Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice-$6 "The Most Famous Taiwanese Street Food! "

How could you not try this once this irresistible braised pork rice ? This is one of the most famous Taiwanese street food. It's really common to see in Taiwan. It's famous for its minced pork which is marinated with soy sauce that intensify the flavor of pork. Normally, we'll put pork, stewed egg, bamboo and some vegetables on top of the rice. 

Minced pork rice is a Taiwanese-style donburi (rice covered in sauce) commonly seen throughout Taiwan and southern Fujian province. The flavor may vary from one region to another, but the basic ingredients remain the same: ground pork marinated and boiled in soy sauce served on top of steamed rice.(Wiki)

Restaurant:  廟口小吃
Address: Flushing Mall 133-31 39th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

Price: $2-$10

Don't forget to try other traditional Taiwanese street food that can make your day!

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留學生省錢思鄉美食in法拉盛!


滷肉飯!!!!!!!!!!多麼道地又令人懷念阿~~~~~~位於法拉盛的廟口小吃顧名思義就是賣各式各樣的台灣小吃，當中包含草仔粿、還有ㄍㄨㄚˋ包 懷念家鄉美食的朋友們不妨到這裡來尋找道地台灣味吧!

Peking Duck Sandwich-$1"Get a Little Bit Taste of The Famous Pecking Duck!"

Peking duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era, and is now considered a national dish of China.The dish is prized for the thin, crisp skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred specially for the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The meat is eaten with pancakes, scallion, and hoisin sauce or sweet bean sauce.

You can get a full Peking duck cuisine in Flushing and normally it will cost you around $20-$30 dollars. Here you get to try a little bit taste of Pecking duck by spending only $1 dollar! 

Restaurant: Corner 28 旺角28
Address: 4028 main street Flushing, New York 1135
Tel: (718) 886-6628
Price: $1-$15

They also sell all kinds of Chinese food including fried rice, noodles, soups and other duck cuisine. (Link to their foursquare and see the menu!)Try their Pecking duck sandwich and you'll fall in love with the sweet sauce and the crispy skin and tender meat!
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留學生省錢思鄉美食in法拉盛!

旺角28坐落於繁華的main street上，閒北津烤鴨太貴嗎? 嚐嚐看它們的北京烤鴨三明治只要一塊錢，保證好吃又便宜喔! 

Taiwanese Dim Sum-$5 "Food can be delicious and cute!"

Have you ever seen dessert like this? It looks so cute that I don't want to eat it all. The Taiwanese restaurant sells all kinds of Taiwanese street food and they try to make your food experience different. Food can be delicious and adorable!

 

Store: Diverse Dim Sum 不一樣點心
Address: 133-31 39th Ave FC6 Flushing, New York 11354  (Flushing Mall)
Tel: (718) 395-8188
Price: $1-$10

Don't forget to try their noodles too!

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留學生省錢思鄉美食in法拉盛!
這家位於法拉盛的台灣小吃店有賣各式各樣的麵食，油條配豆漿等非常台式的早餐，懷念家鄉味的遊子們不妨去嘗試看看吧!

Pot Sticker-$1"The Cheapest Street Food in Flushing!"

Pot Stickers are actually fried dumplings. Dumplings are made of pork and vegetables. Normally we have boiled dumplings and dip them with soy sauce. I personally love fried dumplings because of the crispy texture.

Living in New York, the breakfast that I could normally get are sandwich and burgers. However, in Asian, we have steam bread or rice bun for breakfast. This store is right next to Monster KTV. It looks shady but the food is authentic. The best thing is that their food is really cheap! See the fried dumplings above, it only cost me $1.25 dollars!

Store: 朱記鍋貼
Address: 40-52 Main Street Flushing, NY 11354
Tel: (718) 353-6265
Price: $1-$10


Miss the traditional Asian breakfast? Order a steam bun and a cup of soy milk can give you the energy for the whole day. oh, and don't forget to buy a bag of frozen dumplings with  you! 


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想念台式早餐嗎? 這家位於錢櫃KTV旁的朱記鍋貼賣的不只水餃，有油條、包子、還有好久不見的鹹豆漿!!!!!! 重點是價格實在很便宜阿~~~~~~~非常適合留學生們，記得外帶冷凍水餃煮午餐和晚餐都很方便喔!

Ku Shang Taiwanese Cuisine-$8 "The Most Famous Taiwanese Restaurant in New York!"

Ku Shang is the translation from Mandarin. The word means hometown. In this case it means Taiwan. The restaurant has been opened for more than 10 years. The owner Nancy and her family moved to the U.S in 1977. She said at first, she didn't like to cook at all. She was just helping her husband and it really was a tiring job to open a restaurant especially when you have to take care of a family. But now all the clients are like her family. She likes to cook for them and see them feeling satisfied.

