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No. 96 in the world · November 2026

Xi'an Impression

Highbury · London, United Kingdom

biang biang noodlesNo. 96
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The one bowl to order

Biang biang noodles

The line to expect: Small and busy; go early evening or take away.

A tiny Highbury room making some of London's best hand-pulled biang biang, wide noodles slapped and pulled to order and finished with hot oil.

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Biang biang noodles with hot-oil chili and garlic

Biang biang noodles with hot-oil chili and garlic

1 hr 20 min (1 hr resting) · 2 to 3. Shaanxi's belt-wide noodles, named for the slap on the counter as they're stretched. The simple version, oil-splashed, is the best: chili, garlic and scallions sizzled with smoking oil right on the noodles.

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