It's quiet at lunchtime. During my two visits I witnessed no music and no television, only soft conversations and soundless thumb-taps on mobile phones. On this occasion I read a magazine, a literal page-turner.
Most folks got noodles, which arrived quickly, even though no two orders seemed alike. My order of 可樂雞, kělè jī, required 15-20 minutes. Much of that time, you'd think, was spent on simmering on-the-bone chunks of chicken with soy sauce and the key ingredient, which added caramel color and a sticky but tempered sweetness. Corn syrup or cane sugar, I couldn't say. Coke chicken ($10).
Red Mountain Noodle House
44-13 Kissena Blvd. (Cherry-45th Aves.), Flushing, Queens
718-886-3222
