Mulan Noodle, just opened at 192 Acre Lane in between Brixton and Clapham, aims to bring the flavours of Xi’an street food to south London with hand-pulled noodles, sizzling oils, plus traditional live music.
Every element is hand-crafted: from the hand-pulled noodles to the freshly pleated dumplings and wontons, and even the sweet and sour chicken – prepared daily with fresh, never frozen chicken, and a house-made sweet and sour sauce using real fruit. Everything is handmade with care, using only fresh ingredients.
Inside the open kitchen, you can watch as dough is slapped, stretched, and pulled into wide ribbons, just as it would be on the street corners of Xi’an. Served up as robust bowls layered with garlic, sesame, vinegar and chilli oil, always made to order.
Handmade Chilli Oil Noodles (£10.80) lead the way; chewy hand-pulled strands bathed in fiery, fragrant oil. Choose from the Biang Biang noodles, wide and flat, laced with garlic, vinegar and heat or La Tiao Zi, their thick cousins, come drizzled with hot chili oil.
Toppings are generous and customisable: braised beef shank, brisket or minced beef (each £4), with vegetarian options like tomato & egg, mixed vegetables (£2 each), or a marinated soy egg, seasonal greens (£2 each).
The Handmade Dry Mixed Noodles range starts from £12.80 and includes six varieties from Cumin Beef, Spicy Rib to Big Plate Chicken with the choice of handmade wide noodles or La Tiao Zi.
There are also Classic Soup Noodles from £12.80, which come in seven broths, from Stewed Brisket to Tomato Egg. These come with a choice of four noodles, with the addition of thin noodles and rice noodles.
The menu extends to rice dishes, handmade starters and street snacks. There’s the trending Marinated Cucumber (£5.20), smashed cucumber with garlic-soy-vinegar dressing, Xinjiang Pepper Chicken (£6), plus a Black Fungus Salad (£5.20).
Homemade buns, potstickers and dumplings are prepared fresh daily – pan-fried, steamed or boiled – while desserts stay true to the theme: Sichuan Ice Jelly, Deep Fried Milk, Mango Pomelo Sago and Brown Sugar Rice Cake all feature.
At the bar, Mulan Noodle is shaking up signature cocktails such as the Jade Margarita, which uses Mulan Noodle’s authentic Jasimine Teaand Oolong Eclipse made with authentic Oolong Tea. After your meal, you can opt to get a bubble tea. Located next door but available to order in the restaurant, top picks are the Brown Sugar Bubble Tea and Mango Coconut Bubble Tea.
Live music is in the restaurant every Friday and Saturday night, when musicians take to the floor with traditional Chinese instruments.
The restaurant has been launched by Mina and Kris who both grew up in China. Together they are bringing the most authentic and best quality Chinese noodles to London. The chef brigade are also all from China and have been making the same noodles for over 30 years.
Mulan Noodle is open now at 192 Acre Lane, SW2 5UL.
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192 Acre Lane, SW2 5UL
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday: 12-10PM
Friday & Saturday: 12-10.30pm
Closed Tuesdays
Bookings via DOJO or walk in