Pine Court Chinese Bistro

Location: 249-32 Horace Harding Expressway, Little Neck, NY
Cuisine: Chinese
Hours: SUN-SAT (11am-10pm)
Phone: (718) 279-1999
Prices: $17/person
Credit Cards: All major

Food: 7
Service: 7
Value: 4
Environment: 6

Frequency: Unique

It's been a while since I had dim sum, but Auntie Kim and Uncle Bock invited us out today. It was a little different than usual because it wasn't in Flushing. We went all the way out to Little Neck. It sounds illogical to do that, but the idea was to bypass the downtown traffic and crowds for Sunday lunch... one of the peak times of the weekend. We took local roads out to the area to avoid Long Island/beach traffic on the L.I.E.

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While the food overall was good, it wasn't comparable to the Flushing downtown area even when you factor in the traffic. It took us about 20 minutes to get out there and there was a 30 minute wait for a table. From where I live in Flushing, I could walk to the downtown area in 20 minutes and have a table right away. Parking was nearly just as difficult as the Pine Court lot was packed. There aren't a lot of dim sum places out there, so it looked like all the Chinese in the area went to this place!

Wesley's 3rd Birthday

Wesley's 3rd Birthday was originally going to be at Chucky Cheese, but was switched to a home BBQ instead. Things worked out well because it was a perfect day. It would've also been hard to coordinate 20+ people for dinner at Chucky Cheese with several kids running around. At the house, the kids had all the toys in the world to keep them busy!

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Dragonboat 2010

This year's Dragonboat Festival was a lot like Last Year's. The weather was perfect... sunny with blue skies and no chance of rain. The temperature was somewhere around 83 degrees, which is low for this time of year. I arrived a little before 11am and got lucky with the shuttle bus. It was empty when I got on, then another 7 train arrived and it got packed immediately. I was a little disorientated when we were dropped off though. Because they were in the middle of reconstructing the boathouse and surrounding area, the bus stop was on the opposite side of the usual location. So we started a few blocks from the far end of the events are rather than the boathouse and racing area.

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I started by getting photos of some of the races and boathouse area. Then I headed off to get the events and info. stands. I took my usual lunch break at Chef One and then met up with Charlotte and Jeff. We all headed back to the races to get more photos.

Tung Yi Fung

We haven't gone out for a family dinner in a while, so there was nothing more fitting than heading over to Tung Yi Fung for the best microwaved Chinese food in Flushing! I don't have any changes to any of the stats... the food was still as good as last time. Customers are learning to eat there earlier though. We got there just before 6pm and it was almost full. Previously, it would be empty until about 7pm.

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