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
