vsoy
May 8th, 2006, 10:21 PM
Went back for a brief trip to NY to take care of some family business and to take a chang sen xue class my mom has been bugging me to take. It was basically eat out, sleep, go to class and take care of family stuff. I would have loved to meet up with some NYC 44s but there was no time.
Mom took me and my sisters to a bunch of restaurants. Iím listing a couple of places for those visiting the Flushing area. Perhaps we all can add restaurants in our hometown that are recommended for out of towners?
One of my favorites: xiao long bao (little dragon buns) from
Joeís Shanghai restaurant.
(718) 539-3838
13621 37th Ave
Flushing, NY 11354
http://tinyurl.com/n82be
Well, duh, if you go on the weekend, of course it is going to be busy and a long wait for a table. Order a pan or two right when the waiter seats you because it takes a while to make. When you eat these little steamed dumplings for the first time, a rite of passage includes burning your tongue or the roof of your mouth when you slurp up the copious amounts of soupy juice in these little dumplings. The trick, take a small bite off the top or side of the dumpling, cautiously slurp up the juices, add some dipping sauce and chomp away. Donít get the regular pan fried dumplings if you get xiao long bao, it was such a downer after eating something so juicy and tasty.
This website claims Gum Fung has best dim sum.
http://queens.about.com/od/allrestaurantreviews/gr/rr_gum_fung.htm
136-28 39th Ave, Flushing, Queens, NY, 11354
718-762-8821
It is pretty darn good, but I want to say I might have had better but I canít remember where. My mom and her friends were like, ìThat place is expensiveî but my sister and I discovered if you go M-F between 9am-4pm all dishes (small, med and large) were $1.50. Thatís right $1.50, which is insane. We stuffed our faces at 9am for $12 and didnít need to eat til 6pm that night. We both hate crowds and going during the week was a double bonus.
The 900 pound gorilla in the Asian bakery biz in Flushing- Taipan. At least 3 locations in Flushing, pretty hard not to miss:
http://www.taipan-bakery.com/index_e.html
They even had dan tat or egg custard tart made with egg whites. I didnít try it because I was convinced it wasnít going to be very good. I need that beautiful golden color in my egg custard tart, not some fucked up healthy shit. My cholesterol is probably through the roof but amazingly I didnít gain any weight after eating out for a week. Must be all the walking we did.
Ma xin is another Asian bakery which seems to be giving Taipan a run for the money. Theyíre a little bit cheaper plus they have a hot food section where you can order scallion pancake (mine was cold though), noodles and soups for breakfast. Itís like a greasy spoon diner, Chinese style, complete with old men yelling at the blaring TV broadcasting Chinese TV. Weirdly, I canít find any internet mentions of this chain except this one:
http://www.cbwchc.org/project/eatwell/nutrition_maxin.html
135-24 40 Rd., Flushing, NY 11354
But thereís at least 3 locations in Flushing, so itís not that hard to find one. Personally, I kind of liked Ma xin better.
For those that want their soy milk,yo tiao and rice congee fix,
Nan Bei (South North) rocks the house.
Unfortunately, I donít have a business card or address but itís on 40th Rd, right across the street from a Ma xin bakery. We went on the weekend with 5 people in our party and it was stupid busy and it is incredibly cramped but the food is to die for. We didnít have to wait *that* long, but we would have been seated sooner if our group was either 2 or 4 people.
There was a Sago CafÈ on Main street that looked like the place to see and be seen but I was so stuffed after every meal, I couldnít think about ordering some bubble tea. My mom would ìscoldî me for not eating as much at meals- she knows how much I can put away. There were more places, but canít remember the names or locations and I regret not taking any food porn pics except this Beijing Duck we had at a restaurant I can't remember:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/vsoy/beijing_duck.jpg
Mom took me and my sisters to a bunch of restaurants. Iím listing a couple of places for those visiting the Flushing area. Perhaps we all can add restaurants in our hometown that are recommended for out of towners?
One of my favorites: xiao long bao (little dragon buns) from
Joeís Shanghai restaurant.
(718) 539-3838
13621 37th Ave
Flushing, NY 11354
http://tinyurl.com/n82be
Well, duh, if you go on the weekend, of course it is going to be busy and a long wait for a table. Order a pan or two right when the waiter seats you because it takes a while to make. When you eat these little steamed dumplings for the first time, a rite of passage includes burning your tongue or the roof of your mouth when you slurp up the copious amounts of soupy juice in these little dumplings. The trick, take a small bite off the top or side of the dumpling, cautiously slurp up the juices, add some dipping sauce and chomp away. Donít get the regular pan fried dumplings if you get xiao long bao, it was such a downer after eating something so juicy and tasty.
This website claims Gum Fung has best dim sum.
http://queens.about.com/od/allrestaurantreviews/gr/rr_gum_fung.htm
136-28 39th Ave, Flushing, Queens, NY, 11354
718-762-8821
It is pretty darn good, but I want to say I might have had better but I canít remember where. My mom and her friends were like, ìThat place is expensiveî but my sister and I discovered if you go M-F between 9am-4pm all dishes (small, med and large) were $1.50. Thatís right $1.50, which is insane. We stuffed our faces at 9am for $12 and didnít need to eat til 6pm that night. We both hate crowds and going during the week was a double bonus.
The 900 pound gorilla in the Asian bakery biz in Flushing- Taipan. At least 3 locations in Flushing, pretty hard not to miss:
http://www.taipan-bakery.com/index_e.html
They even had dan tat or egg custard tart made with egg whites. I didnít try it because I was convinced it wasnít going to be very good. I need that beautiful golden color in my egg custard tart, not some fucked up healthy shit. My cholesterol is probably through the roof but amazingly I didnít gain any weight after eating out for a week. Must be all the walking we did.
Ma xin is another Asian bakery which seems to be giving Taipan a run for the money. Theyíre a little bit cheaper plus they have a hot food section where you can order scallion pancake (mine was cold though), noodles and soups for breakfast. Itís like a greasy spoon diner, Chinese style, complete with old men yelling at the blaring TV broadcasting Chinese TV. Weirdly, I canít find any internet mentions of this chain except this one:
http://www.cbwchc.org/project/eatwell/nutrition_maxin.html
135-24 40 Rd., Flushing, NY 11354
But thereís at least 3 locations in Flushing, so itís not that hard to find one. Personally, I kind of liked Ma xin better.
For those that want their soy milk,yo tiao and rice congee fix,
Nan Bei (South North) rocks the house.
Unfortunately, I donít have a business card or address but itís on 40th Rd, right across the street from a Ma xin bakery. We went on the weekend with 5 people in our party and it was stupid busy and it is incredibly cramped but the food is to die for. We didnít have to wait *that* long, but we would have been seated sooner if our group was either 2 or 4 people.
There was a Sago CafÈ on Main street that looked like the place to see and be seen but I was so stuffed after every meal, I couldnít think about ordering some bubble tea. My mom would ìscoldî me for not eating as much at meals- she knows how much I can put away. There were more places, but canít remember the names or locations and I regret not taking any food porn pics except this Beijing Duck we had at a restaurant I can't remember:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/vsoy/beijing_duck.jpg