By Paul Goldfinger. (I had pepper steak with onions last night. Won ton or two ton Very good)
Many Jewish people go out on Christmas for Chinese food because neither group celebrates Christmas and they don’t know what else to do. But the other explanation is that won-tons resemble kreplachs. The latter are found in chicken soup as are won-tons.
However there is another explanation: Chinese cuisine can be delivered to your door, but hot pastrami on rye cannot, and with Chinese you can eat out of a box using sticks and you don’t have to wash dishes. And you can discard the leftovers without any guilt. And you can call it in and speak to a guy who does English pretty, pretty , pretty good. And you don’t have to park.
Anyhow, if you want a hot meal which you don’t have to cook, order Chinese, but here’s the catch—all these Chinese take out places are identical.
But, good news! We have found a really good Sichuan eatery that delivers in the Grove, and they can pronounce and find Mount Hermon Way!
You must try “HOT SICHUAN—Authentic Sichuan Chinese Cuisine.”
They opened recently and are located at 1405 Wickapecko Drive. (Wickapecko is a restaurant district in Hong Kong.) Ocean Township NJ 07712.
732 988 9925
732 988 9926
Tell them that you are a FOG. (Friend of Goldfinger.) And knock three times for luck–works better than a fortune cookie which doesn’t exist anymore–no fortune, just a haiku by George Held.
Open every day but Monday.
TONY ORLANDO:
In regard to the cartoon, the caption is very apt. There is only one western restaurant in Flushing other than the usual fast-food/burger places and that is in an “airport” hotel.
European culture is curious as to other cultures and one finds restaurants of different nationalities. In Asian neighborhoods, it is my experience this is not the case.
David Fox, you live in a yummy neighborhood…..so many choices, so little time…..
Flushing, NY, where I live, is mostly Asian with Chinese predominating in the “downtown” area.
Koreans are more to the east and Indians, etc. in the southeast. Restaurants are everywhere and tend to be open every day including holidays.
However, it is no simple matter to find “Chinese” as various regional cuisines are represented and one has to be a bit knowledgeable. A few places do not have menus in English. Alas, the iconic paper boxes with a wire handle have largely disappeared except for large portions of takeout rice.
Food markets also abound in Flushing as do bank branches—34 at last count within a 10 min. walk of the subway.