68 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • AUGUST 29, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com dining out THE COURIER/Photo by Bradley Hawks Jollibee is Jolly Good BY BRADLEY HAWKS JOLLIBEE Strolling under the No. 7 train along Roosevelt Avenue, a long line of anxious 62-29 Roosevelt Avenue Woodside 718-426-4445 Open 7a.m.-11p.m. daily View Over 200 Reviews at queenscourier.com customers queue up along 63rd Street. The draw is a pop restaurant from the Philippines known as Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC). Jollibee has been a popular fast food chain since its inception in Quezon City, Philippines in 1978. It now has a total of over 2,500 stores worldwide, including 27 in the United States. American Jollibees can be found in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Washington, as well as one location in Jersey City, and one NYC location in Woodside. Now four years old and marked by a cartoon statue of a jolly bee just outside the entrance, the lines have somewhat simmered down, but the dining room is almost always packed. The most popular dish is the “Chickenjoy” fried chicken, although they serve several Filipino-inspired dishes. A $1 spam sandwich looks like a little old man sticking its tongue out at you, but goes down like a perfectly tasty ham and mayo slider. Two kinds of pasta are also popular, especially with kids. The “Jollibee Spaghetti” is served in a sweet tomato sauce fi lled with bits of ground beef, sliced hot dogs, and topped with cheddar. It is admittedly far more enjoyable than it might sound. The “Palabok Fiesta” is one of the most interesting and unique dishes—a serving of bihon “glass noodles” with a garlicky shrimp palabok sauce, pork cracklings, tinapa (smoked fi sh fl akes), ground pork, shrimp, and sliced hardboiled eggs. One of the tastiest snacks on the menu are the lumpia—crispy shanghai spring rolls fi lled with spiced pork sausage. For $3 you get six, served with a sweet and sour sauce for dipping. Burgers are served in four size variations from “Yum” to “Amazing Aloha,” which is topped with grilled pineapple. Meats are also available served bunless with rice, including several breakfast items—like milkfi sh belly with rice and sliced egg. Desserts include bubble teas and tropical fruit-fi lled “pies,” but the “Halo-Halo” is the one not to miss. A plastic cup is fi lled with crushed ice and sweetened milk, coconut shavings, red beans, chickpeas, and Jell-O cubes, all capped with violet taro ice cream and a slice of fl an. Stare as you might at the tie-dyeslushee custard dessert, you will be the only customer seemingly baffl ed by the oddly beautiful ice treat. Everyone around you in the dining room at Jollibee knows and loves it well as plain, old-fashioned comfort food. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT SHEEHAN’S PUBLIC HOUSE JOIN US FOR LUNCH DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS Starting at $7.95 (11AM-4PM) Includes a FREE Tap or Domestic Beer or Soda MON DAY Cheese Burger with Fries $7.95 Buffalo Wrap with Fries $7.95 Chicken or Steak Fajitas $7.95 TUESDAY 3 Tacos with Tortilla Chips $5.95 Roast Beef Wrap with Fries $7.95 Chicken Quesadilla $7.95 WEDNESDAY Ham & Swiss Wrap with Fries $7.95 10 Wings, Blue Cheese & Celery $7.95 Cajun Chicken Wrap w/Peppers & Onions $7.95 THURSDAY 12 OZ Steak with Fries $10.95 Crispy Chicken Wrap with Fries $7.95 Chicken Salad Wrap with Fries $7.95 FRIDAY Fish & Chips $8.95 Corn Beef on Rye with Fries $7.95 Tuna Fish Wrap with Fries $7.95 Newly Renovated Dining Room Dine – In or Call for Pick-Up Live Music Friday & Saturday Coming Soon Special Dinner Menu • Private Party Room Available 171-57 46th Ave • Flushing • 718-961-6161
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