54-46, that's my number: the Queens thread

There was a Kikes something or other on 43rd Ave in sunnyside too. It’s a Hispanic name.

Check out this review of Kike Barber Shop on Google Maps
https://goo.gl/maps/hh1XWvdvMhfMqKbBA

maybe i don't look at enough reviews on the web but this is gold

i read the first sentence again.. is he still going?!?

i guess it's a kid. aa yeah. i have no business here i just like Toots and the Maytals. good day

if you're a dork like me and enjoy going to haunted houses for Halloween A Haunting In Hollis is the best one i've ever been to. Very creative and fun.

I recommend going alone, without a flashlight :)

i am sitting in Haidilao in Flushing and they are playing a ridiculous Chinese pop version of 'Oh Suzannah' with the amazing/ridiculous Daphne & Celeste general MIDI banjo sound

This is the first time i have eaten out in about 4 months

Love Flushing. Have you checked out the new mall, Tangram?

I have not! Yeah, Flushing is inarguably the most fun, lots-to-do place to visit in NYC.

Riding the 7 train back to reality :(

We practically live in Tangram. Food court is great they even have a zaab zaab outpost. We went to the fancy Peking duck place too huge wait but an amazing meal and experience. Everything was delicious except for the famous dish that is mashed potatoes shaped like a rabbit general in a cold creamy chicken sauce. Just wasn’t to our taste perhaps. I’d share a link if I wasn’t so lazy. Google it.

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Well I def recommend Haidilao as an excellent hot pot place with veggie/vegan options. Seems like it would be a great place to bring kids if you have kids, it’s very fun. They have a board games lounge and a claw machine in the waiting area, noodles that dance and I was offered a free ice cream at the end. Also the bar where you get to mix your own sauces. Everything I tried was incredible. The tomato hot pot was my favorite.

https://img.freepik.com/premium-photo/portrait-with-rabbit-dressed-up-as-general-bunny-elegant-bright-clothes-generative-ai-art-hare-as-commander-chief_163597-5.jpg

Also you can make gigantic bubbles at the Hall of Science now, they usually let me in free after 4
https://i.imgur.com/YKyAkcD_d.webp

One more for good measure
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/general-warren-david-henderson.jpg

ok I'm at a computer now and not on my phone so I can share this:

https://patch.com/new-york/flushing-murray-hill/ju-qi-taking-its-famed-rabbit-shaped-potatoes-flushing

I'm not a huge hot fan or expert, but the one place we've been to is ChongQing Lao Zao which is A+ on atmosphere at least. Crazy charming interior.

But back to Juqi in Tangram, other than that rabbit, everything was totally delicious with really fun and silly presentations. We did the half peking duck which was plenty, a really spicy schezuan fish soup, cumin lamb, diced chicken, litchi shrimp balls. Basically the most basic stuff we could find but it was all great.

did you do the charcoal briquette rice?

tangram is about to become (if not already) weeb central of nyc. with the miniso, anime shop on the 2nd floor, the planned gatcha gatcha shop, kura kura on the first floor.

we caught boy and the heron at the regal, the screens were surprisingly big. limited seating but big screens - would rather it be that then small screen and lots of seats.

the bar in tangram is sort of hideously overpriced, i didn't think it'd stay in business for as long as it has.

didn't have that rice.

my daughter who is nearly 7 is really into "weeb" though this is the first time I've heard that term. Technically she just likes cute stuff and all those places def scratch that itch for her. She likes non japanese cute stuff too, though I suppose the more it seems japanese the happier she is. Apparently Pusheen was created by americans in chicago? Oh well.

For her upcoming birthday we're going to flushing and letting her go to town on gatchas and claw machines and whatnot at various spots in flushing.

Though there's a little japanese store on 6th ave below 14th st that has a bunch of claw machines. And another near 23rd. st. Def taking over.

you'll want to bring her to the teso-x in flushing

Will keep it in mind.

also dan in case not obvious, 'weeb' is a derogatory term so i wouldn't go teaching that to your daughter.

Also good advice.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_FbJUMO8w/

really fun and silly presentations.

WANT but nothing you mentioned is remotely vegan.

googled Tangram and SO MUCH NEON i am def going sometime this winter it would be worth the detour just for the neon

rabbit general

Oh it’s Tu er ye LOL
I thought the “general” part was a funny auto-complete or something that you didn’t catch

Tu er Shen or GTFO

So some Terraza stalwarts won a Grammy last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaTiRJziwUA

^sweet!

so, i recently conducted an experiment for the benefit of my community, which is to say i ate *two* rather large meals one after the other which was terribly difficult for me, you must understand.

I noticed that the famed Hindu Temple Canteen in Murry Hill has the same menu and prices as the Dosa Hut around the corner. being an altruist and a scientist, i ordered a 3 course meal at the Hindu Temple Canteen in and then ordered the very same meal at the Dosa Hut immediately after I'd finished.

