Was down with allergies last night thus no blog post. Paula prepared some chicken terriyaki. While it is Japanese it brought on a memory of Chines restaurants. The one that that comes to mind was Lucky's.. It was one my family frequented. It was located on Northern Blvd in Flushing. At the time it was the only Chinese restaurant in town. (now Flushing is another Little orient in New York, there is some form of oriental restaurant on every block). But back to Lucky's. I recall huge black banquettes. the walls were trimmed in Red Chinese lanterns. There was no buffets back then. You ordered off a menu. depending on how many in your party there were choices from column A and choices from column B. Some times there was even a column C. Tea was always hot. Lobster Cantonese was a family favorite along with sweet and sour shrimp. Peking duck had to be preordered but it brought smacks to my lips. The food came out covered in what to me seemed like "silver" servers but i am certain it was not that elegant. Any way when the waiter came out there were multiples of these silver domed platters placed on the table. I enjoyed hearing the clanging of the metal covers being removed with an oriental flair by the mustachioed waiter. While the waiters were very polite to us customers there was a always a cacophony of loud voices coming from the kitchen every time the door swung open.
The dessert for me was always pineapple with lychees eaten with toothpicks
Lucky's was a favorite of mine and I always rejoiced when we had the opportunity to go there. The present ubiquitous Chinese buffets with their pre prepared and predictable choices will never replace Lucky's.
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