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It's cold, it's gloomy, and nothing tastes better
on a day like today than a nice bowl of hot soup.
Now William might not have known what the weather
was going to be, but he was looking out
when he recommended Katy's Dumpling House in Westmont.
Their beef noodle soup is about to make this dark day
so much brighter.
We have gotten so many recommendations to come here
for your spicy beef noodle soup.
- It's kind of a family recipe.
You know, that's why it's called Katy's Dumpling
is 'cause a Katy is our grandma's name.
- So everything that we're eating
are all things that your grandmother cooked?
- [Shin] Yes, old family recipe, yes.
- You guys are also known for your dumplings here.
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All the dumplings are handmade here.
- Its hard to find a good Chinese restaurant,
and one of my friends told me to come here.
- I would say it's definitely cozy,
definitely has that mom and pop feel to it.
- Literally the best Chinese food I've had.
- We come every week at least once, if not twice a week.
- Today we're gonna do that beef noodle soup
that everybody loves. - Good.
- What goes into the soup?
- [Shin] So hand pulled noodle, of course.
We gonna make from scratch, and--
- [Marley] And we're gonna make it together in the kitchen.
- Okay. - High five, we got it.
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How do we begin here?
- All right, we--
- First, we roll up our sleeves.
- Yes. - Okay, I can do that step.
- [Shin] You know for the hand-pulled noodle,
you want some salt.
- Chef Fhung is just behind Cameron, our photographer.
Say hello Chef Fhung.
Wave at the camera.
- We mix the flour and the salt together,
and then, the cold water.
- The cold water, okay. - Yes, all right.
- For not doing this, you're doing a good job,
although Fhung is getting closer to us.
- Oh yeah, now we're gonna use our hands.
You gonna start massage it, squeeze it first.
- Fhung is critiquing us (laughs).
- Oh okay, now we need a little bit more water.
- [Marley] More water?
How many times a day does Fhung have to do this?
- Well we doin' this in a daily basis.
- Oh wow, okay, so you,
Fhung do you have really strong forearms?
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Yeah, Fhung is strong. - Yes, he is.
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It should be very smooth.
- [Marley] Mine is less smooth.
- [Shin] We're gonna press it.
- Okay. - Roll it to a longer piece.
- [Marley] Okay, you're still a little longer than me.
- So now, we need to brush a little bit oil.
- And then from here, they rest over night, right?
- Yes. - Very good!
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- Go like this.
Okay, let's twirl it again, and then.
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You're doing good, catch it.
- Oh, I have to catch it? - Yes.
Longer is easier. - And get angry!
Oh, I did so good that time! - Yes.
Flour it. - All right,
so I've done lots of hitting and twisting,
and now we need flour.
- Smash them to the flour.
- Oh, oh, Things are getting so exciting.
It's a good day for an all black outfit.
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Well, why does yours look like that,
and mine look like this? - Well just keep pulling.
- What is happening over there?
Fhung, help!
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Fhung made us these beautiful noodles,
so let's take them over, and boil them, so we can have soup.
- Yes.
- Shall I put them where I think they go?
- Yes, just put it in the middle.
That's good.
- And about how long do we have to stay in for?
- Well probably just one and a half minute.
- I'm gonna wash my floury hands.
We'll have Fhung build us up some soup,
and I'll see you out there? - Yes.
- Okay great. - See you later!
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- Okay, I'm so excited,
because I could smell it as it was getting made.
- [Shin] That's good right?
- It smells, if it tastes as good as it smells,
you're doing great today (chuckles).
all right lets dig in.
Those are fantastic noodles.
- Thanks.
- They have such a nice thickness to them.
- The noodle soup is fantastic.
- Yeah, it's very rich broth,
you know everything is tender and fresh.
- While I continue enjoying myself over here
tell me why is Katy's Dumpling House Chicago's best?
- Well because, see like all my customer knows,
we make everything from scratch.
We continue doing like for the past 20 years,
that's why you know, you taste the difference.
- [Marley] Well you can absolutely taste the difference.
- Yup. - So cheers to that,
and I hope that you don't need this table,
because I'm going to finish this,
but it's gonna take me awhile (laughs).
- Please take your time, enjoy it.
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