Flushing: Best North Dumpling, White Bear Dumpling, Xian Famous Foods, House of Yun Ho at Flushing Mall, Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings, Sun Mary Bakery

First, read Kathryn's Chowhound Post here. Her post is more comprehensive than mine would have been, so I shall simply supplement with photos and a few words. My photos are listed in the same order as Kathryn's post, so read the Chowhound post with my photos side by side, and you'll get the full story :)

A few Sundays ago, Robyn, Kathryn, Joe, Diana, Greg and I met up in Flushing with empty stomachs and an appetite for dumplings. We found dumplings, oh yes we did, in addition to Mango Shave Ice, You Tiao and Dou Chaing, and the most fascinating Asian bakery I've come across in a long time.


Stop One: Best North Dumpling
Pork and Fennel Dumplings


"Aquatic Food and Leek" Dumplings - bitten.

Stop Two: White Bear Dumpling
Wontons in Hot Oil. This was hands down the most visually appealing dish we had all day...

...and easily my favourite! :)


Stop Three: Xian Famous Foods

"Liang Pi Cold Noodles"

Lamb "Face" Salad

"Lamb and Cumin Burger"

"Pork Burger"


Stop Four: House of Yun Ho at Flushing Mall
Kathryn came back with a ton of treats! Clockwise from bottom left: beef patty sandwich, shao bing, sesame seed and scallion bread, you tiao.
Hot tou chaing (soybean milk) - unsweetened

The you tiao is wrapped by a shao bing. Combined, they make a sandwich called "shāobing yóutiáo." The carb-on-carb sandwich is dipped in hot bowl of soy bean milk. Some people like to sweeten the milk a little, but I just like it plain. There's also a savoury version of the soy bean milk (it's super lumpy, almost like congee).
Beef Patty Sandwich
Diana came back with not one but two bowls of ice cream!! Green Tea and Red Bean.
Behold, Mango Shave Ice. With. Plenty of condensed milk :)

Stop Five: Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings

Read Joe's Serious Eats New York write up on Nan Xiang here. That specific post had me drooling over xiao long baos for weeks!

They may appear deflated, but blame in on the angle at which I shot the photo, and not the dumpling itself :)

Innards

Stop Six: Sun Mary Bakery

Wrapping up the fresh baked pineapple cakes.

Not only were these fresh, but they also had a little, very welcome surprise inside...

...salted egg yolks! This it the first east coast pineapple cake I've had with salted egg inside - I've found it all over parts of mainland China and LA, but never in Hawai'i or NYC.

I also picked up an (extra-flaky) dan tat...

...and a moist walnut and date cake (it's labeled as a "Half Sugar Longan Walnut Cake" though there was definitely no longan in the cake). The "cake" is more bread-y than muffin-y, but I actually preferred it that way. And, similar to most Asian pastries this was pleasantly light on the sugar.

And that was Sunday in Flushing. ^_^

Best North Dumpling
35-08 Roosevelt Avenue
Queens, NY 11354
(917) 834-4991

White Bear Dumpling
135-02 Roosevelt Avenue #5
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 961-2322

Xi'an Famous Foods
1-28 Main St, Basement #36
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 885-7788

Flushing Mall
133-31 39 Ave
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 888-1234

Nan Xiang Dumpling House
38-12 Prince St.
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 321-3838

Sun Mary Bakery
13357 41st Rd
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 460-8800