Asia in Queens: Exploring NYC’s Largest Chinatown

On our Flushing food tour – a full-day stroll through New York’s largest Asian neighborhood – we’ll explore the area’s almost mind-blowing culinary diversity. 

• Culinary walking tour
• Visit Flushing Neighborhood
• Taste of Asian Specialties

The Flushing neighborhood of Queens exists as a kind of world of its own. Unfamiliar to most New Yorkers, this bustling neighborhood is actually home to the city’s most vibrant and diverse Asian community.
On this walk through the neighborhood, we’ll explore the area’s almost mind-blowing culinary diversity while also learning about Flushing’s fascinating history. We’ll visit vendors, the outdoor stands of local restaurants and some of Flushing’s mall-based food courts – considered by locals to have some of the area’s best eats – tasting delicacies from China, Korea, Vietnam and other countries. From stalls selling Hong Kong-style dim sum and snacks to bakeries turning out the Korean take on French pastries and a visit to a local kimchi maker, we’ll dive deep into the best that the neighborhood has to offer. On our Flushing food tour, we’ll take a look at some of area’s unique cultural markers, from a storefront Daoist temple to the Flushing Quaker Meeting House.

• Rockaway Beach, Cross Bay Parkway, Far Rockaway, NY, USA
• Queens Night Market, 111th Street, Queens, NY, USA
• Astoria Park, 19th St, Astoria, NY, USA
• Forest Park, Park Lane South, Queens, NY, USA
• The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY, USA
• South Street Seaport, Front Street, New York, NY, USA
• Brooklyn Flea, Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
• Queens County Farm Museum, Little Neck Parkway, Queens, NY, USA
• Free Synagogue of Flushing, Sanford Avenue, Queens, NY, USA
• Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Van Wyck Expressway, Queens, NY, USA
• Welling Court Mural Project, Welling Court, Queens, NY, USA
• Times Square, Manhattan, NY, USA
• Chelsea Market, 9th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
• Rockefeller Plaza, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, USA
• Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn, NY, USA
• Flatiron Building, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
• Socrates Sculpture Park, Vernon Boulevard, Queens, NY, USA
• Queensbridge Park, Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY, USA
• Gantry Plaza State Park, 47th Road, Queens, NY, USA
• Central Park, New York, NY, USA
• Grand central station, East 42nd Street, New York, NY, USA
• St Patrick Cathedral, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
• Union Square, East 13th Street, NYC, Manhattan, NY, USA
• Hunter's Point South Park, Center Boulevard, Long Island City, NY, USA

Liability Waiver

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If you have food allergies, you are ultimately responsible to ensure your own health and safety. If you share information about your allergies, we can provide you with some guidance about the food purveyors on your tour, but we are not responsible for any allergic reactions that you may have. We are not responsible for any damages or losses incurred as result of acts by entities beyond our control, including but not limited to restaurants, shops, market stalls, eateries and food carts. We are not responsible for acts beyond our control, including but not limited to acts of God, act of nature, acts of war, or other unrest caused by state or non-state actors. If you are disruptive, we have the right to ask you to leave the tour without refunding you or providing you with a credit for your tour. You are aware of and responsible for all damages or losses that may arise during the course of the tour resulting from:

Risks associated with food, water or other drinks, including alcoholic beverages; physical accidents during the tour or at any of the locations visited; transportation failures; forces of nature; criminal activity; damage, loss or misplaced property; or accident or illness without means of rapid evacuation or availability of medical supplies or services. You agree that any claims that may arise will first go to arbitration and only if not resolved in that manner shall be heard in court. In both cases, grievances shall be heard in the jurisdiction of Washington, DC. You further agree to be responsible for your own welfare and property and accept any and all risks of delay, unanticipated events, inconvenience, illness, injury, emotional trauma or death. You further acknowledge that participation in Culinary Backstreets tours is based upon execution of this Liability Waiver. By completing the reservation process you release and discharge forever Culinary Backstreets, its employees, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, successors, agents, and assigns, from and against any liability arising from participating in this tour. You further agree that this release shall be legally binding upon you personally, all members of your family, all minors traveling with you, your heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives, to the maximum extent of the law.

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