Tacos Por Favor

Taco Por Favor's Chorizo and cheese is a solid nomination for best taco on the west side of LA. Al Pastor was mildly disappointing in comparison (and better can be found on some of the trucks...
but all the selections were damn tasty...








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Flushing Dim Sum

Flushing, the 'destination of choice' or at least as designated by the signs littering the periphery of the central strip mall, boasts the widest variety of dim sum options in the tri-state area. Enjoying a late and extended Chinese New Year celebration, the four of ordered close to 30 dishes at the “Ocean Jewel.”

As the restaurant’s title implies, the majority of offerings involved extremely fresh seafood. The excellent lightly pickled conch was delicately flavored and resisted only slightly when bit. The shrimp dumplings were lucid gems nestled comfortably in bamboo steamers and were devoured with equal enthusiasm as the rice paper wrapped chives and Chinese broccoli.

Chewing slowly on the gelatinous red bean block, my brother reminisced over the taro jelly’s he ate every morning for breakfast in shanghai. Despite already bulging stomachs, we gorged ourselves on the sesame and sweet meat buns for dessert while eyeing a cart holding a barrel of tofu to be served with sweet ginger sauce.

conch . : .... : : rice cooked in lotus leaf :... :.. :. shrimp in rice paper pancake

shrimp and vegetables in tofu skin :. . : :.. : dumplings :.. .. :: .. : fried wrapped vegetables

taro cake :. .: :::: .... chinese broccoli . .. :: .. :::.. .. .. .. .. chive dumplings

fish cooked in pepper : :::. .. .... . . .:: . sweet pork buns :... .:.. red bean jelly

Little Pepper

Once synonymous with outstanding Korean food, the Flushing area of Queens has flourished into a bustling section of little Hong Kong. Among the cute pastry shops, beauty parlors and tea houses lining Roosevelt Ave, a plethora of outstanding Sichuan restaurants are nestled into hidden underground nooks.

Rated among the top 10 Sichuan and Cantonese in New York, Little Pepper delivers with unique and pleasantly piquant dishes far superior to anything found on the isle on Manhattan.

Chow discussion of Little Pepper













spiced lamb, taro, pickled bamboo
braised beef, tofu, diced rabbit
(not pictured : enhanced pork, rice noodles with spiced beef, tea duck)