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Tummy Talk – An Interview with Mee Yong Joo

Wandering Jew

This is the fifth interview in our series, called Welcome to Tummy Talk, where we introduce you to the members of The Chinese Quest. Today we are interviewing Mee Yong Joo (MYJ). MYJ grew up deprived from Chinese food. Once, in the United Kingdom, he discovered it and never looked back. Since The Quest he acquired a new appreciation or discovered ...

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Like Mama Used to Make!

Like Mama Used to Make

We Want Just Like Mama Used to Make! We, the members of this Chinese Quest, as soon as we sit down in a restaurant, go out of our way to explain our food wishes to our humble waitstaff as soon as we are asked for our dinner order. We explicitly explain in our own way “we would like you to ...

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[REVIEW] Hunan Dynasty, Levittown

Hunan Dynasty Levittown New York

Hunan Dynasty Chinese Restaurant in Levittown, NY When it comes to finding a good neighborhood Chinese restaurant, usually you get the same old same old, and they tend to cater to the lowest common denominator.  We would classify Hunan Dynasty as a neighborhood Chinese restaurant.  And as far as neighborhood Chinese restaurants go, this one in my humble opinion was ...

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A Return to MOONSTONE Chinese Restaurant

Crushing Disappointment

A Second Look & Review When I first visited and ate at Moonstone Chinese Restaurant, located on Northern Blvd in Great Neck, just east of the Queens border, I had a terrific time, probably as much due to getting to meet and greet the characters of The Chinese Quest, as for any other reason (although the wine helped!). My wife (aka ...

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The Mee’s and Me go to Moonstone

Moonstone-Chinese-Restaurant-Great-Neck

A Different Perspective on Moonstone A View from Inside The Chinese Quest! There’s very little that’s better than going to a good Chinese restaurant, try a bunch of different dishes, laugh a lot, and eat some delicious food. While the recently opened Moonstone (located on Northern Blvd in Great Neck on the site of the former Harvest Buffet) is certainly ...

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[REVIEW] Moonstone, Great Neck

Moonstone Exterior

Mission Accomplished! For months, the Mee’s have been seeking a new favorite restaurant on Long Island.  And tonight, we found Nirvana.  Moonstone, a recently opened authentic Chinese restaurant in Great Neck (oh so close to the Queens border) at 14 Northern Boulevard. Moonstone replaced the old Harvest Buffet.  The Mee’s never had the pleasure of, or lack thereof, that experience, ...

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