I was skeptical when my Flushing expert fella insisted we go in. This is a Chinese grocery store I’d been in countless times but never realized that it had a bakery with all sorts of buns and pastries. At $1.60 it’s an excellent price for a yummy bun!įind Maxine Cafe at 136-76 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 BUNANZA STOP #3: New York Marts The meat was great, pretty lean with no chunks of fat that baker’s of these buns sometimes try to hide with the BBQ sauce. Locals at the next table over said this was their favorite pork bun in the area (they also scolded me for not finishing!). Tearing the bun in half, I saw like the ones I used to eat after school: a fluffy white, warm, bun filled barbecued pork with sweet onions. Steam poured out as I opened the door to the racks that keep the buns warm and fresh. If you’re eating somewhere with “frills”, like attentive wait staff and any kind of decor, you can be pretty sure it’s Americanized. “No frills” is what you want if you’re looking for authentic Chinatown. Just a couple doors down from Feng Mao, Maxine Cafe is a serve-yourself, no-frills spot. I stand by this being a great breakfast.įind Feng Mao BBQ at 136-88 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 BUNANZA STOP #2: Maxine Cafe (I’m a fan of greens in my pork bun, green = healthy, right?) The filling here was subtly seasoned, not saucy, and leaves the ingredients to speak for themselves. The meat was tender and mixed with a good amount of chives. The pork bun I ordered at the counter had a great ratio of pork to bun.
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The restaurant has two different sections – a small counter at the front for quick snacks (including buns) and the back is full booths for Chinese BBQ. On my way to the 7 train on more mornings than I’d like to admit, I would stop at this place for a pork bun breakfast. When we first started dating, my boyfriend lived in Flushing. Here are the buns of my Bunanza: BUNANZA STOP #1: Feng Mao BBQ By the end of the afternoon, I’d sampled seven (count ’em SEVEN) buns. When I got off at the last stop of 7 train, rain was falling and my appetite was approaching ravenous. While I am by no means a pork bun expert, I have been eating them pretty much my whole life. Back when I was in high school, I could get one for 50 cents! They’re still pretty cheap in Flushing today, most around $2. I grew up just a few short blocks from San Francisco’s Chinatown and pork buns were my favorite after school snack. I found a surprising amount of variety of buns during this BUnanza. They are typically steamed or baked, best served hot. A fluffy bun with a pork filling that ranges from savory to slightly sweet and often includes chives or onions for flavor and texture. It’s a protein-packed, easy to eat, yummy, grab-and-go Chinese snack or brunch food (dim sum). “What the heck is a pork bun?” You may be asking. It was a delicious, fun self-guided food tour. I visited bakeries and restaurants all over Chinatown and sampled so many savory buns (and one sweet one). It was a BUNanza! See, Saturday was the start of Lunar New Year and I decided to celebrate by eating SO MANY pork buns. Last weekend, I porked-out in Flushing, Chinatown.
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