Chinese Restaurant on Christmas Day, during 5-hour JFK Layover

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Aloha Friends,

Wanting to keep the Chinese food on Christmas day tradition alive, I submit myself to you...

We'll be flying into JFK on Christmas Day and will have at least a 5-hour layover. We'd like some suggestions, tips and pointers on how best (and where, of course!) to pull this off. I was told that we will want to get to Queens.

Your information will make our Christmas that much more delicious.

Many Thanks!

MG

[scoopG]

You won't find many yellow cabs in Flushing but lots of livery drivers in mostly black Lincoln Town cars. They park and wait for riders along Roosevelt and Main Streets. Here are some options:

Fu Run – Manchurian
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/572882
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/750625

Golden Palace - Manchurian
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/640895
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/dining/10chine.html?scp=2&sq=julia%20moskin%20in%20flushing&st=cse

Henan Fengwei:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/728696

Hunan Kitchen of Grand Sichuan:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/708325
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/dining/reviews/09rest.html?scp=2&sq=hunan%20kitchend%20of%20grand%20sichuan&st=cse

Hunan House:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/612697

Jiang Li – Northern/Manchurian:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/714292

Main Street Imperial – Taiwanese:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/601902

SN New Restaurant (Qingdao):
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/836408

Rural - Manchurian
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/711399

Spicy and Tasty
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/702673
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/755009

Red Chopsticks:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/781817

Rifu (Chinese-Korean):
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/730210

Yi Lan Halal Chinese:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/771124

Golden Mall:
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2010/0...

[scoopG]

...and of course the New World Mall Food Court:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/785435

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Wow, scoopG, I owe ya big time. Thank you.

[Steve R]

Matthew -

ScoopG's list is perfect. However, if I was you, I'd spend the time going from stall to stall at Golden Mall and New World Food Court. More your speed.... lots to sample. But if you want a sit down, Fu Run is a great choice (read the threads scoopG linked)... so's Spicy and Tasty. And they're 1/2 block from each other.

Too bad you're only here for 5 hours on Xmas Day, when we're committed to family. Are you stopping in NYC on your way back? If so, give us some notice and I'll round up scoopG and a bunch of others to take you guys around. Ginny and I still owe you for a great Oahu C'town "hole in the wall" tour several years ago. Have a great time on your trip.

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Steve R -- Wow, thanks! Keira and I will be in NYC from 3-10 December, prior going to London & Paris, and back home via Las Vegas. Keira and I will be tying the knot on December 8th in NYC...finally! All the crazy wedding planning of trying to do it here in Honolulu gave way to our December holiday. Isn't that cool?! We'd love to see you while there, especially if it involves great food! If you are able, please contact me at Hawaii Food Tours, ok? Aloha!

[Steve R]

Done. Let me know if you dont get an e-mail. And congrats to you and Keira. See you in December.

[Chandavkl]

I made the dash from JFK to Flushing by taxi a little over a year ago with a smaller time window and it worked out fine. It was well under a half hour cab ride each way which gives plenty of time to eat in Flushing. My only anxiety was wondering if I could easily catch a cab back from Flushing to JFK, given that you can't hail a cab or find a waiting cab as easily in Flushing as you can in Manhattan, particularly since there are no hotels in Flushing where cabs line up. However a couple of the guys on the board indicated that there is an unofficial cab stand at Roosevelt and Main St. (SE corner, I believe). And while there isn't always a cab there, I was lucky that one was parked there when I was ready to head back. You might want have the cab from JFK take you to the New World Mall food court (approximately Roosevelt and Main) and choose from the 30 food stalls there.

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Thanks so much; that's great info!

[swannee]

Lots of good choices in Flushing quite near the airport. For Sichuan, Spicy and Tasty. For Northeast., Fu Run. For Cantonese, Imperial Palace. Hunan at Sichuan Taste. Or Lau's Taiwanese place.

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Thank you swannee! Is this area best accessible via a taxi, or is there good, swift public transportation to these areas?

[thegforceny]

Here is a great resource to map your options:
www.hopstop.com

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Thank you thegforceny! That's a very helpful site.

[Gin n Tonic]

Take a cab. You'll never get there by public transit if you don't know the city. Even if you do it'll take an hour, versus 15 min for the cab. "Quite near" is 10 miles here.

[HawaiiFoodGuy]

Thanks Gin n Tonic! You guys (& gals!) are the greatest.