Swiss Chocolate (Part 2) Lindt Swiss Premium Chocolate
Continuing from my earlier post here.
If you never seen or had Lindt Swiss Chocolate, you’ve been missing out. There was also a Grand Opening in New York in 2008 for their new store (LindtUSA.com). They had a Ceremony and a larger than life size Chocolate Sculpture made of their smaller Signature Bunnies. Here’s some pictures of the chocolate I bought in Zurich.
Swiss Chocolate Lindt Premium
More pictures after the jump!
Picnic Garden: Korean BBQ Buffet (Flushing, Queens)
Picnic Garden Barbeque Buffet
14742 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 358-5959
Update 2009/03/24: Appended to this post with new pictures!
This is possibly the only Korean BBQ BUFFET in town. I can’t think of any other left since Northern Buffet is gone. If anyone else knows of a Korean Buffet, please let us know. In the mean time, I’ll be going back to Picnic Garden for more!
Picnic Garden Korean BBQ Buffet
Parking is a problem since it’s metered outside during the day (except Sunday) and residential is dense, so not alot of parking at night. Be sure to circle around and look for parking. The buffet is fairly cheap at about $25/person and it feels like a family runned restaurant.
Picnic Garden Korean BBQ Grilled Kal-bi
More after the jump!
Nan Shian Soup Dumpling House in Flushing, NY
Nan Shian Dumpling House
38-12 Prince Street
Flushing, Queens – NY
(718) 321-3838
Elaine Louie of the New York Times wrote an article about this restaurant and claimed that their soup dumplings are the best soup dumplings in New York City, if not the world, and that includes China. That is a bold statement! I got so excited after reading this article that I had to go out there and try it for myself. Can their soup be better than your Joe Shanghai or your local ma and pa dumpling house?
Nan Shian Dumpling House
On this cold Sunday rainy afternoon, Finechinaguy and I + 2 guests decided to come to warm up our bellies by coming to his famous soup dumpling restaurant. After nearly 15 minutes of grueling wait for parking in the Municipal Parking Lot, we were definitely hungry. The time was 2:10pm, and when we opened the door, there was a long queue that almost backed out of the door! Mind you, like what the NY Times article wrote, the restaurant has a capacity of 30 people, so it’s a very small place. Usually in a situation like this, I would just leave and go to the other many soup dumpling restaurants in Flushing, but of course that isn’t an option so we went inside.
When you go inside, you have to tell one of the waitresses how many people are in your party. You will then grab a ticket and patiently wait inside the restaurant, if there is space, or out in the hall like Finechinaguy did. I stood in the restaurant and waited patiently until my number was called out.
My party waited about fifteen minutes and that was considered to be fast because there were some groups who refuse to leave even when they were done eating. They were pretty much lounging around and chit chatting until the waitress asks if they want the check and decides to order another entree of food. In a small restaurant like this, I think it’s just in good manners to eat and then leave.
Saha Thai (Hidden Gem on Centre St.)
Saha Thai Cuisine
227 Centre St. (Btwn Grand & Broome St)
(212) 966-7886
This little hidden gem of a Thai restaurant is on Centre St. right between Chinatown and Soho. FineChinaGirl’s friend recommended a get together here and it did not disappoint at all! The owner of the restaurant will make sure your food tastes great and you enjoy it. She even cooks the food as she started it originally by herself. Dishes ranged from $7-9 and Chef Specials at $12-15, it is fairly cheap and you won’t be regret. Now onto the pictures!
Saha-Thai Crispy Vegetable Dumpling (Fried) w/Sweet Soy Sauce
Doesn’t that look delicious? It tasted delicious too. I’ve never had dumplings that looked like this good. Lots more after the jump!
Kumquats are in season!
Kumquats are the cherry tomato version of the orange except that you can eat the skin! According to my mother, the best time to get it is from mid-autumn to winter time. Or if you can’t keep track of your seasons, you can tell if your local supermarkets carry them. A sure sign of this is when you go to a local Chinese market. They come in a box for your convenience and it’s very inexpensive to get.
Kumquats
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