If you thought the first floor of the Golden Shopping Mall (
profiled yesterday) in Flushing, Queens, was cramped, try heading downstairs. Trying to eat the entirety of that basement food court is like descending into madness. There are just so many choices—diced rabbit seeped in red oil and dusted in white sesame, the springy bite of Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles, chewy-skinned dumplings and thick bones full of bone marrow to slurp.
How to make sense of it? Here's our guide.
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] Wenzhou's fishball soup is nothing like the Fuzhou fishball soup that you can find at Old Wang Ji on the first floor of the Golden Shopping Mall. They're more fish noodle than fish ball: they...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] While their Chinese name translates to North-South Local Flavor, their English one name checks the mainland's Henan province and Taiwan's capital. This recent addition has a small menu, shaved red bean ice, and bubble teas....
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This recently opened kebab shop offers traditional kebabs as well as seaweed-on-a-stick. Address and directions No number (in the basement, second stall on your right coming in through the Main Street entrance.) 41-28 Main Street Flushing, NY Translated Menu Print...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] All noodle dishes on the menu here are available either as rice noodles or wheat noodles—the former are more thin and delicate. I sampled their beef noodle, which featured pleasantly gelatinous and flavorful chunks of...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] At this unrepentantly spicy Golden Shopping Mall stop that's popular with locals, you'll find patrons noshing all kinds of fiery-looking things. I saw a woman eating something that looked delicious: a spicy vermicelli soup with...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] Zhu's Snacks is run by Mr. Zhu, a congenial man from Wenzhou who happens to serves some seriously satisfying food. When he saw me snapping food photos, he chuckled, then pulled out a camera of...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] Well, if Fuchsia Dunlop likes it, that has to say something about a Sichuanese restaurant, right? Serving up all the spicy classics of the region is Chengdu Heavenly Snacks, whose menu covers must-order traditional cold...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] While there's no formal menu at this Tianjin-style stand, signs on the windows promise dumplings: Chinese leek with eggs, shrimp and pork, and Chinese celery with pork (at $3 for a dozen). A hot and...
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[Photo credit: Lingbo Li] A $4.75 bowl of noodles at Lanzhou Handmade Noodles at the Golden Shopping Mall basement begins its life as an enormous block of dough. The noodle craftsmen begin working it softer, stretching the dough into...
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