Lo’s Noodle Factory

Freshly made noodles, pretty much straight out of the machine, there isn’t much to buy here but noodles and some other bits and pieces that will require cooking in some way. They make them all day and the prices are great!
As everyone else says, if you’re going to buy them, you need to cook them the same day, do NOT wait around. They won’t last more than overnight (and even then you’re chancing it). But if you do like those wide flat rice noodles, this is the place to get them. Some simple stir frying and it will produce a fantastic dish.
Yes, it looks sketchy as hell, being a back alley in Chinatown, but this and the fishmonger a few doors down are a great place to shop.
Added bonus for being somewhere that actually makes something on a regular basis in the heart of London!

I affectionately call «Lo’s Noodle Factory» the place for «dirty, back alley noodles». Affectionate I tell you! Yee Gan O pointed me in the life-​changing direction of an alley you would never ever think to go down. And there it is, in a little doorway with a little sign, is Lo’s Noodle Factory.
Pop your head in, ask for some noodles please, and for a mere £1 you get a big bag of fresh rice noodles. They also have some other items available, but I haven’t had a chance to look them over and ask about the vegan options as there is inevitably always a Chinese granny half my size waiting impatiently for her noodles.
When I find out I will update this review.
PRO TIP: Do yourself a favour and get these right before you go home to cook them. No waiting around! I usually make a stir fry of sorts, adding these with a sauce right at the end (I find them too delicate for soups). IF YOU PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE OVERNIGHT, they will become stiff and hard to separate. You can soak them for 5 minutes in warm water to help separate them, but they will never be the same!

If you’re a ho fun noodle fan, there is no other place to noodle shop! Located on Dansey Place, which I would have never considered going down had another Unilocaler not told me about this place, Lo’s is a reminder of how many hidden gems London has to offer.

I had a serious craving for some noodles and not any kind, but fresh, glossy ho fun (wide rice noodles). Thanks to Yee Gan’s review, I had the courage to wander down this seemingly dirty and sketchy back alley to get my ho fun fix. Found the little door with the white sign ‘Lo’s Noodle Factory’ and walked right in.
When you walk in, you’re literally stepping into the factory floor. Peep into the first door on the right and you’ll see the noodles coming straight out of the machines and a man putting them into little bags. I have to admit, I had a little glimmer in my eye as I looked around at this noodle heaven *bliss*
The guy manning the packaging took a quick minute out of his work to hand me 2 bags of noodles (£1 per bag) and I walked out a very happy gal already thinking about how good these were going to taste for dinner.
Made a very simple beef chow fun dish and tucked in to the best noodles I’ve had in a very long time. Ho fun craving fed (for now) — we’ll see what other alleys my next craving leads me…

I am a humble man because I frequently find out how much I don’t know. Despite being a native of London and in particular Chinatown, I only found out about this amazing gem last Saturday when Chieh T took our Saturday dining group to see it.
Dansey Place is the little alleyway connecting Wardour Street and Macclesfield Street. I had always thought it looked worryingly dingy, furtive and dangerous and given it a wide berth. Well, my eyes were opened.
I had never noticed the little white sign hanging with the words ‘Lo’s Noodle Factory’. In the tiny space on the ground floor, you will find machines making fresh ho fun (broad rice noodles) and the workers bagging it up for sale. These generally don’t keep well and the Chinatown ho fun I buy tend to be too dry and stick together on cooking.
Well, you can’t get ho fun any fresher than this — straight out of the machine and I paid £1 for 600g. Sadly there were no baozi on sale today
The fresh ho fun did cook much better this evening. Supple and remaining in separate ribbons, it was lovely in my attempt to make char koay teow at home. It’s my favourite Malaysian hawker food dish and this is another step in perfecting that recipe.