NYC’s Best Cheap Eats: $2 HIDDEN GEMS in Chinatown! (Flushing, Queens)

[@HereBeBarr]

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[@hyungsuh2322]

Thank you eventhough I live in ny over 40years I have never been in Chinatown,but I love to try foods that u have shown me here!thank you &I am glad that I have found your channel! Thank you again& keep up the fantastic work!

[@KPOPIVESTEVE]

In NYC there is so many options on where to eat that I think 2 weeks won’t be enough time to enjoy a holiday. I would need 2 more weeks. Great video.

[@laurosaquipay1459]

No thank you I don’t like

[@cope_seethe]

Man I've lived in flushing my entire life... but I won't lie as a Hispanic kid I've been intimidated past trying much of the local food. Seeing people exploring the places I pass by everyday... It really inspires me to get out there and try it for myself. Thanks guys!

[@akdmorningstar]

The name of the first place is actually Changle Cuisine INC. Best North Dumpling shop is another stall inside the same building just a few feet away.

[@mikef445]

Jon, very nicely done. Your collaboration videos tend to be some of your best. It just goes to show you that authentic Chinese food doesn't have to be expensive or fancy. And as someone who use to live in Bayside way back when, I wish Flushing could have offered these wonderful Asian treats at that time. Keep up the good work. I'll be watching. Your friend Mike.

[@JuzNyc]

Shout out to peanut noodles and wontons. As a someone from Fuzhou I grew up eating peanut noodles and wontons from those shops in Flushing. I keep telling everyone I know to try it, happy to see it get more recognition. P.s. mixing some vinegar into the peanut noodles takes it to a whole other level

[@jerseypup]

As someone who has been eating their way around Flushing for years, I'm so glad you featured this. Flushing, in my opinion, should be considered the real Chinatown of NYC. And yes, most of the menus might be in Chinese, but there is usually at least one employee that understands some English. Even if they don't, there are plenty of people around who are happy to help overcome any language barrier.

[@robertkelly6282]

I’ll take manhattan anyday over flushing. Yes great places in flushing but no character like manhattan

[@Marchant2]

Great advice from the young lady who said to bring in a picture of what you want to eat to show restaurant staff who speak mostly Chinese.

[@TheBingBuzz]

What a great foodie adventure! These hole-in-the-wall shops can be difficult to find, but they're worth the visit - true hidden gems! Thanks for making the trek to Flushing for this food crawl, Jon 🤗

[@HereBeBarr]

Thanks my friends!! You two rock.

[@conniepun6659]

First time stumbling upon your videos. Love your guys take on good cheap eats. Never gets old. Keep on smiling 🙂!!

[@traceyburrell4530]

I know you don't do foodie tours but if you did, we would be all over them every time we visited from the UK. Love your videos, they offer so many good places to try out. Thank you!

[@oyun2025la]

I am moving to NYC this August and hope to meet you one day in person and serve you and your wife the dumplings 🥟 I made by myself .Now I see you live pork more than fish.Your videos gave me so much inspiration and courage to apply for the school in NYC.💜

[@kimlau3929]

flushing has so many hidden gems, so i'm so happy you fell in love with my hood and do come back to explore some more! :)

[@106pricey]

Going to flushing Chinatown tomorrow!!!! I have been missing it. Can't wait to eat at these hole in wall places, and get a bunch of good stuff at US 1 Supermarket.

[@honorrolls5415]

Hard to believe in this unprecedented inflation times you can find great foods for incredible prices. The cheap eats videos are great. Thank you Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana

[@julesatthetable]

I really enjoyed this video. Even though I go to Flushing often, I haven't been to any of these spots and my family is also Fujianese so I love seeing these homey dishes!

[@KenRuan]

I LOVE the synergy you guys have when yall make videos together!! 🥰

[@HereBeBarr]

Yeah it’s really effortless

[@iisabellasays]

I'm from flushing and haven't been to these places will definitely check them out!!

[@iisabellasays]

Not sure if youve tried the 2 dollar peking duck bao buns in flushing but they're TO DIE FOR

[@evelyn4043]

Those peanut noodles look so good I could cry. I’m in Michigan and I’m tasting them!!!

[@nexts4196]

Do ya know where exactly that peanut butter noodles coz ones of my fave place in flushing is closed 😢 ..they’re is so good!