Ku Shang restaurant is now opened for more than ten year. Almost all the Taiwanese hear of the restaurant because of word of mouth. The owner said that Ku Shang restaurant will only maintain one spot in Flushing. She said she wants to control the quality of the dishes. People come to their restaurant not only for the  food, but also for the emotional connection with their hometown Taiwan.

Sometimes my friends and I will go to Flushing for their dishes. It makes you feel like your home. Even though you're so far away.

Restaurant: Ku Shang 故鄉台菜
Address: 135-40 39 Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

Tel: 718 888 8798

Price: $5-$20

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故鄉台菜！是家非常有名的台灣餐廳呢！幾乎來這裡的留學生都會知道ㄛ 十幾年的味道 道地台灣味！朋友聚餐不妨去試試看八！

Rice with Spare Ribs-$7 "The Unforgettable Flavor for Taiwanese Students "

Rice with deep fired spare ribs is a common dish in Taiwan. We'll have it for lunch or dinner. One of my friends who have stayed in New York for more than five years told me that I could find the authentic Taiwanese flavor here in Flushing. The restaurant is 66 Lu's Seafood. It's a Taiwanese restaurant that sells all kinds of Taiwanese street foods and traditional dishes.

Restaurant: 66海之味 66 Lu's Seafood
Address: 38-18 Prince Street  Flushing, NY 11354
Tel: (718) 321-0904
Price: $5-$20 

Their fried ribs tasted like the one that I used to have when I was in Taiwan. It's juicy and tasty. Moreover, it's cheap. The dish only costs you $7 dollars. I couldn't even finish it because you can get a lot amount of food by only spending $7 dollars. They also sell all kinds of meat over rice. Go try the one you like!

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學生最愛排骨飯~~~~~這家位於法拉盛的66海之味賣的是正港台菜，其中最有名的就是他的到地原汁排骨飯喔! 只要七塊錢包準你吃到撐，懷念排骨便當嘛?請來這裡與他重逢吧!

Ay-Chung Noodles-$5 "One of the famous restaurants in Taiwan! "

Oamisoir is the English name for a kind of noodle soup that is popular in Taiwan. Its main ingredients are oysters and misua (Taiwanese vermicelli). A tan-brown variety of vermicelli used for this dish is made primarily with wheat flour and salt, and gains its unique color due to a steaming process which caramelizes the sugars in the dough allowing it to be cooked for longer periods without breaking down. An alternative is vermicelli with large intestine, in which oysters are substituted with small segments of pig's large intestine

Ay-Chung Noodles was founded in 1975. The picture was taken in Taipei, Taiwan. As you can see people are always lining up for their noodles. They have their secret recipe that makes their noodles different from the others. I was thrilled to find there's one Ay-Chung Noodles in Flushing, New York! They have different flavors and food that go with noodles. Try this for authentic Taiwanese flavor!

             













Store: Ay-Chung Noodles 阿宗麵線
Address: 133-31 39 Ave Flushing, NY 11354 (Flushing Mall)
Tel: (718) 762-9000
Price: $3-$10
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阿宗麵線~~~~~這也不用多說了吧 紐約真是什麼都有，阿宗麵線位於flushing mall，想念大腸麵線的各位不妨前去嚐嚐吧!

Mixed Spicy Food Pot-$8 "My favorite dish in Flushing!"

This food is originated from Sichuan province in China. The region is famous for its spicy food because of its stuffy weather. Spicy food pot is one of the popular dishes in Flushing because of its unique flavor. It's not just spicy, the flavor of the food with its seasoning is unforgettable and irresistible . 

It's located in Flushing New World Mall B1. First, they provide all kind of food including vegetable, pork, lamb, beef, shrimp, potato, tofu, peppers, fish etc. that you can choose for your spicy food pot.  The price is dependent on how much food you get. Second, you can ask for the level of the spice. Normally, I'll go for mild. Third, you have to pay $5 dollars for the pot, but they'll give you back the 5 dollars once you return it.


Trust me, you'll love it!

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

今天介紹位於法拉聖新世界地下一樓的麻辣香鍋，是我在法拉盛的最愛阿! 妳可以先挑選任何妳想吃的食物，然後再和店員要求辣度，最後就是一盆又香又辣又麻的麻辣香鍋!注意!店員會要求妳先付五元抵押盆子，吃完拿去還就可以把五元拿回來囉! 麻辣香鍋的味道真的很棒很建議大家去試試!

