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    Aunt Liu's Private Kitchen

    3.5 (13 reviews)
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    Shengjian bao. Basically no soup inside but tasty
    Nathaniel L.

    This is a Chinese restaurant on the same floor as Umi Sushi & Lounge. When you walk to the dining area to be seated, you pass the sushi bar and a "lounge" area (i.e., a sofa and a TV). During the day, you can see their menu in the front, but at night, they move it back indoors. I normally don't visit places like this, but I was drawn in because the menu outside said they had shengjian baos, which was my favorite food-related discovery in 2019. I asked Ms. Liu if they had soup in them, as many don't, and she replied "yes, yes, the ones without soup don't taste as good." So far so good. Ms. Liu handled three tables on her own. She was pleasant to interact with, and has a very unique laugh that seems to accompany genuine interest in what you're saying. I'm unsure about whether she can speak English, but the menus had sufficient English translations right next to Chinese characters. She brought out some tea and then the vine pepper chicken. Absolutely delicious, but had the problem of having a ton of bone shards which I'm not a fan of. The sauce goes very well with rice. Then the shengjianbaos came out 10 minutes later. They were also tasty, but didn't have any soup in them. Normally I'd be pissed off for being misled, but both dishes were still very well prepared, so I was surprisingly not as upset as I thought I'd be. The food was just that good. My quest for better shengjian bao places continues, but I found a decent hole in the wall that deserves some love. 3.5

    G19Spicy Fish w.Pickled Mustard Greens
    Susan W.

    This place is very popular in the Chinese social media. A lot of people recommended it. I came here on a Friday night. I thought there was no chance to get a table. Surprisingly they took our order over the phone and told us to come. We arrived and they put us at the table in the bar which is outside of the restaurant. I don't mind. We already ordered the food over the phone. We got fish, chicken, duck and eggplant. Nothing is impressive. Not sure why people like it. Maybe they haven't tried the real Szechuan food? Food is not spicy. The duck is over cooked. The fish is steamed and has no taste. The chicken is good, very juicy but it's not spicy. The eggplant is too oily and not spicy at all. I would not recommend. In addition, according to the menu, you get free soup dumplings and free dessert if you order over $60. But they said no more.

    Spicy guojiang fish
    Jessie W.

    Owner very nice lady. Free edamame while waiting. Very authentic and spicy. Restaurant is clean. We ordered tons of food and took out many too. Wouldn't give clean chopsticks while we were putting leftover food into containers ourselves to take away though, insisted that we use our own dirty chopsticks.... Still great experience overall! Huge portions.

    The portion size is quite large. The taste is good. It takes a bus from the Main Street to there. Reservation is better to order some dishes. The tip calculation is based on original price rather than the discounted price, which is quite ridiculous. So please be aware of the trick.

    Fish was not clean well, lots of the fish scales, flavor was terrible. And All of us had DIARRHEA after ate here!!

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    Highly recommend this place. Foods great, the owner is very friendly. Wish people gave more love.

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    This is the most authentic Sichuan restaurant I have ever been. Highly recommend to my fellow 四川人who miss the home taste.

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    Chong Qing Lao Zao

    Chong Qing Lao Zao

    4.5(522 reviews)
    1.0 mi•Downtown Flushing, Flushing
    •$$$

    Came here with two friends for an early dinner (4pm) on a Tuesday. We accidentally made a…read morereservation on Resy for the following day thinking it was for the day we went, and the hostess helped us get sorted. We were seated promptly, since there was no one else waiting to be seated, and the wait staff was quick to arrive and get our items into the sacks (to keep our stuff from smelling like hot pot all day), and helped us place our order. We got two broths-- mushroom and spicy (mild heat). Y'all, the mild was too hot for us and we were scooping out the peppers out of the broth to make it manageable. The wait staff noticed we were suffering and said the trick to eating spicy hot pot is to dip it in oil, and even brought us some. IT WORKS. Anyway, 10/10. Great tasting food, helpful and caring staff, and overall, a very fun decor/vibe.

