Tearing it up. Xi'an Famous Foods

Biang biang! not the dumplings, obviously.

Source: Xi’an Famous Foods Chelsea

Dumpling type: Spicy and Sour Spinach Dumplings (shuǐjiǎo)

Modality: take-out

Adult rating: 🥟🥟🥟½/5

Child rating: 🥟🥟/5

To be sure, the point of Xi’an Famous Foods is the hand-pulled noodles, and by far the best thing we had was the “Spicy Hot-Oil Seared Hand-Ripped Noodles.” I thought the boiled vegetable dumplings were also pretty good, but I was in the minority on this view. Perhaps if certain people could accept the restaurant’s motto, “not spicy = not as good” then we could all have enjoyed them in spicy oil, instead of in slightly-tingly-oil. I certainly craved the lamb-filled shuijiao, but: constraints.