Queens Food Crawl: AA Plaza

On the corner of Main St. and 41st St. sits AA Plaza.


This is the window where you order food, where one needs to be faster than a businessman trying to get his coffee and bagel on a Monday morning at the deli on the ground floor of his midtown tower.

Further down you can see people preparing the food. Here a lady is prepping scallion pancakes.

We opted for fried fish balls cooked in a bubbling spicy broth. Fish balls on a stick make me think of Hong Kong, where food stalls sell all things on a stick: fish balls, octopus tentacles, little birds, sausages, and so forth.

Some milk tea to help dispel the searing afternoon heat.

Our favorite: rice crepe topped with sesame, hoisin and a peanut sauce.

GIANT scallion pancake. Also known as not-very-good scallion pancake. Don't get it. To thick and starchy, not scallion-y enough.

Since this was only our second stop, we were still trying to limit our food consumption. This is my friend trying to get one more bite.

AA Plaza, 40-66 Main St. (@ 41st), Flushing, NY