My findings are that the food at Dosa Hut is 10x more delicious and the portions are 3x larger (which made this research especially painful to conduct), but basically there is no reason to eat at the temple ever unless you really want to sit in a basement. Also the guy who runs the Dosa Hut is the sweetest man on earth.

What else?? I've been to Tangram! it was pretty dead on a weekday evening, apart from the foodcourt (the neon looks way better in photos), so kinda depressing. Ju Qi does have some vegan options and an incredible looking rainbow cocktail but it is $$$

The Tangram visit left me feeling that China is the future and America is the past, and that the future is very exciting but hasn't quite arrived yet.

Agree about the neon and yeah the place left me with kind of an empty feeling for some reason

no no i'm def glad i went, thanks for the tip!
it felt... like a place that's inevitably gonna blow up, def gonna be a moment, just not as soon as the developers thought.

We are off our Queens food game since the pandemic, but jonesing for some (preferably spicy, but open to anything) food (either Chinese or Thai) in Queens, either Woodside or Flushing. Favorites from the past were Little Pepper, Uncle Zhou (RIP, the best), Fu Run, Yu Garden, Hunan Kitchen of Grand Sichuan, Ayada, Szechuan Mountain House, the Peking Duck bun place with the window on the street. Would love any current recommendations for where to go these days.

zaab zaab is the new hotness. haven't been

Thanks, I was curious about them. Looks like there is one in the new mall in Flushing and one a few doors down from Ayada in Woodside.

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/02/13/ikea-pays-10m-to-terminate-queens-lease/

RIP

don’t go to the saab zaab in the mall it’s very depressing

I don't know if it's the timing but the times I've been to Tangram the mall and the food court have been extremely lively.

But yeah, Zaab Zaab is great, we've only eaten at the one on woodside ave, twice.

A lot of people also swearing by Hug Esan but haven't tried. It's on the same little thailand stretch.

If you want something different than Thai or Chinese there's a million Nepalese places in Jackson Heights/Woodside, this one is near Sripraphai (and my house), we ordered once and wasn't even sure what we got but it was incredibly spicy and incredibly delicious. May be good for a nepalese meal aways from the heart of Jackson Heights: https://www.yelp.com/biz/kathmandu-fusion-kitchen-woodside

mixed reviews on. yelp for what that's worth.

soranrom thai on broadway and 81st st is fantastic, get the crispy catfish salad.

zaab zaab is good but idk i think they lean kinda heavy on everything being crazy spicy

saranrom my bad

xp

Never had Nepalese. Maybe we need to do that.

I think we went to Hug Esan maybe 5-6 years ago. It had some very "artisanal" (i.e. funky homemade) fish sauces iirc. It's tiny.

PBKR you should check the link Gui posted recently in the 'Chinese and Jews get along great' thread or w/e it's called

sounds like your Queens food game was on point pre-Covid tho!

I agree with dan selzer, Nepali food is the way to go in Woodside/Jackson Heights, Mustang Thakali Kitchen used to be my go-to but last time i ate there it SUCKED.

nepali bhancha ghar on roosevelt by the station is lively and the food is good

Also I'm a fan of Tarim Uyghur Food @ New World Mall if you are going the mall food court route

Also Also had dinner at Chongqing Lao Zao on my 40th Bday, not blown away by the food but HOLY SHIT @ the decor

Also also also the supermarket on College Pt Blvd where the Western Beef used to be has the cheapest and freshest produce i have ever seen in NYC

yeah I had one of the meat patty things from Tarim last time I was in New World, it was great.

Mustang Thakali was our go-to at first, sad if it's downhill.

Then it was Phayul, the upstairs location, I loved the vibe up there.

The Roosevelt Ave location of Om Wok was great, they keep winning the momo crawls.

Yes to. Chongqing Lao Zao decor! Not the biggest fan of hot pot in general but for the experience and vibe alone, totally great time.

I used to hit a lot of the various nepalese places in jackson heights and can't even remember which ones I liked best or which is which, other than the first two I mentioned.

My favorite spot was Woodside Cafe which is on broadway over in woodside (not the sean oggs cafe on woodside ave), they have Chatamuri which I loved. Online reviews seem to suggest that maybe they've dropped off too.

And we're big fans of Dawas in sunnyside, which is half sorta upscale tibetan and half hipster new american and all pretty good. That's more of a local for us. though their chatamari wasn't nearly as good as Woodside Cafe. Their Shabaley is great and the pork chili. And my daughter likes the pancakes. She is no longer in her "queens kid who eats anything phase" sadly. Though she does like momos sometimes and chicken lollipops sometimes.

Awesome recommendations everyone. I want to go everywhere.

Lol (and cringe) at the Chinese Quest website on the Chinese/Jews thread.