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Jelly Noodles (with a hangover) // Chengdu: City of Gastronomy 31

3,598 views · Published 22 March 2018 · 13:35 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Itchy Feet · 2018 · Travel & Events

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One of the many Chengdu specialty snacks that surprises people with it’s tastes and textures is the various versions of liang fen noodles. These thick noodles are made with bean starch (often mung bean), giving them a jelly-like texture, and the English name jelly noodles. In reality, liang fen means cool powder, which makes no sense to me, but I’m sure they have a good reason for it.

While the card names the dish Zhang Liang Fen, the place that I went to - despite having the words Zhang Liang and Fen in its name - the lady behind the counter looked at me strangely when I tried to order it. I think Zhang is the person who invented the style of noodles, but I can’t confirm that. I ended up getting 2 types of liang fen: 
1) Chuan Bei Liang Fen - North River Jelly Noodles 
2) Xuanzi Liang Fen - Copper Plate (the device they use to make them) Jelly Noodles

To be honest, I don’t care for jelly noodles all that much. The texture just doesn’t do it for me. They’re too light and mushy.

WHERE TO GET LIANG FEN IN CHENGDU
I went to a place called Zhang Lao Wu Liang Fen (张老五凉粉店), but I don’t recommend it. I found the flavours pretty basic. 
Instead, check out Dongzi Kouzhang Lao'er Liangfen (洞子口张老二凉粉) at 39 Wenshuyuan St - across the road from Wenshu Monastery.
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XiaomingTang Dandan Tianshui Mian (小名堂担担甜水面). They have 6 locations in Chengdu. You can see them all here: http://bit.ly/2qh7NQp

I didn’t go to these places because I’ve shot video in them both before when I compared them in a sweetwater noodle showdown (watch that video here: https://youtu.be/Phbm09mpVqE).

In this series, I am eating my way through a deck of cards. I bought a deck of food themed playing cards that feature a different Sichuan dish on every card. Every week I'll shuffle the deck and pick one random card to hunt down and sample. Chengdu was the first Asian city to be named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy. It's full of incredible food - a lot of which you probably don't know about.

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