    Chong Qing Lao Zao is a never-to-be-forgotten absolutely amazing hot pot restaurant…read more I will offer my own extensive comments at the end ... But the Eater review of Chong Qing Lao Zao absolutely nails it. * * * Eater sez: Fans start lining up well before the wooden doors swing open at noon, eventually to walk through corridors that lead them to a bi-level dining area that evokes an old Chinese village, complete with a water wheel, koi, and a faux fire at the foot of each table. One private section is elevated on stilts. Chongqing Lao Zao stands out from the high concentration of nearby hot pot spots -- Hai Di Lao, Liuyishou, 99 Favor Taste. * * * Samuel C sez: a) Like many hot pot restaurants, there are lots of exotic ingredients including all parts of many animals. I did lots of those included thousand layer tripe and beef liver coated in egg. At this restaurant, simple is actually better than exotic. The most famous boiling oil (there are nine to choose from) is a scorchingly hot Chongqing drowning in hot peppers concoction. The oil is hot as blazes in both senses of the word. The simpler the ingredient we put in the oil, the better the results were. Plain old Chinese Cabbage was to die for. Plain old ramen noodles and plain old fish cake became superstars in the hot oil. Thousand layer tripe, not so much. b) Shiitakes are not such a plain ingredient. They become ultimate gourmet delights in the hot oil. c) All the tables around us were ordering some form of Wagyu beef roll. Or rather all the Chinese tables were ordering Wagyu beef rolls. The Anglos were more random. I suspect the Chinese customers were on to something. d) It is tempting to order tons and tons and tons of ingredients for your hotpot because they look so damm good. In practice, three hot pot dipping items per person plus a side dish for the table will leave you waddling out of the restaurant barely able to walk. If that means you just have to come here multiple times to get all the good stuff, Well ... multiple times is not such a dumb idea. e) You definitely want at least one side dish. We ordered a Fried Sesame Bread with Chinese green onions inside. That was the best thing on the table ... On a day when there were a zillion amazing things on the table. The Chinese tables often ordered a fried rice with spicy organs inside. I strongly suspect that fried rice is well worth doing as well. f) They make their own rice wine which is sweet and very milky. They sell it by the jar. You want a whole jar of it. If your table has sake lovers in multiple, you will want several jars of it. g) The room decoration is magical between the sturdy oaken village-gate door, to the waterwheel inside to the stairs and levels and platforms which make you feel like you are in a mountain village. The room would have made this a destination experience even if the food had been mediocre. That the raw ingredients, the prepared dishes, the wine and the boiling oil were amazing sends Chong Qing Lao Zao over the top. * * * Does Yelp offer an eight star rating? If it starts one, Chong Qing Lao Zao would be first in line to get the eight star rating. Even with all the amazing restaurants in Flushing's Chinatown, This is one experience you do not want to miss.

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    Xu Chu - Soy Garlic Sauce Eggplant

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    4.5(24 reviews)
    0.9 mi•Downtown Flushing, Flushing

    Really great Sichuan food. It was very spicy, but I loved it…read more I tried the cumin beef, signature fried cabbage, and pig trotters - all were delicious and spicy. I'd love to come back and try more of their dishes. The staff are attentive. It is quite casual inside.

    Just returned from a trip in China and I can say the food still really hit the spot. It's not a…read morefancy spot and has simple decor. But the food is what you're there for. It's very spicy with the signature Sichuan peppercorn, so if you're not into numb spicy, considered yourselves warned. We specifically loved the pig trotters. I've never had them like that before anywhere, so it's definitely a chefs special. They were made crispy on the outside but soft and flavorful on the inside. Highly recommend. All the other dishes were also fantastic. Portions are also great, we ended up taking lots home. They gave us free dessert jellies which is also a classic Sichuan dessert; they also had a deal where you get free drinks if you order a certain amount of food, so we got two free drinks. I would have given a five star if not for the super long wait. Granted we did go for Christmas Day dinner. We saw them having to turn away lots of customers. They are super popular. Main issue is there isn't a number system, so getting a table felt a bit random; we considered ourselves lucky. Our servers were very friendly and nice. They told us it would be a bit of a wait, but this was the longest I've ever waited for food: 45 min before the first dish was served. We ordered 5 dishes with rice (forgot to take pictures of two of them). I wasn't told one of the dishes I ordered wasn't available until 30 min after I placed my order. But when the food did come, they all can't together so we didn't have to keep waiting. The servers were also attentive after despite how busy and clearly overwhelmed they were, which was really nice. In conclusion, great food with good portions for spice lovers. Very nice servers and try not to go on Christmas Day since it can get really busy.

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    Amber Asian Restaurant - Xing Shun Da is now officially AMBER ASIAN RESTAURANT (new owners since 2022)

    Amber Asian Restaurant

    4.8(12 reviews)
    0.4 mi•Murray Hill, Flushing

    I cannot believe Amber Asian (formerly Xing Shun Da) has closed!! This is truly sad. This was one…read moreof the BEST Dongbei restaurants in Flushing, and in my top 3 restaurans in Flushing. I have hosted many events here, and everyone loved their food. I wish I knew they were closing so that I could go one last time. You shall truly be missed!!

    This is a perfect place for a small gathering of friends to celebrate a birthday, graduation,…read moreengagement or some other auspicious event. The environment is clean, and staff was welcoming when I dined here on a Friday evening with other Yelp Elites. The restaurant filled up with people very quickly. I cannot remember having better Northeastern Chinese food anywhere. The food came with an amazing presentation, taste, freshness and quality. I am a huge fan of the Cumin Flounder, which is crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. It is the best flounder that I have ever tasted in my life! The Beef Tenderloin in Brown Sauce is to die for. I loved the Minted Salted Egg Yolk and Sliced Pumpkin so much that I will come back here to order it for Thanksgiving dinner. If you can handle the spice, go for the Fried Squid Head with Spicy Peppery Sauce. It was the table favorite because most of us prefer the head or tentacles of calamari to the rings. The Molten Sugar-Crusted Yams and Dates were phenomenal. It came with a bowl of water on the side to remove stickiness from the serving spoon between helpings. We also feasted on the Sautéed Shredded Beef with Spicy Pepper, Cumin Lamb, Sliced Potatoes with Truffles and Salt and Pepper Shrimp. The pickled salad certainly tickled my fancy. TIP: Eat everything with chopsticks for portion control. Thank you Andie for putting this all together, and the birthday cake that Mike bought for you was a decadent surprise because it was so chocolatey and moist.

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    Amber Asian Restaurant - Cumin Lamb $19

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