Dining
KFC to open first 2-story immersive restaurant where you can customize your fried chicken
By Sarah Patel
The Friday food feed: Restaurant and dining news around western Pa.
Sarah Patel
Sarah Patel
Reporter · Manheim, PA
Sarah is a food enthusiast with a degree in Culinary Arts from The Culinary Institute of America. She has spent the last 5 years writing for food blogs and local publications, where she focused on Lancaster's vibrant dining scene.
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Soft opening: Chi Le Ma quietly started serving at 709 Bellefonte St. in Shadyside, offering Sichuan-Tibetan noodles alongside Asian desserts and handcrafted matcha drinks. Owner Wengmu Ciren, who’s from Ganzi in Sichuan, runs the kitchen with her father, who brings 30 years of restaurant experience to the operation. Ba Tang noodles, crawfish mapo tofu, curry beef and pork rib noodles round out a menu that’s already generating buzz — and don’t even get us started on the fun-sounding desserts like Korean milk bingsu (shave ice).
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