Bus-stop fare, fast and filling.
This stretch of the block is the terminal for the Q58; here the buses lay over, and change drivers, before wending their way through Corona, Elmhust, and Maspeth to Ridgewood, and back. Outside, one bus has nosed into the picture.
Inside this narrow storefront, which is shared with a second food shop, a few short minute will secure a griddled-to-order Tianjin jianbing guozi ($3). Asking simply for a jianbing will set the chef in motion; so will pointing to the photo of an eggy crepe, folded in two like a hand towel. The core, shown below, is the deep-fried dough stick called a youtiao. I imagine that aficionados can have their jianbing customized with an assortment of seasonings; I simply consented to "Spicy?" and would have wished spicier.
Grab-and-go options include assorted chicken parts, not all of them meaty, various hot-sauced tripe dishes, and, from a previous visit, what was identified by another customer as lamb, though my guess would have been mutton (half-pound shank, at $9 per pound). Hot pepper optional.
Halal Food/BBQ Chicken
41-28 41st Rd., Flushing, Queens
718-888-9208
Glad to see you made it here. I've been meaning to head back. Probably will this weekend.
Posted by: Chris | June 26, 2012 at 08:55 AM