Flushing, Queens, in many ways, is its own world. While only two stops away from Manhattan on the Long Island Railroad, this is a land of $900 one-bedroom apartments and brilliant $4 bowls of noodles. You know you've stepped foot in the right place when the signs are covered in symbols and the pavement jostles with immigrants. But with so many menus only in Chinese, and so many wonderful shop owners lacking a command of English, the food scene can be difficult to navigate.
Here's our comprehensive guide to Flushing food courts, Part I: translated menus, clickable maps, and more!
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[Photo credits: Lingbo Li] This joint has the distinction of serving the only non-Chinese food in Golden Shopping Mall. It's not, however, a total misfit: the owner is Chinese man who did a stint in Vietnam. I gave his...
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] Queens offers every kind of Asian food: Indian, Indonesian, Korean, Thai, and a plethora of regional Chinese. The void in this wonderland of ethnic eats has always been the bánh mì, or Vietnamese sandwich. This is...
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