For decades, going out for "Chinese" on Long Island wasn't just a meal; it was an event. It was a destination dining experience rooted not in the bustling streets of Beijing or Shanghai, but in the strip malls of Commack, the turnpikes of Levittown, and the boulevards of Great Neck. While the giants are falling, a few classics remain hidden in plain sight across the Island. If you want to pay tribute to this fading era, don't order Grubhub. Go sit down. Order the combination plate with the dark pork fried rice. Get the drink with the umbrella in it. Crack open the fortune cookie and actually read it out loud. And tip generously—because the servers have likely been working there since you were in elementary school.
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5 Debunked Myths On Chinese Cuisine
The Chinese culture has already taken the world by storm with its yummy foods and cuisines. Because of that, people tend to believe things about Chinese food that actually turn out to be misconceptions, whether they’re plain silly or simply incorrect. But can you really trust these myths?
Read More »“Precious Chinese Cuisine”, East Northport, NY
Precious Chinese Cuisine is a wonderful neighborhood sit down Chinese restaurant located in East Northport, New York. We dined there for Chinese New Year. Loved the Money Tree. Guess what else we loved?
Read More »Where the Food Goes on For Miles and Miles and Goes Nowhere
When more is less, we stopped on our road trip at the only open restaurant we could find on Christmas Day. Here's a quick review of J.A. Buffet, which is in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. In general, what do you think of Chinese buffets?
Read More »Independence Day Chinese Quest Style
How to celebrate Independence Day, the 4th of July, Chinese Quest Style? With fortune cookies, of course!f Hopefully you will get one of these fortunes..
Read More »Roll Your Own Fortune (Cookie)
The Chinese Quest is soliciting your ideas for a new line of Chinese fortune cookies. Fortune cookies have gotten stale - in both senses of the word. HELP!
Read More »Quotable Jewish Quotes and Fortune Cookies
Jews love of Chinese food is well documented. By us, www.thechinesequest.com - But to understand a Jew thoroughly you have to know some Yiddish. Read on!!
Read More »May Your Life Be Like a Roll of Toilet Paper
"May YOUR life be like a roll of toilet paper". What a GREAT fortune cookie to receive. Wonder why? Well, I thought you'd never ask. Let me explain!
Read More »Don’t Read This Article!
Don’t read this article!!! Lest all those misconceptions that you had believed all your life about some Chinese foods were true, really aren’t. Misconceptions About Chinese Food Misconception: Egg rolls are a Chinese food The Egg Roll that we eat in many parts of the western world isn’t really all that much like the most similar Chinese food. The egg rolls ...
Read More »History of Fortune Cookies
Happy New Year! L'Shana Tova! Happy Rosh Hashanah! May your year be blessed with happiness and good fortune. Read about the history of Fortune Cookies here!
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The Chinese Quest Finding the best Chinese restaurants on Long Island and NYC
