Flushing Mall and the exterior of Melvin's shopOur friend Melvin is our Malaysian connection for goodies & foodstuff from home. A hard-working and entrepreneurial young man, he recently opened up shop at Flushing Mall in Queens, NY. We paid him a second visit today and stocked up on some Malaysian foodstuff.
Don't be fooled by the shop's small floor space. He has everything a Malaysian might yen for while residing in this land of the free. From durian dodols, marukus, curry powder to Tean's Gourmet pastes & spices; you name it & Melvin is sure to have it. By the way, Tean's Gourmet Crispy Prawn Chili goes very well with dim sum dishes & fried rice.
Some of the stuff we carted away from Melvin's shop - Anglia Shandy, satay fish sticks, ikan panggang (fish flavored snacks), Maggi instant noodles, Maggi chili sauce (spicy), Ngan Yin roasted peanuts & Indomie noodlesSatay fish sticks and Anglia Shandy reminded me of my childhood. When I was young, my Mom (the biggest anti-junk food police) confiscated every tit-bit and snack she could find at home. To prevent us from eating satay fish sticks, she said that those sticks were made out of edible rubber. Yeah, right!! I would buy a few sticks during recess in school. It was sinfully pleasurable to the palate; like eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Anglia Shandy was kiddie beer to us kids, drank to the fullest during Chinese New Year. With only a small percentage of alcohol content, it was good training ground for future, adult beer consumption during university sun downer sessions.
If you wanna stock up, this is Melvin's address:
OK HONG
133-31, 39th. Avenue
Flushing Mall F#9
Flushing, NY 11354
3 comments:
wahaha.....he even has satay fish! You're right, he really does have everything Malaysian. Does he sell pandan leaves?
Wow, Fish skin Satay and Shandy, now those we don't get here in L.A.
millyvanilly: no pandan leaves but there's a Thai grocer next town from us. for sure, they have pandan & banana leaves coz there's a few Thai restaurants here. i haven't been there yet! next stop, hee..hee!
cooknengr: if u like, i can get some fish skin satay for u when i go to Flushing next time. just furnish your home address via serong@gmail.com & keep an eye of your mailbox.
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