“. . . the desire her whole person expressed was that of communicating to me what she was tasting: communicating with me through flavors, or communicating with flavors through a double set of taste buds, hers and mine. . . .”
Italo Calvino, "Under the Jaguar Sun."

Beijing Dumpling House

We stopped at Beijing Dumpling House for lunch on our way to JFK recently. Beijing Dumpling House is, as the name suggests, a Northern Chinese restaurant, although the chef is from Guangzhou. They make excellent dumplings (not a surprise) but also noodles and other Northern specialties.

Fried chicken and basil dumplings

The dumplings we got were fried chicken and basil dumplings (an unusual combination but effective) and the wontons in spicy sauce with extra chili, cilantro, and garlic: very flavorful.

spicy wontons

We also had some cold sesame noodles: lovely on the hot summer day when we went.

cold sesame noodles

We took our sesame pancake for the plane. It was a good snack, but next time I’d probably get one with a filling, as opposed to the plain one.

sesame pancake in the bottom left

Beijing Dumpling House
88-38 Sutphin Blvd
Queens, NY 11435

Beijing Dumpling House

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