[@linauhrig1606]

Hi from Germany, love your videos - binge watching them since I fly to NYC next week ☺

[@klcee030]

I want to clarify that Chinatown isn't in Flushing Queens. OG Chinatown is in downtown manhattan. So if you want to visit flushing locals, its in a completely different area.

[@OllieRamone]

Loved this video. Not far from where I grew up. Best Chinese food in NYC.

[@JoseFlores-kl6jm]

Jon I'm going to need to be at least three days in NYC in order to enjoy and explore the other boroughs.

[@jackiechen2593]

Respect john for putting light into FJ food that I eat growing up.

[@FoodandFootprints]

He is so right about gems that disappeared over the years. 5:47 Just down the block used to be the Golden Mall basement which was the OG of the Flushing food courts and a gem with the original Xi’an Famous Foods

[@HereBeBarr]

Like most of NYC...

[@johnoleary148]

Another interesting video Jon. You tried some interesting food there. I must say I wouldn't fancy some of the dishes you tried. First place definitely looked the best. How do you guys find these cheap eats places. Good to see the diversity of New York and what other cultures eat and can get in NYC.

[@HereBeBarr]

Ben and Ming know them really well, expert locals.

[@graciousdignity7547]

When you have any local chinese style cuisines used oil a lot for frying, I would like to suggest you try to eat raw onions or chinese chives as much as possible and then drink a hot and warm chinese tea such as green tea or puer tea.

[@edercortes1960]

One of the things I love about the channel Jon knows how to really make you feel like a New Yorker. He’s right Flushing is really a hidden spot with so many options in food even I’m mad at myself when i go there because I want to try every food item in every restaurant

[@TeamGodandChrist90s]

Growing up, I have always love Wonton Soup.

[@edvaira6891]

Always love your team ups! Always wonder…how do these get set up? Did you contact Ben and Ming? Did they get in touch with you? Was there a middle person who suggested this to both of you?

[@HereBeBarr]

We chat. We’re friends off camera now too.

[@WarChortle]

Can you explain the name for “Dimes” Square That’s emerging? This video remind me the area around China town seems to be changing rapidly.

[@elmcloudtt]

hello hdb, the bing buzz walkers are fun friends - just a note that the cook of lamb is (goat for chinese people more (mountain sheep) they say). there are different shrimp vs. prawn. thank you for the review. elle for no spice

[@elmcloudtt]

when you try to find these in the city out of the subway - the bowls you should take it home. elle for green spinach

[@elmcloudtt]

another place to try new old father cooking to their kids cooking is a place on hester and walker called ox cafe - they have green dumplings with green skin. el-

[@goodi2shooz]

#1 travel food goals and chinese food lovers mecca! Excellent vid.❤

[@luisespineira9882]

I missed Flushing and all the eats. Thank you for the tour.

[@kerryl.562]

The third place you went to where owner recognized you used to be good but they went down! Found TWO BUGS and a HAIR in my food last time i went. There's another competitor that opened up around the corner.

[@honorrolls5415]

I would love to see a video comparing where to get a good Knish in New York, loved them when I was a kid. A video on where to still find a soda fountain egg cream in the city, take care can’t wait to visit in June Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana

[@3nigmaG]

Haven’t been back to Flushing in years. I gotta go visit!

[@canceled_onix]

I’m in NYC thank you for the tips😁

[@davidaguilar3825]

Hey Jon, me and my family enjoy watching your video so much that we booked a trip to New York for Thanksgiving 😆 any suggestions for a great Thanksgiving dinner maybe a nice sit down place for me wife and kids ?

[@sussybaka5322]

Oh shoot I've been to the place at 0:29. I had this good rabbit noodle soup...oooh it was so savory and kind of sweet. It is so depressing to know that places like that are disappearing...

[@Barkleyz87]

Another interesting video; congrats man!!!

[@tomjefferies4318]

Maybe it’s time to visit Flushing

[@mariatolentino4516]

I see the pictures and there are English translations, so it will be easy to pick the food. 😋 Those hole in the wall eateries tend to be better than the regular eateries.

[@FoodandFootprints]

Would be so down to try that fried poh hwa!

[@HereBeBarr]

Totally your style!!

[@brianhobbs8950]

I'm going to NYC in late June, where's the best places to play Pinball?

[@rizzaidi227]

love it... can i also request you to make vids focusing maybe on halal and kosher meal? ive never tried kosher meal so would love to give it a try in the Big Apple.

[@jairosantos8269]

Your soul is very nicely. Thanks for your work.