Fujian cuisine-$10 "My special experiences with Fujian cuisine!"

Fujian cuisine is one of the native Chinese cuisines derived from the native cooking style of Fujian province, China. Fujian-style cuisine is known to be light, soft, and tender, with particular emphasis on umami taste, known in Chinese cooking as "xianwei" (simplified Chinese: 鲜味), as well as retaining the original flavor of the main ingredients instead of masking them. 

Many diverse seafoods and woodland delicacies are used, including a myriad of fish, shellfish and turtles, or such edible mushrooms and bamboo shoots, provided by the coastal and mountainous regions of Fujian.The most commonly employed cooking techniques in the region's cuisine include braising, stewing, steaming and boiling. (Wikipedia)

Chinese dishes can be very different in different regions. Even though I'm from Taiwan, having authentic Fujian cuisine was a really special experience for me. One of my friends took me to the traditional Fujian restaurant to try their authentic dishes. The picture above is their favorite dish-pickled crab! I have to admit that I never have crabs when they are still...green! The taste was not bad, it was very fresh and I felt like I could almost taste the the river,haha.

This was another dish that really surprised me. On the menu it was called fish soup, but when it was served, I was so surprised! Though it was called the fish soup, the ingredients in there were not fish, they were pig skin with this jelly texture! My friends couldn't explain why is that. They said that they are just used it. I was shocked that the name and the food were so different! Anyway, the taste was not bad.

This was the restaurant where I tried my first Fujian cuisine. I'm introducing this two dishes because they are special and some how different from what I've had before. The restaurant also have a lot of dishes that are general, tasty and cheap!

Restaurant: 聚友樓 Friend House
Address: 135-29 40 Road Flushing, NY 11354
Tel: (718) 358-1818
Price: $5-$20

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

福州菜~雖然同樣位於南方，台灣菜和福州菜還是有很大的不同呢! 我長這麼大第一次吃綠色的螃蟹...味道其實很鮮 加上涼拌海蜇皮其實很值得一試呢! 再來就是令我很困擾的魚片湯，魚片?! 湯裡面其實是豬皮~>< 怎麼會這樣子 ~~~~真是很特別的經驗阿!建議大家可以到法拉盛常常不同的地方菜喔!

Mini Shabu Shabu-$10 "A must-try in winter!"

Shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ , also spelled shyabu-shyabu) is a Japanese dish featuring thinly sliced beef boiled in water. The term is anonomatopœia, derived from the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot. (Wikipedia)

Basically shabu shabu is a smaller version of hot pot. Asian love hot pot. In our culture, sitting around a big table and sharing food together represents similarity and reunion. So what is hot pot? Hot pot is a pot of spoiled soup and people will put food including meat, vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, taro and all kinds of ingredients that are made for hot pot in the spoiled water. Normally it take about 1-2 hours for having hot pot. People eat and chat with family and friends. Having hot pot is a great time for us. It's not just about the food, it's more about the people. 

Having hot pot with my friends in New York during Chinese New Year!

You can buy all the ingredients you need in Chinese markets. They sell all different kinds of soup with different flavors.

You  can also find mini shabu shabu in Flushing!

Restaurant: 牙虎涮涮鍋
Address: 136-17 38 Ave., Flushing, NY 11355

Tel: +1 718 762 6277

Price: $3-$18


I've been there once (coz most of the time we'll prepare hot pot by ourselves). They have all different kinds of options. You can choose beef, pork, lamb, or seafood as your main dish serves with other kinds of vegetables and ingredients. Having hot pot is definitely the best thing  to do in the frigid winter!

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

嚴寒的冬天到了~想念曾經四處可見的小火鍋嘛? 來來法拉聖~~~這家牙虎涮涮鍋我光顧過一次，味道和在台灣吃到的差不多喔! 一樣是點主食和其他配料，在冷死人的冬天裡，還有什麼可以比吃火鍋更享受的呢~~!!!!!

 

Malaysian Cuisine-$5 "Try the famous dish-Bak kut teh!"

Bak-kut-teh (肉骨茶)  is a Chinese soup popularly served in Malaysia, Singapore and also, neighbouring areas like Riau Islands and Southern Thailand.The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours. Despite its name, there is in fact no tea in the dish itself; the name refers to a strong oolong Chinese tea which is usually served alongside the soup in the belief that it dilutes or dissolves the copious amount of fat consumed in this pork-laden dish.

