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  <id>656632</id>
  <title>Best bargains to eat...but your tongue &amp; tummy's gotta be a bit flexible &amp; so do your hours time-wise...</title>
  <published_at>Fri Oct 02 14:55:40 -0700 2009</published_at>
  <post_count>4</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>21</id>
    <name>The Best</name>
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      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>5075329</id>
        <content>1.  East Manor in Elmhurst, NY (Queens) - right off of Queens Blvd next to the Hess gas station...
79-19 Albion Ave
Elmhurst, NY 11373
(718) 803-1111
Mon-Thurs - only $8.99 per person!!  All you can eat!!  Add about $6.00 for tip &amp; bottomless soda...  main entrees, dimsum, sushi, peking duck if you're lucky, salads, desserts, etc. etc.!!  YUMMY!!

2.  ONLY AFTER 8:00pm - swing by to Mei Wah Kitchen
82-53 Broadway
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Dinner is only $3.00 ($4.25 beforehand)!!  Tell 'em "to go"...  4 small choices plus white rice - how can ya go wrong??  BUT the choices are limited - 
if you're lucky enough you can choose from (well, from what's available or what's out):

Cold Dishes

Chicken Paws 
Shredded Potato 
Cucumber w. Garlic 
Pork Liver &amp; Potato w. Hot Sauce 
Country Style Pig Tongue 
Shredded Seaweed 
Pig Ear in Hot Sauce 
Salted Chicken 
Salted Duck 
Beef Tripe w. Celery 
Country Style Beef Tendon 

Hot Dishes

Spare Rib w. Sweet &amp; Sour 
Chicken w. Curry Sauce 
Sesame Chicken w. Sweet &amp; Sour 
Chicken w. Soy Sauce 
Chinese Cabbage w. Egg 
Pork w. Seaweed or Fried Bean Curd 
Spiced Egg w. Fried Bean Curd &amp; Meat 
Steamed Egg w. Pork Meat 
Kung Pao Chicken 
Egg w. Tomato 
Spiced Tofu w. Meat
Pork Meat Ball 
Fried Chicken Wings 
Lo Mein w. Vegetables </content>
        <published_at>Fri Oct 02 14:55:40 -0700 2009</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>1113268</id>
          <name>mikeyUN</name>
        </user>
      </post>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>5077922</id>
      <content>mikey, you blowing up my cheap, guilty pleasure at Mei Wah; indeed the selection is crap but for $3, you get some decent stuff; pig ear, pig stomach, ok vegetables; obviously you gotta choose what you think will last sitting out all day. where did you get all these english translations?</content>
      <published_at>Sun Oct 04 07:56:00 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5075329</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>12656</id>
        <name>bigjeff</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>5077925</id>
      <content>link to place</content>
      <published_at>Sun Oct 04 07:56:33 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5077922</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>12656</id>
        <name>bigjeff</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>5089970</id>
      <content>ugh, you guys serious?? haha, I've walked in there a couple of times and I can't bring myself to put any of that limp green, thick sweet, mildly mild food to my mouth. I'd rather spend a dollar or 2 more and get something decent. 

well, not to be a downer, i'll put in a suggestion: kebab sandwich at kebab king. it's like 2.50 i think. kebab rolled in naan. good stuff. 

here's another one, time sensitive. The diwali festival! if you go when they are cleaning up, prices drop dramatically. I get a weeks lunch for about 10 dollars. it'd maddening. </content>
      <published_at>Thu Oct 08 19:41:07 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5077922</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>168211</id>
        <name>Jeffsayyes</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>3</level>
      <id>5090214</id>
      <content>i know it's gross but i had one time: pig stomach with chili peppers, braised seaweed, bamboo shoots, jellyfish; not sure if they actually switch up the selection each night but ya, it could be worse. honestly i went to coco for takeout and all the noodles were like 7 or 8 dollars, and not $5.95 so i decided to walk up the block and that's where i saw the place.</content>
      <published_at>Thu Oct 08 22:06:38 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5089970</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>12656</id>
        <name>bigjeff</name>
      </user>
    </post>
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