Queens Bites 2025 (Flushing, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Astoria, LIC, Sunnyside, and beyond)

A return to New York Food Court to sample some of the new additions, and revisit some old favorites

I was disappointed that the crab roe place was out of xlb, so we had the leaf buns stuffed with crab and crab roe. I’m not a big fluffy bun person (too doughy), but the crab overrode that for me. Served with vinegar that perked it up. I would have gotten the buns with crab and pork if everyone ate pork, those were probably more rounded in flavor, with more stuffing.

I found both the snail noodle soup and the vermicelli noodle bowl just on the other side of too spicy to discern all the flavors, but the noodles in both were lovely. Actually, it was a noodle-heavy day, and all the noodles were good. I enjoyed the liangpi more than last time.

The lions head meatballs were light, and seemed less fatty than the last time I ate them. A very nice dish, with bits of trumpet mushroom and baby bok choy.

I skipped the eggs as my encounters with deep fried boiled eggs have been pretty uniform, not my thing. These seemed to be soy sauce or tea eggs that were coated with spices and then fried.

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