It's heartbreaking to see waves of Shanghainese restaurants open then close in Flushing. I do recommend this place if you looking for something new to try as they seem to try to come up with some new dishes to make themselves stand out among the competition. Since its not too close to the subway station you will get to avoid the crowds as well, when we went in at close to 7pm Saturday night there were still few tables available so I doubt if you come in during peak hours wait will be long. I thought the clams and the steamed fish head weren't so fresh to be honest and perhaps that's why the deep fried version of their seafood tasted better. There are many other dishes that we ordered but I didn't think they were too remarkable to make more comments. Another dish that I enjoyed after trying for the first time. I was surprised to see lotus roots covered in red~ Unexpectedly it has quite a sweet taste to it very pleasant indeed. – Pickled Lotus Roots – Again something new here. Very delicious indeed and I felt this is what Chinese herbs are for to bring the whole soup so much flavor – Duck Stew – Something new for me definitely, Here a giant pot of stew was split amount of 10 of us with plenty of duck meat to spare. I think the crabs were just normal blue crabs but they actually fried it enough for the shell to be edible! Or at least it was edible for me haha since I was too lazy to pry out the crab meats. This particular rice cake flavor was a first for me and I quite liked it. – Fried Crabs with Rice Cakes – As with the lobsters, here the crabs were fried first then stirred fried with Rice Cakes. I think it could be little better if lobster weren't cooked as much though felt the meat were just a little too stringy. At ~$20 per lobster not exactly a cheap option but for Chinese places I think its decent price. The lobster I had was seasoned just right. – Scallion Pepper Lobster – It seems they do their seafood better with fried and salt. There are few dishes they did pretty well that I wanted to recommend however We didn't really get too many dishes that's considered Shanghainese other than maybe XLB.
With so many Chinese places in Flushing its hard to distinguish whats so special about each one. Overall the food was pretty good and met my expectations. Although its more closer to Northern Blvd which means even more walking for people taking the 7 Subways here. Its not some obscure hole in the wall but rather is located right on Main st. As with Randy I was surprised to see this place haven't had more reviews from the amount of business I see its been getting.
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