Noodle School

Duration: 16 min
Release date: 2018-09-10
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Welcome to Lanzhou, a city in northwest China that's famous for its beef noodle soup. In this short documentary, we meet some of the students who flock there to learn the secrets of hand-pulling Lanzhou lamian. Some want to open their own shops, while some just want a better job-and all soon discover that not everyone has a knack for noodles.

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