Bak kut teh is usually eaten with rice or noodles (sometimes as a noodle soup), and often served with youtiao (油條) for dipping into the soup. Soy sauce is preferred as a condiment, with which chopped chili and minced garlic is taken together. Bak kut teh is typically a famous morning meal. (From Wikipedia)

Restaurant: Sentosa Malaysian Cuisine
味味屋Address: 3907 Prince St Flushing, NY 11354
Tel:(718) 886-6331
Price:$3-$20

I'd tried Malaysian food before when I was in Taiwan. Bak kut teh with noodles has always been my favorite. I love the soup that has the aroma of pork and tea. The tender meat with soy sauce is  also irresistible. Sentosa also serves all kinds of authentic Malaysian cuisine. You have a lot of great options! Most of the dishes are around $10.

The Indian bread is also my favorite. The crispy bread with the curry sauce is a perfect match! It only costs you $3. Also you have to try their Hainan chicken. You would love the tender chicken with the hot chili sauce.

  







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這次不再介紹中國或台灣菜了，味味屋賣的是正統的馬來西亞菜喔，它們的菜單選擇多樣，蝦麵阿，肉骨茶阿和海南雞都是必點喔，我個人是最推印度麵包啦便宜又好吃!點完主菜之後也可以點甜點喔，飯後來碗西米路是最~開心的事! btw價格便宜，建議大家試試看啦~

White Bear-$3 "The cheapest food you can get in Flushing!"

You must try wonton with hot sauce at White Bear. How could you not try it when  8 wontons only cost you $3.25? 

Wontons are made by spreading a square wrapper (a dough skin made of flour, egg, water, and salt) flat in the palm of one's hand, placing a small amount of filling in the center, and sealing the wonton into the desired shape by compressing the wrapper's edges together with the fingers. The most common filling is ground pork with a small amount of flour added as a binder. The mixture is seasoned with salt, spices, and often garlicor finely chopped green onion. (From Wikipedia)

Wontons can be cooked in many different ways. You can have wontons with noodles soup or have them fried. I like the wontons with hot sauce the most because hot sauce can intensify the flavor of the juicy pork. And I just love it!  

Restaurant: White Bear

Address: 135-02 Roosevelt Ave Flushing, NY 11354

Tel: (718) 961-2322
Price:$3-$10

The restaurant also have Chinese food including noodles, dumplings and rice.They also sell frozen food so you can bring it home and cook it whenever you want. Though the restaurant is small and crowded, it's the best place for you to try authentic Chinese food!

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

這家位於法拉聖的白熊餐廳有那麼一點點不起眼，但是他們可是小有名氣喔，賣的是道地的餛飩水餃，我最愛的是它們的紅油炒手，一盤八顆只要$3.25!對於留學生來說的真的是一個充滿溫情的地方阿~我也很推它們的水餃喔! 推薦思念麵食的學生來品嘗喔!

Biang Baing Spicy Lamb Noodles-$7 "How can you miss it if you love spicy food?"

Biang! It's an interesting restaurant name isn't it? It's an onomatopoeia of the sound that noodles make when they are being pulled and slammed against a work surface! X'an cuisine is famous for their spices. All the dishes are spicy, sour and fulled of hot peppers. But don't worry if you're not a spicy food lover, you can definitely ask servers to adjust the level of spice.

I tried their famous dish spicy cumin lamb biang-biang noodles.The hot chili and the spice worked well with the strong flavor of the tender lamp. The flavor was unforgettable. Even though I'm not a spicy food lover, I'm sure this will not be my last time visiting the restaurant. If you love noodles like I do,please try it and you'll definitely love it! 

The restaurant has been introduced by many media including cooking channel, Time Out NY, New York Times, New York Magazine...etc. The foods are traditional but the restaurant's decorations and their services are trendy. It's a good place for you to experience the young and chic Chinese culture.

Don't forget to try their skewers. You can try either lamp, beef or chicken. Love their spices! I can finish three skewers at once,haha. 

Restaurant: Biang! 西安名吃
Address: 41-10 Main Street,Flushing, NY 11355
Tel: N/A
Price: $3-$20

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!
這家位於法拉盛的Biang!賣得是道地的西安名吃，說到西安最有名的就是麵食和辣食了，所有的食物以麻、酸、辣為主，最最不能缺少的就是辣子了! 雖然我本人不太能吃辣不過我非常熱愛麵食，辣度是可以調整的，如果你跟我一樣不能吃太辣的食物可以向服務生說調整辣度，點羊肉麵之外記得點幾串肉串當飯後小點心喔哈哈

Taiwanese Mixed Tempura-$3 "Th Best Comfort Food in Winter"

I love mixed tempura! You can try all kinds of different food all at once. Normally, we have eggs, radish, fried tofu, fish ball, and tempura of course for mix tempura. Then we'll add in caraway and hot and sweet sauce to intensify the flavor. The mixed tempura will go with soup. After finishing the food, we'll pour in the soup and mix it with the sauce. It's my favorite comfort food in the cold winter.

