As well as noodle houses operating in fixed locations, there was also no shortage of people doing business from stands parked at street corners. Even McDonald's, kings of the Western-style fast food trade, when they wanted to branch out into selling Chinese-style fast foods, tested the market with beef noodle soup.
除了在定點聚集的經營方式以外，索性在巷口擺個攤兒就做起生意的也大有人在，連西方速食業的霸主麥當勞要賣中式速食，也曾經以牛肉麵作為探路的先鋒。