You like CANTON DELIGHT more than JOY LUCK? I didn’t know Vallco was reopened. “Chicken feet” was conspicuous by its absence. You MUST come on the next one, both of you, which i think will be at the Red Hook soccer fields! details to come… Love the photos, kay! especially the fish tank one. I was seriously drooling while reading the post - please plan another trip back to the jewel SOOOOON!!! I am kicking myself for missing out on the excursion. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.ġ2 Responses to “Umamiventure: Ocean Jewel Restaurant” You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. If you would like to join us on future Umamiventures, please contact us! entry was posted on Jat 2:59 am and is filed under *Kayoko, Chinese, dim sum, dumplings, new york, Queens, tofu, Umamiventure. Anyway, I recommend Dynasty to all you Bay Area folks. Inside Vallco Fashion Mall! The only reason I went there is because my absolute favorite dim sum joint in the area, Canton Delights, has closed for good!!! I was horribly upset. Side note: My parents and I went to this great place for dim sum in Cupertino, CA, last weekend (I was hungover! I could eat dim sum every weekend, no joke), called Dynasty. It’s so easy and a great excuse to explore! The next time you NYers are planning on dim sum, I HIGHLY recommend skipping out on Manhattan, and taking the 7 or the convenient shuttle to Flushing. I’m serious, there is nothing like a Tsing Tao and a char siu bao to make the night before go away. Dim sum is perfect for big groups (you would have a tough time getting the bill to go over $15 per person), and for when you have a hangover. So there it is, our meal in pictures– Ocean Jewel was fantastic, Wayne was spot on. Ain’t she a beaut? And these had something magical inside along with the shrimp (they are usually just shrimp)– celery! GENIUS! Now, I really am not a fan of celery (it’s one of two things that I never eat voluntarily), but they added just the perfect crunch with the shrimp. Har gow are little shrimp filled jewel pieces. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves– let the droolfest begin! Take my word for it when I say that the Flushing Chinatown is FAR superior to its Manhattan cousin: it is more spacious less inundated with people, hence it is actually bearable and the dim sum was the best I have had in all of NYC (In Manhattan, I generally go to Sweet ‘n Tart and Ping’s on Mott and Golden Bridge on the Bowery). With my fellow UMers, Troy Division and Tmonkey in tow (Hamamama, my Queensgirl, couldn’t make it), we set out for what was to be an awesome experience, from start to finish. Nothing more real than word of mouth, wouldn’t you say? After some hard-core research, I finally decided on Ocean Jewel Restaurant, a place highly recommended to me by my co-worker Wayne, who grew up on the streets of Flushing. In the five years I have lived in NY, I had never gone to Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, so a dim sum adventure seemed like the perfect choice. The idea is to get people in the area, UM contributors and local eaters, to travel far and wide (an outer borough, OH MY!) for infamous eats. A few weeks ago, we ventured on our first official Umami Mart field trip, which I hope we can organize once a month.
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