OVERVIEW:
NEW SARKURA JAPAN is one of the many deli style food vendors, located inside of the spacious and modern Jamaica Market Food Court in Queens, New York. It is very conveniently located by the Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer subway station (and 2 more stations). This food vendor is the most popular one by the amount of people forming the long line and wait for their foods.
NOTE: This deli's name actually spells "Sarkura", instead of "Sakura" (a Japanese word for the cherry blossom). It is owned and operated by the Chinese people.
(1) FOODS:
(A) CHICKEN TERIYAKI: A small sample of the Chicken Teriyaki is offered right in front of NEW SARKURA JAPAN. The very tenderly grilled chicken, seasoned with their own teriyaki sauce is quite amazing and nearly perfection, I must say. (It could be the work of art only if the sauce is even more thicker IMO.) Also, the steam rice or fried rice to come with is also medium soft, which is perfect for the chicken. The side dish (vegetable & mushroom) was also tenderly cooked. In fact, this masterfully crafted Chicken Teriyaki dish here is the most popular one (it is also the cheapest meat dish, $5.59) among 8 meal they offer here. What surprised me even more was the gigantic volume of this dish! It is the full dinner size meal!
(2) BEEF & SHRIMP TERIYAKI: Today (2018.0607), I had the Beef & Shrimp Teriyaki ($7.79) at NEW SARKURA JAPAN. On my request, the chef also kindly poured another scoop of their amazing teriyaki sauce for my dish. I had the fried rice (thinly flavored) but you can choose the plain steamed rice, too, if you like. There were many shrimps but they were all smaller size as I expected for this price. There were also many pieces of teriyaki-flavored thinly sliced beef in this dish and it was good. Nevertheless, I wish the texture of these thinly sliced and cooked beef was much more smoother and softer like how the smooth and silky their own chicken teriyaki. (For this, the Gyuudon or the Beef Bowl by the popular chain restaurant Yoshinoya restaurant of Japan was superior, for the equivalent price, which I had by the Times Square years ago and in Osaka, Japan decades ago.) Needless to say, the side dish (vegetable & mushrooms) was also good, and this entire meal was served in the gigantic full dinner size volume again! It was visually so stunning to see this much mountain of food on the big food serving container! Amazing! LOL (see my attached photos below.)
(2) INTERIOR/MOOD:
You sit at the small size table at the giant food court here for eat your foods. The cleaning lady here works so hard for cleaning each used tables. The dining area is not romantic or anything like that but it just gets job done. The dining area is huge BUT it is flooded by the locals during the lunch time. So, if you can, I highly recommend you to come early or come later, just as I always do.
(3) SERVICES:
Very friendly young Chinese American cashier lady, who speak English fluently at NEW SARKURA JAPAN. The chef is also very accommodating for your requests about your meal, as I have stated above.
(4) VALUE:
In Manhattan or even Brooklyn, you can NOT get any decent Chinese dishes with this much super discounted price (meat dish is $5.59 - $7.79. Vegan dishes : $3.39 - $3.59) at all whatsoever!
I highly recommend the dishes by the NEW SARKURA JAPAN for anyone, who visit this area of Queens, NY, especially you want the big delicious flavors and even bigger volume of foods with such generous price!
Dr. Takeshi Yamada and Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit)
Many photos attached below.
Also see my reviews of other food vendors serving delicious foods here at this Jamaica Market Food Court. read more