37-02 Prince St,
Flushing, NY 11354
… one more pic on Google Maps, Yelp, TA
May return.
Although most Chinese restaurants serve dumplings, this one specializes in them, nearly exclusively. However, their dumplings have no folds, like 2D, and are flat. The folds give the dumpling three-dimensionality, making it more appealing. The interior is simply red and simple.
39-16 Prince St #104
Flushing, NY 11354
… more pix & videos on Google Maps, Yelp, TA
This is one of my go-to places for XLB (soup dumplings). They’ve upgraded to this location, which is just a few doors down from their original shop. This is larger and has a high ceiling.
I actually had DTF (Din Tai Fung) at their London location in Selfridges two nights ago and decided to try it again. I ordered their regular XLB and noted the following:
– The size is larger than I remembered.
– The skin is thin.
– The soup is plentiful and clear.
– The meat is well-prepared.
Overall, it’s still my favorite spot, now in a more spacious environment.
I visited at 10:30 AM, and they weren’t busy at all. From the waiting area at the lower entrance, I could see they are likely busy during lunch and dinner times.
40-09 Prince St,
Flushing, NY 11354
Google Maps has it as “Taste of Fuzhou”, Yelp has it A Bite of Fuzhou.
Will not return
This restaurant opened in March. Previously, there was also a Chinese restaurant, operating under a different name and serving Northeastern cuisine.
The food is so so:
More of a take-out place, with tables (not sure if they’ve a bathroom), serving food on paper plates.
135-20 Roosevelt Ave #2FL,
Flushing, NY 11354
… also on Google Maps
Will not return for their underhandwdness.
The shop imposes 50% tip on all massages, which I find it sneaky and dishonest.
A second floor beauty shop that offers many services: facial, massage and so on. It’s small but kept relatively clean.
136-20 Roosevelt Ave, #29
Flushing, NY 11354
Tel (917) 563-1243
This vendor is at the lower level food court in the complex on the SE corner of Main and Roosevelt. They’re at the corner to the right. I’ve visited them pretty often. Before for their radish cake (no longer offered bec it was too time consuming, per Manager Huang), now the fried dumplings. Overall, their foods are on the sweet side, and stingy on portion. Good thing is that they take credit card but overcharged me.
It’s interesting to note, they advertise the fried dumpling $7.99 and $9.99 but made no effort to return the penny – not that I care but it reminds me of my experience in Beijing as well.
136-51 Roosevelt Ave
Flushing, NY 11354
Opening hours are daily, 7:30am to 9pm.
A newly opened (one month old) Cantonese restaurant, right outside of the subway escalator.
The young lady is very friendly. The service is good. Food is slightly above average. We took them to the US Open, which is great:
S1 Dumplings – ok
H2 Rice noodle chow fun and beef 干炒牛河 – very good
T3 roasted duck – ok
They’ve one big and clean bathroom.
For the convenience, after US Open I returned for more
~ E12 beef stew – good
~ Beef and bitter melon – good (huge pieces)
~ T6 n T7 roast pig 叉烧 n 烧猪肉 – good
~ E15 salty fish, chicken and eggplant – this classic dish began with tofu but they use eggplant which is pretty good
Wish them good luck and prosper.
133-35 Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing, NY 11354
I thought this food mall has closed. But it isn’t. So I’m pretty happy to find my faved beancurd vendor, they now charge $8 per order.
Also I got two kinds of wonton from Happy Lemon: their qicai wanton 荠菜餛飩 is good $7 per big order. The regular Shanghai wonton ($6) is not good at all.
A lady is making zongzi, the sticky rice dumplings warped in multiple bamboo leaves. It uses glutinous rice with fills – can be salty, like meats, dried sausages, or sweet, such as red bean paste, served during duanwu 端午 or dragon boat festival, commemorating poet and politician Qi Yuan 屈原 (340-278 BC ). Because it uses the lunar calendar – on the fifth day of the fifth month. So each year has different date. 2022 is on June 3rd. It’s convenient to consume, so you can find it year around now.
38-35 Bell Blvd
Bayside, NY 11361
Won’t return
95 degree – a heat advisory day and their a/c is on strike. We stayed because of hunger and also the decor.
The lone girl at front desk is super busy – they need two people there.
The two ramen are good. Omirice – omelette or eggs over fried rice – is long on look short on taste. Okonomiyaki, had it better elsewhere.
As we’re waiting to pay, I discovered the sales tax has gone up to 8.875%. Thought was 8.625 before?
Wireless charging on the table – but don’t forget it.
Although I don’t drink sweet beverage at all but I think it would be a nice gesture for them to provide a free cold drink to everyone from their tea bar, due to broken a/c.
Street parking is easy to find – at 1pm on a Sunday.
Bus 20G’s stop on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing. This is one of the Nassau Inter-Bounty Express Lines, outside of New York City. Daxi is pretty popular Sichuan cuisine restaurant.
Meeting two friends in the city. One of them said, she heard there is a terror attack in Times Square yesterday and the Americans are not reporting it. “I get it from China.” Both are from China and have lived in US for an extended period. They turned to me, “Have you heard?”
“No.” I said.
“See, they don’t report bad news. There are so many police men and fire tracks, how could it not be an attack?”
I knew fire trucks are everywhere when there is an emergency. Years ago when the apartment above us had a leak into our apartment, the fire trucks came after I called 911. I specifically said there was only water lead.
Would this friend’s ignorance with fire truck results in a rumor … “see, xyz lives in US and said, the Americans don’t report bad news …”
#7 subway in late morning is pretty empty. Instead, many bikes. The 42nd Street Times Square station.
