Eight Jane Food

Flushing's best breakfast is eaten standing up. This tiny Main Street stall has room for two or three people at the counter and no printed menu, just a griddle and a steady line for jianbing — the northern Chinese breakfast crepe, heavy on egg, brushed with sauce and folded around a shard of crisp fried dough.

Order the classic jianbing and, if they have not sold out, a youtiao cruller to dip or carry. Take it to the sidewalk and eat it while it is still crackling. The stall keeps morning-to-afternoon hours, so come early.