Favorite Dishes #6: Gui Lin Mi Fen’s Noodle Soups

Flushing overflows with all kinds of no-holds-barred dining experiences boasting ample (and occasionally too much) spice and gluttony. Which is why the neighborhood’s blessed to have a place like Gui Lin Mi Fen (135-25 40th Road, Queens; 718-939-2025) situated off the vibrant community’s main thoroughfare, where diners can indulge in a slow-cooked regional delicacy with a subtle approach to complexity.

The specialty here, springy and thin mi fen rice noodles floating in soup, arrives at the table deconstructed – but it’s no modernist touch. Hailing from Guilin, a city in south China, the dish presents starch and soup separately in deep bowls. Sip the pristine stock, a cloudy and only slightly oleaginous elixir made from chicken, pork, and beef bones simmered for twelve hours. Don’t forget the noodles in the other bowl. They sit in pungent soy marinade and come topped with simply prepared meats like fresh-killed poached chicken, thinly sliced brisket, and deep fried pork belly. After you’ve tasted each separately, combine them into one seriously fortifying soup. Smoked pork makes a compelling accouterment, its streaks of fat melting into the elixir, and the vegetarian “Good Friends” version plays nice with peppery bamboo shoots, mushrooms, pickled green beans, cilantro, scallions, and roasted soy nuts.

In honor of our Best of New York City issue (available now!), the Village Voice has been combing the city every day, one dish at a time, to guide you to the most delicious food in NYC. These are our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2015, in no particular order, save for the top 10. To read about previous dishes, browse our 100 Favorite Dishes page.

Here’s our countdown up to now:
#100: Laminated Blueberry Brioche at Dominique Ansel Kitchen
#99: Egg Shop’s Golden Bucket Fried Chicken
#98: Ramen Lab’s Torigara Shoyu
#97: Cannoli at Ferdinando’s
#96: Breakfast Sandwich at Dimes
#95: Banana Royal at Eddie’s Sweet Shop
#94: Fletcher’s Burnt Ends
#93: Almayass’s Mante
#92: Empellon Taqueria’s Fish Taco
#91: El Rey’s Sardine Tostada
#90: General Tso’s Pig’s Head at the Cannibal
#89: The Vegetarian at Meat Hook Sandwich Shop
#88: The 21 Club’s Creamy Chicken Hash
#87: Deep-Fried Olives at Via Carota
#86: Pougi at Loi Estiatorio
#85: Shelsky’s Hot Pastrami Sandwich
#85: Pearl & Ash’s Smoked Bread with Chicken Butter
#84: Gluten-Free Pizza at Rossopomodoro
#83: Perry St’s Chocolate Pudding With Candied Violets
#82: Whit’s End’s ‘Fuckin’ Bluefish Dip’
#81: Morgenstern’s Salt and Pepper Pine Nut Ice Cream
#80: Levain Bakery’s Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie
#79: Delmar Pizzeria’s Pizza
#78: Cafe Cluny’s Avocado Toast
#77: Brooklyn Star’s Cinnamon Bun
#76: Pork Belly Cotton Candy at Carnem
#75: Ippudo’s Pork Buns
#74: Mission Chinese Food’s Oil-Cured Anchovies
#73: Johnnycakes at LoLo’s Seafood Shack
#72: The Starving Artists Steak at Belle Reve
#71: The Spotted Pig’s Gnudi
#70: Xi’an Famous Foods’ Tiger Vegetable Salad
#69: Crème Brûlée Truffle at Kee’s Chocolates
#68: Pok Pok’s Muu Paa Kham Wong
#67: Cacio e Pepe at Upland
#66: Pulpo at Toro
#65: Junior’s Something Different
#64: Duck Carnitas at Cosme
#63: Banana Miso Ice Cream Sandwich at Neta
#62: Breads Bakery’s Chocolate Babka
#61: Braised Lamb Neck at the Gorbals
#60: Dough’s Passionfruit Doughnut
#59: Uncle Jesse Bao at Baohaus
#58: Patatas Bravas at El Colmado
#57: Lupulo’s Razor Clams
#56: Bar Masa’s Spicy Dancing Shrimp
#55: Underwest Donuts’ Halva
#54: The Virgola Platter at Virgola
#53: Noreetuh’s Monkfish Liver Torchon
#52: Amarena Cherry Merveilleux
#51: Roasted Mushrooms at Bara
#50: Fonda’s Oaxacan Black Mole Enchiladas
#49: Flinders Lane’s Lamb Rump
#48: Blue Ribbon Sushi’s Temaki Honnin
#47: Dirty French’s Chicken and Crepes
#46: The Vegetarian Combination at Zoma
#45: Merguez Sausage Flatbread at Irvington
#44: Le Grand Aioli at Marlow & Sons
#43: Shelsky’s Hot Pastrami Sandwich
#42: Hippie Banjo at Pies ‘n’ Thighs
#41: Malted Milkshake from Dizzy’s Diner
#40: Graffiti’s Graffiti Burger
#39: Beef Rolls at Kottu House
#38: Cafe Katja’s Wiener Schnitzel
#37: Norma’s Potato Pancakes
#36: Goat Milk Soft Serve at Victory Garden
#35: Okonomi’s Onsen Egg
#34: ‘Njuja Pizza at Obicà
#33: Paulaner Sausage Sampler
#32: Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies at The Whitney
#31: Momofuku Ssäm Bar’s Dry Aged Rib Eye
#30: Bar Boulud’s Escargots Persillade
#29: Marta’s Roman-Style Pizza
#28: Untitled’s Roasted and Fried Chicken Salad
#27: Sweet Corn Goat Cheese Tamal at Confessional
#26: Crispy Duck Necks at Trestle on Tenth
#25: Emily’s Emmy Burger
#24: Manousheh’s Jibneh Manousheh
#23: Herbie’s International at Ivan Ramen
#22: Bhutanese Ema Datsi’s Namesake
#21: Lan Larb Soho’s Ba Mee
#20: Lobster Roll at Fairway Market
#19: Khinkali at We Are Georgians
#18: Doughnuttery’s Paris Time
#17: Eisenberg’s Patty Melt
#16: Gabriel Kreuther’s Virginia Quail
#15: L’Artusi’s Garganelli with Mushroom Ragu
#14: Rebelle’s Clafoutis
#13: Epaulettes at Vaucluse
#12: Wildair’s Georgia White Shrimp
#11: Trini-Gyul’s Doubles
#10: Bar Goto’s Okonomiyaki
#9:   Peasant’s Risotto
#8:   Empellon Cocina’s Cucumbers
#7:   La Vara’s Gurullos