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Our friend Noam Freshman is a fan of foods from around the world. Conveniently, he lives in Brooklyn, close by many unusual restaurants, and he enjoys sharing his discoveries.
One of his favorite restaurants is Hamido Seafood, an Egyptian restaurant in Queens. (Yes, Egyptian seafood!) Inside, during a trip to New York several years ago, the two of us walked along a selection of unusual fish and picked out items that the proprietors then prepared fresh for us.
Delicious! And, as a bonus, a conversation with Noam, which is always informative and delightful.
Then, during our recent trip to New York, we talked Noam into leading a group of us on a tour in which we would sample one of his favorite foods, dumplings. Here is his announcement:
We will meet in Jackson Heights, Queens—one of the most diverse neighborhoods, in one of the most diverse boroughs in the entire city. In Jackson Heights there are 167 languages spoken, with people hailing from Tibet, Nepal, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Pakistan, India, and beyond.
Our menu will feature Tibetan Momos (dumplings)—and if we have the inspiration, we will migrate east to Flushing, where we will try some classic Xiao Long Bao (yes, dumplings).
And so, a few days into our New York adventure, we gathered at Diversity Plaza in Flushing. Our group included (r-l) Ron, Noam, Noam’s mother Wendy, Yvonne, our daughter Maggie, Maggie’s buddy Cami, and our good friend Patty Cobe. Noam led the way.
Dumplings are great. It seems that virtually every cuisine in the world has some version of them, and the Tibetan ones are especially tasty. We stopped at five places, from a food truck to a hole in the wall to a full-fledged restaurant, trying their version of beef, chicken, and chive dumplings.
As Yvonne would say, Yum!
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