Ganmian pi, or "handmade cold noodles" in the menu's parlance, are a close relation to liang pi. Like the version of those "cold skin noodles" prepared by Xi'an Famous Foods, ganmian pi are made from wheat flour. These were tossed with bean sprouts, cucumber, shreds of wheat gluten, and chiles — chopped, powdered, infused into oil — and probably a little vinegar, too.
In truth, I'm not sure what distinguishes of variety of noodle from the other. I did appreciate, however, that compared with many renditions of liang pi, Miss Li's soft and chewy ganmian pi were considerably less slippery.
Miss Li Henan Cuisine
133-49 Roosevelt Ave. (Prince St.-College Point Blvd.), Flushing, Queens
347-368-4442
Also at 41-28 Main St. (at 41st Rd., downstairs in the Golden Mall, with a smaller menu, fewer seats, and no Chinese-language TV programming)
929-218-9898
