The Chinese Quest ended 2015 with a bang! Read our review of Imperial Taiwanese Gourmet Chinese Restaurant. Perhaps the best Taiwanese-cuisine outside of Taiwan! Read more...

Szechuan Gourmet in Flushing, NY is quite authentic Chinese restaurant and has a rather exhaustive menu. The emphasis here is Szechuan and spicy. Read our review!

Another review of Beijing House in Syosset, NY, a recently opened authentic Chinese restaurant on Long Island. Fish head sucking good! Read this review!

Our Chinese Quest gets greater by the day! Our latest adventure has taken us to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao, located at 38-12 Prince Street in Flushing, New York. This place is well known for its Soup Dumplings, and came highly recommended. Nan Xiang is the district in Shanghai where Xiao Long Bao (Soup Dumplings) were invented. Driving to Flushing ...

On December 23rd, the Quest ended up at Pine Court Chinese Bistro located at 249-32 Horace Harding Expressway, in Little Neck for our 26th restaurant review. I have to say this was our most convenient dinner with our “Happy Hour” meeting place, liquor store (BYOB), Pine Court, and Carvel all within one half block. Although the place looked like it ...

November 26th (Erev Thanksgiving) was the date of our latest excursion on “The Quest”. Little Dumpling is located at 252-20 Northern Blvd in Little Neck. Upon entering, the interior of the place looks new, and clean, with a modern decor. The food is Shanghai and Taiwanese cuisine, with a specialty in Soup Dumplings. The Mees are big fans of Soup ...

Our latest “crazy” adventure  has taken us to Hunan Dynasty, located at 2993 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. Hunan Dynasty is the epitome of “neighborhood” Chinese. Although located in one of the ugliest boulevards in all of LI, once inside, the place was cozy & familiar. The wait staff greeted us warmly. The restaurant was not crowded when we got there, ...

I’m convinced that the best nights in life are when you least expect it. Such was the case at Green Leaf Chinese Restaurant, located at 376 Port Washington Blvd, Port Washington. Upon entering the restaurant, I felt like I was entering a Chinese restaurant from the 70’s. The decor is from the early ” Shlock Dynasty”, with heavy wall murals,and ...

Best Soup Dumplings on Long Island Red Tiger Dumpling House is located at 1320 Stony Brook Road in Stony Brook, LI. I must say it’s nice to find a little gem in Suffolk County.  The old adage “You can’t tell a book, by its cover” has never been more true. From the outside, you would pass this place over and ...

Tummy Talk an Interview with Mee Tsu Yan   This is the second interview in our series, called Welcome to Tummy Talk. Today we are interviewing Mee Tsu Yan (MTY). MTY is a native Long Islander, and a devout lover of Chinese food. When he is not eating Chinese food, MTY can be found with his lovely wife of 28 years ...