Exploration of Flushing Restaurant

Exploration of Flushing Restaurant

After teaching a course called “At a Chinese Restaurant “, my class was expected to explore New Chinatown- Flushing on May 22, at Mulan Restaurant located at Queens Crossing Building. I picked this restaurant for my students because it is new and the food is good; also, it is easy to park there.

The day before, I called Chef Peter to get the updated lunch menu and convert it into the pinyin system so that my students can use mandarin to order food in Chinese by themselves.

Here was our four courses’ Lunch Menu:

A. 湯tāng / soup:

 酸suān 辣là 湯tāng /sour & spicy soup




 蔬shū 菜cài 湯tāng / vegetable soup




 海hăi 鮮xiān 湯tāng/seafood soup






B. 開kāi 胃wèi 菜cài/ salad

 春chūn 捲juăn/egg roll




 木mù 蘭lán 沙shā 拉lā / mulan salad




 麻má 辣là 尤yóu 魚yú/spicy squid salad



 海hăi 鮮xiān 沙shā 拉lā / seafood salad





C. 主zhŭ 菜cài/ main course

 木mù 蘭lán 咖gā 哩lǐ 蝦xiā /curry shrimp




 雪xuě 菜cài 魚yú 片piàn / fish fillet




 泰tài 式shì 牛niú 肉ròu / tai beef




D. 甜tián 點diăn

抹mǒ 茶chá 果guǒ 凍dòng


After a very satisfied lunch we went to Gold City Supermarket to do a little shopping. My students bought some Chinese fruit like 荔lì 枝zhī ，芒máng 果guǒ ，水shuǐ 餃jiăo ，雪xuě 裡lǐ 紅hóng ，青qīng 島dăo 啤pí 酒jiŭ ，they were very surprised with some edible things, such as pig’s blood, chicken’s heart, duck’s tongue ,etc.

After this exploration, they are probably more familiar with the culinary tastes of the Chinese people.