The upside to de Blasio\u2019s New York is that crime is down so far you can get sprung from jury duty in less than a day \u2014 there are no trials. The downside is that you\u2019ll get only one lunch in Chinatown. I spent my penned-up morning planning where to head during what turned out to be an hour-and-a-half break and was not really surprised most online recommendations were for anything but Chinese. Which is how I wound up in the whitest place for blocks. I\u2019d been to Dim Sum Go Go many times, but either I have been spending too much time in Flushing with savvy eaters or it was always \u201csafe.\u201d My duck dumplings and snowpea-leaf dumplings, both steamed, took a while to arrive and tasted bland in the case of the latter and borderline geriatric in the case of the former. Each order of three was about $4.50, too, which made me wonder why people bitch about RedFarm\u2019s prices. I also left thinking you can eat Chinese alone but you really shouldn\u2019t. Although the one time the waiter smiled was when he saw the 20 percent tip from an old white lady with no sharing companions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The upside to de Blasio\u2019s New York is that crime is down so far you can get sprung from jury duty in less than a day \u2014 there are no trials. The downside is that you\u2019ll get only one lunch in Chinatown. I spent my penned-up morning planning where to head during what turned out… Continue reading