Gala Manor

Keep watching the dim sum carts, and something new will eventually roll your way.

The soft rice noodle rolls called cheong fun can be filled with beef, shrimp (fresh or dried), BBQ pork, vegetables, or pretty much whatever you please; from a printed menu I saw later, I learned that Gala Manor also rolls them with scallops. My best guess is that these are the "donut rice rolls"; sadly, they were bland but for the sauce and the sesame seeds.

All told, the carts here are less intriguing than at Ocean Jewels, but Gala Manor is worth a go for a group that's more comfortable in a less frantic setting.

Also shown below: pan-fried turnip cakes; an almond roll filled with red bean paste; dumplings of some sort, perhaps filled with shrimp and vegetables; shrimp cheong fun; fried, hot green pepper slices topped with "fish pastry"; and a pair of "snow whites," one in cutaway view to show its filling of egg whites and milk.

Gala Manor
37-02 Main St. (enter on 37th Ave.), Flushing, Queens
18-888-9293