
The literal translation of this stall is “water-boiled fish,” a reference to the boiled fish dish in Sichuan cuisine. Not everyone loved it though - critics of it said the potatoes could have been more flavorful and the sauce less oily.
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It comes with tender bone-in chicken, potatoes, green peppers, and hand-pulled noodles, plus a comforting stew. Here, it comes in a giant aluminum tray that you’ll need many people to share. For this experiment, we went for the dapanji, the big tray of spicy chicken. It’s still consistently serving up lots of dishes centered around stand-out hand-pulled, wide wheat flour-based noodles. Zheng Zhou Noodles, named for the capital city of the Henan province, has been in the New World Mall food court for a while, and for good reason. Here are the top-10 ranked stalls and what we ordered, from two ideally spiced dry pots to an uber-soft fish dumpling. We came away with some realizations, which boil down to this: Even though Flushing has changed in the last eight years, with increased competition, New World Mall is still an exciting place to eat, attracting hordes of families, teens, and other people in the neighborhood for food. Some bites were revelatory others were, uh, not. Many noodle soups were slurped, dumplings sampled, and dry pots sweated over. So in February, Eater staffers and some trusted confidants set out to try all 26 food stalls in the property, picking signature dishes from each one and rating them on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being the best. Plus, entering the crowded expanse is daunting: With so many options, it’s hard to know where to start.

The food court’s website isn’t always updated, and many of the stalls have frequent turnover. Though New World Mall has already cemented its status as a must-go in the neighborhood, it’s also a bit overwhelming.
