兰州拉面 in Manhattan

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Julia Moskin, The Long Pull of Noodle Making. New York Times, Jan 26, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/dining/26noodles.html?scp=1&sq=pulled%20noodle%20china&st=cse

My comment:
(a) Nolita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolita
(Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City)
(b) The name of the restaurant "Hung Ry" (which has no Chinese name) is a division of "hungry."
(c) tamarind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind
(section 4.1 Culinary uses: The fruit pulp is edible and popular)
(d) hearty (adj): "abundant, rich, or flavorful enough to satisfy the appetite"
(e) biang biang mian
(i)
http://baike.baidu.com/view/111654.html?wtp=tt

(ii) Shanti Christensen, 100708-Shaanxi-noodles-biang-biang-mian-Yellow-River-Gongti-Beijing-China-food2. July 8, 2010.
http://showshanti.com/restaurant-yellow-river-noodles/100708-shaanxi-noodles-biang-biang-mian-yellow-river-gongti-beijing-china-food2/

(e) watercress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercress

西洋菜 in Taiwan.
(f) Sifu Chio 赵记港式云吞粥粉面饭
(g) tagliarini
(i) definition from random House Dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tagliarini
(ii) The second phto from teh bottom in

Pasta Ribbons
http://www.foodsubs.com/PastaRibbons.html

(h) The report states, "The main difference between pasta and mian, said Susur Lee, the chef at Shang, on the Lower East Side, is that Italian noodles are never supposed to have chew. (Even pasta cooked al dente should be resistant, not chewy.)"

al dente (adj; Italian literally, to the tooth): ": cooked just enough to retain a somewhat firm texture"
www.m-w.com
(i) Silver Needle Noodle 银针面

Taiwan doe snot even has this name.
(j)  you po che mian 油泼扯面
(k) kumin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumin
(l) Mount Qi 祁山
(m) lo mein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_mein
(section 1 Etymology)
(n) Not peng but peng hui 蓬灰: 蓬柴草烧制而成的草灰.
(o) lutefisk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk
(p) hominy (n; Virginia Algonquian -homen, literally, that treated (in the way specified)): "kernels of corn that have been soaked in a caustic solution (as of lye) and then washed to remove the hulls"
(q) Romanesco broccoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli
(r) Cavolo nero
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/cavolo_nero
, is found in
kale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale
(section 4 Cultivars)
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