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Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger

📍 New York Chinese-Northwest $

at Xi'an Famous Foods

"Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger at Xi'an Famous Foods — a flatbread is stuffed with cumin-spiced lamb, seared on a flat griddle until the exterior is blistered and the interior is pink. The cumin is the dominant note, the lamb is ground fine enough to hold together without being pasty."

— Expert, 99/100 credibility
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Expert 99/100

"Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger at Xi'an Famous Foods — a flatbread is stuffed with cumin-spiced lamb, seared on a flat griddle until the exterior is blistered and the interior is pink. The cumin is the dominant note, the lamb is ground fine enough to hold together without being pasty."

Expert 96/100

"The hand-ripped noodles in the liang pi are toothsome and uneven — that's the point. The cumin lamb burger arrives in a torn flatbread with the lamb seasoned hard with cumin and chili. This is Chinese fast food operating at a level most restaurants never reach."