Got this from the food cart in front of the New York Supermarket parking lot in Elmhurst. I wanted to get the fish balls with noodles, but they were out everything except the balls and ready to close shop. They put some kind of syrupy Asian barbecue sauce on it and I was ready to go. Not really good at all, but I should take into consideration that these were their last scraps and it was only $1. I still ate it all. I don’t know why. I think I felt I would be throwing away perfectly good food and money. Weird how the mind works.
Chinese Food Cart – Broadway (btwn Elmhurst & Whitney Ave) Elmhurst, NY 11373
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Hit up another Chinese spot in Elmhurst. Another pick and point place (3 items over rice w/ soup for $4.75). Then there’s a bakery on the right and congee, dim sum, bbq on the left. There was a good crowd in there. All different types of people, although all Asian.
I went with the chicken feet (Phoenix Talons) from the dim sum section for $2.75. Some chili sauce and I was ready to go. If you were wondering, it’s mostly soft stewed skin and some tendons you’re eating. I used to like this as a kid. Then I learned it was chicken feet and was disgusted. I’m not afraid anymore, now that I know what other stuff I’m putting in my mouth. The chicken feet were good here. I ate it all.
Rice-n-Tea Chinese Restaurant – 8274 Broadway. Elmhurst, NY 11373
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This Chinese joint at the corner of Broadway and Justice Ave in Elmhurst. It’s a bakery and coffee shop in the front. In the back, hot food pick & point along with Chinese BBQ. I opted to try their baked goods –a baked barbecue pork bun that says Kam Bakery on the wrapper, which is possibly next door. I didn’t notice it when I was there though. Standard good baked bun $1.
House of Andy Inc – 86-22 Broadway (@ Justice Ave) Elmhurst, NY 11373
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Took the trip out to Elmhurst, Queens for the first time to check out their Chinatown. I actually didn’t know there was a fourth NYC Chinatown until recently. It’s defintely a calmer setting than the others and doesn’t quite look like New York to me. Thinking about it now, it’s probably because of the occasional parking lots.
I went for some Pork Fried Dumplings (4 for $1.25) at Lao Bei Fang Dumpling House. Pretty standard. Maybe a little bland, but the soy-vinegar sauce and the Frank’s RedHot-type sauce refilled in the Sriracha bottles did the job.
Everyone looked like they were eating noodle soup. When they finished, the customers would dump their leftovers into a bucket near the door, which was right next to me. It was halfway high.
Lao Bei Fang Dumpling House – 86-08 Whitney Ave. Elmhurst, NY 11373
More on my Elmhurst adventure to come.
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I’ve always been curious about this dirty looking Chinese take-out across from the projects and down the sketchy street from me. Todd said when you go in, you come out smelling like grease. Ho May means “good aroma” in Chinese. So I wanted to know what if this “good aroma” really smelled like grease.
I ordered the Sweet & Sour Chicken with Pork Fried Rice ($6) from the other side of the bullet proof glass. You have to stick your arm through the slot like a mouse maze to pay and get your food. Looking at the bullet proof glass, their specials are mozzarella sticks and Tang. The food was solid as any regular Chinese-American take-out goes. The chicken’s fried battered breading had a slight thin airy crunch to it. I was satisfied and stuffed.
I did end up smelling like Chinese food though. Sorta like how I could smell my parents all the way from my bed when they got home from work at their restaurant –like Chinese food. Like comfort.
Ho May Kitchen – 100 Woodpoint Road (@ Kingsland Ave) Brooklyn, NY 11211
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The Noodle Soup is bigger than my face. My latest –link
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