Tag Archives: Authentic Chinese cuisine

In an era of algorithmic restaurant reviews and Instagram-driven dining trends, five friends from Long Island are quietly building something genuinely subversive: an uncompromising crusade to find authentic Chinese restaurants and share their discoveries with anyone willing to follow along. What began over a decade ago as casual banter between pals over dumplings has evolved into thechinesequest.com, a digital beacon for anyone seeking truthful, nuanced, and deeply personal explorations of Chinese cuisine across the northeastern United States. This is our commitment to fulfill our goal of finding the best authentic Chinese restaurants on Long Island and in NYC. Please join us on our Quest!

A slew of new banquet-style Chinese restaurants recently opened along Northern Boulevard from Flushing to Bayside. Canton Manor is the eastern-most restaurant, and we dined there the other night. Always crowded when you drive by, and at times many families await outside for a table to free up. Everyone is Asian. It's gotta be good? Right? Read The Chinese Quest's opinion by clicking on the link, and please add your comments below the review.

O Mandarin, in Hicksville, NY, opened a year and a half ago. We dined there a year ago. And now we are prepared to tell you the story of their magnificent Chinese restaurant. They have a sister restaurant, by the same name, in Hartsdale, NY, which has been packing in dining patrons for years. From all of the wood, and some of the Chefs and Wait Staff, that were imported from China, no expense was spared in its construction nor in it's food. Click below to read what took us a year to publish. It was worth the wait!