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13621 37th Ave
Flushing, NY 11354
Fax: 718-460-8258

Average Rating 4 (14 Ratings)

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Let's just get the soup dumpling thing out of the way, seeing as that's what everyone talks about. Deceptively called 'steamed buns,' they look like squat, onion-shaped dumplings and have an incredibly light filling of pork or crab and a hot broth. Put one in your soup spoon, nibble a hole to let the broth leak out, and then eat or slurp. They are universally adored, and have propelled the original Flushing-based business into a four-restaurant affair, as well as introduced the rest of Shanghai cuisine to the masses. Shanghai is somewhat the French cuisine of China, complex and rich, but with an infinitely more unusual variety of dishes. The jellyfish is almost crunchy, the fish head casserole is most popular with local Chinese, and the raw 'drunken crabs' are considered one of the most unfamiliar tasting dishes non-natives have ever eaten. There are also plenty of less exotic but distinctive recipes: smoked fish, yellow fish with rice wine sauce (sweet -- a typical Shanghai dish) and some take-out standbys. If you're having trouble, the staff is very helpful, and surprisingly enthusiastic. -- Dan Glass

14 Ratings and Reviews

  • Best Dumplings; Yellow Fish is great too !

    Review rating : 5out of 5   Abalonbx - 07/10/2008

    This is the best Chineese restaurant in the City. I go there regularly. Every dish is outstanding.

  • Review rating : 5out of 5   letaliou - 04/04/2007

  • OMG THE BEST

    Review rating : 5out of 5   sherinkelly - 02/15/2007

    THE BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN NY. ONLY COMPLAINT IS THEY DONT TAKE CREDIT CARDS!

  • 12/2006

    Review rating : 3out of 5   daisyleejamie - 01/09/2007

    Didn't live up to the reviews. Not sure why this restaurant is so highly rated. The appetizer pork dumplings were good but nothing to die for. There are better places to eat in Flushing but I will keep my favorite a secret!

  • Best Chinese food hands down

    Review rating : 5out of 5   nylews - 04/25/2006

    My family drives here at least once a month (and after every Met game). They have the best soup dumplings that I've found in the city. We also love the yellowfish in dried seaweed and the shanghai lo mein (big fat noodles). You cannot go wrong.

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    Review rating : 5out of 5   malignkisses - 04/05/2006

    Best chinese restaurant in the entire city, none can beat. Amazing. I love their dumplings. Great.

  • Best Dumplings EVER !!!

    Review rating : 5out of 5   jade628 - 03/06/2006

    We've been going there for years. We love it and we ought to know. We're Chinese.LOL I'd be lost without the soup dumpling.
    God, they are soooo good!! I'm getting hungry thinking about it. The other food is good too, but the Dumplings ROCK! So thats all we go there for!!

  • taste it

    Review rating : 5out of 5   lookingfor888 - 03/23/2005

    scallion pancake you never get it like that great!!!
    the best in our town

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    Review rating : 2out of 5   miyori873 - 02/10/2005

    Soup dumplings and that's it. Everything else sucks and so is the service. Obnoxious wait staff.

  • NEVER DISAPPOINTED

    Review rating : 5out of 5   dasong927 - 12/27/2004

    STEAMED BUNS TO DIE FOR AND SINGAPORE NOODLES ARE TERRIFIC AS IS THE BRAISED PORK SHOULDER.
    SERVICE IS SWIFT AND POLITE IN THE ELMHURST LOCATION.

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