Downtown Flushing has long been a Taiwanese stronghold. But now northern and western Chinese fare has flooded Main Street and its tributaries, represented by gleaming carts with strange round chimneys that vend cumin-dusted meat brochettes, from Xinjiang by way of Beijing. There are also hot-pot places and restaurants specializing in lamb and goat, all heavily influenced by the Silk Road cuisines of Central Asia. But the best examples currently occur not in restaurants, but in makeshift food courts. A year ago, we reported on J & L Mall, which recently went belly-up. Picking up the baton a few blocks north is Golden Shopping Mall, showcasing an even more arcane assortment of Chinese... More >>>