Towards the end of my stay in New York, I began to come to the slow realization that the eating opportunities were not limited to the island of Manhattan alone, and I suddenly had a burning desire to do a food crawl in Queens. Luckily, two of my friends were willing to accompany me on this trek.
The first thing I did upon entering Spicy & Tasty, a well known Sichuan restaurant, was plaster my face against the glass encasing this Sichuan pickle buffet. Horrifying to see all the variations of pickled vegetables that were only a subway ride away these past four years.
Fried meat. Scary bald Chinese man with giant cleaver ignoring me.
We decided to start with the spicy bamboo. It's really hard to pace oneself when the food is salty and has got a kick to it. We found ourselves repeating to each other that this was only the first stop, and we were not allowed to order everything on the menu.
Then we opted for the Dan Dan Noodles, and I sort of am torn on this decision. The noodles weren't that exciting, but we felt like it had been written up enough in reviews that we couldn't properly say we had visited the restaurant without ordering them.
These are the noodles after you mix the sauce that sits in the bottom with the noodles.
We were much happier with this squid in spicy sauce. Hello squid. I miss you. I still remember the pain of leaving this dish with squid still sitting on the plate. I felt so guilty and tried to explain to the waitress that we loved the food but we were on a mission and couldn't afford to finish the squid. I think she just thought we were weird.
Spicy & Tasty, 39-07 Prince St., Flushing, NY
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