Biáng Biáng: after the riots, pure comfort in a bowl.
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Biáng Biáng (also biángbiáng miàn or just biángbiáng), the famous hand-pulled noodles from Shaanxi Province in northwestern China (especially the city of Xi'an), can become so wide they almost need their own arrondissement.
Onomatopoeic, biáng biáng mimics the distinct slapping sound made as the thick, wheat dough gets thrown down and slammed again and again against the chef’s work counter, then pulled into wide, translucent ribbons of kuandai mian - literally "belt noodles." Traditionally topped with scallions, garlic, chili flakes and finished with a lashing of smoking-hot oil, they turn a cold-weather evening into the reason cold-weather evenings exist. - BPJ
Where to find authentic Shaanxi-style biáng biáng in Paris:
La Taverne de Zhao (above)
82 rue Mazarine 75006
(several locations)
Biangbiang Noodles
48 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
(also 104 rue de la Roquette 75011)
Suzie Wong
7 rue des Taillandiers 75011
ZG Biángbiáng
16 rue Volta 75003
Biangbiang Noodles (Nooby Shinko)
14 rue Joubert 75009
Nouilles Ceintures* Poissonnières
69 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière 75009
Nouilles Ceintures Montmartre
Nouilles Ceintures Montmartre
17 rue du Faubourg Montmartre 75009
Nouilles Ceintures Batignolles
Nouilles Ceintures Batignolles
99 rue des Dames 75017
* belt noodles
