central Asia than the lush green china of postcards.…

…This is Lanzhou Lamian, which translates roughly as Lanzhou Pulled Noodles, and the tradition belongs specifically to the Hui Muslim communities of Gansu Province in northwestern China.…