I used to have it with my father when I was in Taiwan. I'm glad that I could find this Taiwanese stand that sells all kinds of authentic Taiwanese street food including mixed tempura!

Restaurant: 台北夯 Taipei Hong
Address: 136-55 Roosevelt, Flushing, New York 11355
Tel:(718) 813-9107
Price: $2-$12

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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

台北夯!位於法拉盛這家由台灣人開的地面販賣各種台灣道地小吃，炒米粉、雞腿飯、豬血糕、大腸麵線、炸銀絲卷、臭豆腐幾乎你平常想得到的想吃的都有了! 重點是價格公道啊! 真的非常便宜食物也很美味喔!想念家鄉味的人不妨到台北夯!!!!去嘗試一下思鄉美食吧~

 

Steam Pork Buns-$5.5"The Most Irresistible Juicy Steam Buns in the World! "

Steam pork buns are one of my favorite Chinese cuisine. It's a type of steamed bun or baozi from the Jiangnan region of China. It is traditionally steamed in small bamboo baskets, hence the name (xiaolong is literally small steaming basket). Xiaolongbao are often referred to as soup dumplings or simply dumplings in English.The juicy pork soup buns are so delicious that I can eat at least 10 buns for lunch or dinner.  

Some people like to eat plain pork buns, but I love to dip the buns with soy sauce. And I'll add in a little bit ginger and vinegar to enhance the flavor of pork soup. It only costs you $5.5 for six steam pork buns! It's cheap and delicious! Watch this video and you'll know why it is one of the famous Chinese dishes! Trust me, you need to try it.

Restaurant: 南翔小籠包  Nan Xiang Dumpling House
Address: 38-12 Prince St Flushing, NY 11354
Tel:(718) 321-3838
Price:$4-$10

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留學生省錢思鄉美食in 法拉盛!

小籠包~~~~沒錯!是國民美食。這家位於法拉盛的南翔小籠包在紐約算是小有名氣，小籠包好吃沒話說，最重要的是價格實在阿~一籠六顆小籠包只要$5.5元(在物價貴到不行的紐約裡這價格真的很令人感動)，我建議女生自己的話可以點一籠或者是跟朋友一起點不同口味可以分享，除了小籠包之外餐廳還有賣各種麵食和水餃，真的非常推薦阮囊羞澀的留學生喔!

Chinese Hunan Cuisine-$10 "Especially for Spicy Food Lovers!"

To be honest, this was my first time trying Chinese Hunan cuisine! I'm not good at eating spicy food, but I really love the flavor of the dishes that we ordered. The dishes were not that spicy so it intensified the flavor of the dishes without losing the taste of the ingredients. The picture above is my favorite. It called "干鍋肥腸". It's made of pig intestine, peppers, ginger, mushrooms and some spice. This dish is around $15.

This dish is called "蘿蔔乾臘肉". It's made of salted turnip, peppers, scallion, salted pork, and chili. You can eat a lot of white rice with this salted pork. It's crunchy, spicy, salty, and irresistible. The dish is around $12.

This is one of the famous dishes of  Hunan cuisine. "鹹蛋黃蒸茄子". It's made of egg plant, scallion, pork and egg yolk. I like the flavor of egg plant with egg yolk. It was a perfect combination. This dish is around $12.

Finally it's the soup! Normally we'll have two or three main dishes and one soup for traditional Chinese/Taiwanese dinner. This dish is called "酸菜魚片湯". It's made of fish, mushrooms and pickled cabbage. It was nice to have this sour tasty soup after eating those spicy dishes. This dish is around $8.

I went to this restaurant in Flushing with three other girls. We ordered three main cuisine and one soup. It only cost us around $10/person! Don't forget to ask for iced water while eating the cuisine. Trust me, you'll need to drink a lot of water. But you'l definitely love it!

Restaurant :天天湘上
Address : 135-23 40th rd, Flushing, New York 11354
Tel: (718) 321-2788
Price：$4-$20



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留學生便宜思鄉美食in 法拉盛!湖南菜，俗稱湘菜，特色就是辣辣辣! 我個人是不太會吃辣的食物，不過我覺得湘菜的辣度剛好，雖然我一度流了鼻水又流了眼淚，但還是吃不停!個人非常推薦乾鍋肥腸喔!! 脆脆的腸子加上辣辣的香料，我只能說太讚了~~~~~