Cool Spaces: Hunan Slurp Noodle Shop

WORDS Mary Garner IMAGES Montse Zamorano

Hunan Slurp noodle shop, designed by New Practice Studio, is a 280 m² modern Chinese restaurant located in bustling New York City that specialises in authentic Hunan rice noodles.

With a streamlined setup that promotes communal dining, the simple interior is made up of light wooden slats and bare, hanging pendant lighting, with a striking arched screen that extends from the walls to the ceiling.

“The rhythmic wood screen with fillet corners reinforces the geometry of the space, while resembling the rice noodle featured in this restaurant,” says the studio on its website.

“The space is conceived as a place to look into and look out from, a continuous volume is carved out from the storefront into the interior so a direct dialogue is established between the street and the restaurant.”

The restaurant’s name is a direct translation from the Hunan dialect “suō”, referring to the process of eating rice noodles. Dishes are created by former artist and chef Chao Wang whose creative drive is powered by the need to cure his lingering homesickness for his hometown of Hunan.

For more information, visit hunanslurp.com.