[@adventureswithcarl123]

I will definitely look for these places when I visit NYC in june

[@chillbest14]

flushing is so fun

[@stichi2214]

I'm upset that I didn't find the channel before my new york trip... would have visited so many things you show in the videos...

[@hassansyed6087]

So guys, I wanna ask a really stupid question Are they visiting these stores all in one day ? Or is this recorded through the course of couple days? How can they eat so much ?

[@matticapparelli5191]

I would love to go to these places but how can i order if everything is in chinese?

[@InShannonsKitchen]

Love Flushing! Was just there last week and this brings back good memories and ideas of where to go next! Also it was nice meeting your camera man Ben the other day at the one Vanderbilt observation deck

[@HereBeBarr]

So cool!

[@georget.m9592]

Hi 👋

[@robertbl7500]

A yummy journey into NYC! !

[@arlenesolis024]

You can’t go wrong with Flushing and authentic Chinese food 🥘. The best of the best and now the cheapest and more delish I was drooling 🤤

[@fightingwords8955]

Pictures Baby. Don’t Be Scared. 🤣

[@Rosanna.989]

Anytime i hear Flushing Queen, I remember tv show The nanny lol

[@georget.m9592]

Hi 👋

[@ilyaLNYC]

Ah Flushing. Downtown during rush hour it’s like Times Square minus tourists. Pork and fish balls? Not sure be brave to try that….

[@HereBeBarr]

hahah live a little :)

[@ilyaLNYC]

@@HereBeBarr 😂👍

[@Tofog22000]

Some of those places are very "Deep" Hidden Gems. How are you not weighing over 300 lbs. haha, good eats for sure!

[@HereBeBarr]

metabolism/genetics and eating as healthy as i can off camera.

[@TruthSeeker434]

Thanks you never disappoint! I will be in NYC in June for my 25th anniversary and was wondering if you could recommend some nice places with great views. I'm trying to impress but not have to sell the house..lol thanks!

[@vitoleonardi8261]

Where can you get Chinese pork rolls?

[@katrinlausch3078]

Well when I saw the poh hwa I immediately thought about the nearly not known oyster cake so I did not know a veggie version exists. 🙈

[@syruppulse8246]

It looks sooo delicious

[@Thaeffintruth]

Flushing is a really cool place, I like it there. And I love videos like this But I ain’t gonna lie, I get nervous as hell trying new places out there cuz all the menus are in Chinese lol

[@rocketman3770]

just come with pictures and point to it.

[@hanifaadina4203]

But I wonder how the signs on the stores are not in English is that legal cause for someone who’s isn’t Chinese how will they know what the store is selling smh bring back the old flushing from 1995-1998

[@Thaeffintruth]

@@hanifaadina4203 of course it’s legal; they can make the sign in any language they want if they own that business. Their target audience still can understand

[@hanifaadina4203]

@@Thaeffintruth but like How about for someone who doesn’t read that language and sometimes when u want to order they don’t have images so I think for non Chinese ppl like myself it’s hard to know what the place is selling

[@cary7504]

@@hanifaadina4203 google translate LMFAO

[@brasilishot18]

Can you do a celiac friendly episode?🙏🏽

[@letsrolloutnyc]

I need to try some of these spots.

[@ratna_dewi34]

I want to request about the most delicious cookies in New York like Levain, Dominique Ansel and others... thanks in advance

[@georget.m9592]

Hi Ratna

[@geo8rge]

Is there a fire exit?

[@dsvillalva]

Love Ming so much. So gorgeous!

[@hermanmelville3368]

She so sweet.

[@magicworldbyjorg]

[@jiggyjr80]

We need more of this video. With gas and inflation hitting every new yorkers and Americans nowadays! Good video! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@vailewalders1395]

A Chinese hole in the wall near me it's carry out only, I like their lunch special Egg Foo Young with gravy, fried rice, egg roll, it's cheap but last time the Egg Foo Young and fried rice were so oily I could barely eat it Boo

[@gintaremaksimovaite2955]

Thank you very much to Here Be Barr for this video filmed 2monts ago. I chose this video, because i do not really know what is that Philadelphia. I hope you are alright ❤️ Gintarė Maksimovaitė

[@ms.carlawong]

what year this video is taken?

[@georget.m9592]

Hi Carla

[@boltnut55]

Premiered Mar 23, 2022 Turns out it's hidden if your view is larger (mine was at 125% but could see it when I shrank it to 90%).

