Photo Credit:

Carlos Palma of Foodie Manila

http://www.foodiemanila.com/

(Only those watermarked. The others are mine. I don’t want to insult him haha.)

ZP picked me up from the office and off we headed to the San Juan area where most of food bloggers and foodies alike are meeting that Thursday evening.  Assembly place of choice: Beijing Hand Pulled Noodles.  ZP already placed the reservation for our little group –which is now dubbed as “The Club.”

BHPN is not new to me as Bubba and I have visited this place so many times for their lamb dumplings.  Whenever we visit Ristras (which was a LOT in the past), the usual is to walk next door to BHPN and order their steamed dumplings to go.

BHPN is a simple noodle restaurant with seating capacity that can accommodate 30 conveniently.  A counter is in between the dining area and their kitchen that has an open window.  Catch their chef in action as he pulls long strands of fresh noodles and cut them in equal portions only with his hand.

The reserved seats were filled up and we placed our orders.  Soon after, the table space was crammed with several orders of dumplings, dry noodles (braised beef, shredded beef and fish), tofu skin and century egg!

On the Table

Braised Beef Dry Noodles PHP 135

I’ve always tried their Braised Beef Noodle Soup but I should have learned about their Braised Beef Dry Noodle first because it satisfies more.  The delicious braised beef in small chunks arrives with the “dry” noodles drenched in braised beef broth.  The clear soup comes separate to add to the dry noodles in case there’s need for it or for extra hankering slurp of warm broth.

The dish made more appealing with the green vegetable (Taiwanese pechay?) on the side, good measure of minced garlic (for added flavor) and chopped green onions.

Lamb Dumplings PHP 60

7 pieces of fairly plump lamb dumplings with the option of steamed or fried.  We love the steamed version and incidentally, it’s also ZP’s favorite.  Initially, ZP and I were going to split one order but we should have known ahead of time that this is not possible as the lamb dumplings vanished sooner than we were halfway through our noodles.

The lamb dumplings have flavor on its own but it’s best dipped with the black soy vinegar of BHPN.

Century Egg PHP

Other orders:

Tofu Skin

Dry Fish Noodle

Dry Chicken Noodle

Food is much more enjoyed with a company that enjoys good food as well.  Our group of 9 were all smiles as we cleaned out what was on the table.  Didi even had food to go for Edmund.  Thoughtful.

The Wilson-San Juan area is becoming more and more a foodie spot with the different restaurants sprouting.  Beijing Hand Pulled Noodles definitely adds to that list of what to visit, especially for your dumplings and dry noodle hunger.

Beijing Hand Pulled Noodles

Unit 4 Citiplace Building

#8001 J. Abad Santos St.,

San Juan City

(632) 487 6148

Beijing Hand Pulled Noodles Album

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