Chinese Food Court Flushing - Jiaozi Baozi Suan Dou Jiao
41-82 Main St
Flushing Queens NY
Checked out Flushing last weekend and stumbled upon this food court. It’s a pretty large one and deep inside you can get lost in the aroma and culinary delights of authentic Chinese food. All the menus are mostly in Chinese and so are the patrons so you really don’t feel like you are in NY at all. We saw stalls that sells congee and medicinal soups, a few noodle shops, si chuanese food, fu jian food, cantonese, northern chinese, and others. Along with the authenticity of course comes the semi ghetto-ness of true Chinese street food - tiny wobbly stools and tables, all the hacking and coughing (and maybe spiting), questionable sanitation, and some unique 
territorial situations where you must sit in the seats provided next to the food stall that you purchase from. If you try to sneak over to an empty table at another stall, the owner will berate you. No joke. But all this aside, the food is worth it and the prices are great. If you’re not down for the full eating experience, you can always go the take out route anyhow. (After living in Beijing for a year none of this frightens me anymore.)
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We started off with a plate of leek and pork Jiaozi. They were freshly made in the kitchen and steamed. The skin was a little thicker than I am used to but the filling was delicious - you can’t beat home made fresh. In this same stall, they make fresh Biaozi and pan fry them to a crispy gold brown.
I think there were only $1 for 3. It’s a little heavy on the bread to meat ratio, so it’s definitely filling. Finally we got a serving of Suan Dou Jiao. This is a famous Si Chuanese dish that has small pickeled green beans stir fried with flakes of hot peppers and ground pork. It’s a great side with a plate of white rice anyday. 
The Suan Dou Jiao is was a little light on the meat but later that night we took the leftovers and added some ground turkey and it was awesome.
Lastly for dessert we got a few of the deep fried sesame dough - it’s pretty much the equivalent of a Chinese Doughnut. It’s got a crunchy golden skin and a chewy dough on the inside.
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