[@daliahrios322]

So what are these places called or their names?

[@boltnut55]

In case you're still wondering: 1) Best North Dumpling Shop (in Friendship Shopping Plaza)- 41-42 A Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355 2) Jing Feng Fish Ball Inc.- 41-40 Main Street, Queens, NY 11355 3) Dig BIan Hu- 41-28 B2 Main St, Flushing NY 11355 4) NY Go Go Fast Food 135-50 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 It's also in their comments section

[@daliahrios322]

@@boltnut55 ahhh, okay. I didn't see it a few months back. Thank you for letting me know 😭❤️

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

Flushing is the best

[@FoodandFootprints]

Ohhh we’ve been to Best North before - their dumplings are great!

[@HereBeBarr]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 not surprised you’ve been

[@dsvillalva]

Looooooooove Ming!

[@JasonRuppVlog]

Oh man I need some of that in my belly.

[@HereBeBarr]

Let’s go

[@JasonRuppVlog]

@@HereBeBarr Yesss.

[@downdarabbithole_katies_madnes]

This first place got destroyed by a fire last week. So sad

[@georget.m9592]

Hi 👋

[@maril1379]

Very interesting. In Chinese restaurants there can be (2) different menus -one in Chinese and one in English. Actually what I heard was that some restaurants are less Anericanized" and offer more traditional Chinese dishes that you would normally find. The key is to do what you did -go with someone who knows the language and food. "Chinese style"is not the sane as authentic Chinese. It's comparable to let's say "Kosher-style" to kosher Many "Chinese" dishes are American creations and not eaten among native Chinese. This goes on in all cultures "Americanized" vs the "real thing" Lastly interesting fact -go back about 40-50 years where you are in Flushing near the #7 subway had more of a Jewish presence. Thumbs up.

[@peterwelby]

They have two menus because they charge non Chinese higher prices for the same items. This is illegal and discriminatory.

[@rocketman3770]

@@peterwelby got any proof?

[@hanifaadina4203]

How about being clean some of these places are congested and not clean sanitary is very low also flushing wasn’t like this I the 1990 and 1980 also people were nicer also How is it legal that the signs are not in English like I mean the signs outside of the stores I think that should be illegal

[@brianbrooklyn3561]

Hell Yeah I love it when you do Queens videos!!! I use to live in Flushing back in 2016-2018

[@forever90s66]

SHOUT OUT TO POY-QUEET FOR INTRODUCING ME INTO THIS WORLD😋NOM NOM NOMMMM🌸

[@ellebelle6439]

Did you eat that meatball that fell on the table???? 😱

[@HereBeBarr]

🤐

[@wallyg77]

John with the 3 second rule 😅

[@HereBeBarr]

hahaha

[@alexeci4]

Any recommendation on where to do a one stop shop for someone thats coming alone? The Menu in chinese at the noodle place intimidated me bu it looks great!

[@xueqinguo9186]

All food from FuZhou but most of people in flushing are from north so come to try different food.

[@bonniepwtf]

Looked like a great experience with a wonderful hosts/guides.

[@HereBeBarr]

They really are.

[@guillermoortiz1492]

The 1st hidden gem reminds me of the of hidden acuario cafe! You did a video of it a few n years back n its my go to spot every since you brought it to light . Can't wait to visit this one next

[@PurpleTurkeyPatty]

MMMMMMEMBERS OF THE BARIO

[@Qiubenjamin]

Hole in the world all around!

[@HereBeBarr]

hahaha

[@Qiubenjamin]

Wall! Hole in the wall! Haha

[@carlf.9035]

My budget is $1.00 but this isn't bad either.

[@ltamminga]

I swear I will leave New York 100lbs heavier than when I arrive.

[@tigpowerleck998]

What is the target audience for these cheap eats videos? New Yorkers? Tourists? I don’t live in nyc, so cheap eats videos is almost opposite of what I’d click on. I want to know the exclusive spots & how to access. Cheap eats is pedestrian. Who wants pedestrian?

[@HereBeBarr]

In a city as expensive as New York, I'd venture to say Cheap Eats are the opposite of Pedestrian.

[@shabba194]

1:20 pause

[@QueensNYgirlie1988]

I'm definitely going to try that place with the peanut noodles! Looks yumm 😋

[@georget.m9592]

Hi 👋

[@jreviews2186]

Thank you for the great video!

[@ewnyMetroExpress]

Not to scare you, the meat you ate could be pigeons or rats. 😫