Mandu Factory

Located in the mini food court in the back corner of Assi plaza, this place is a hidden gem!
Only $ 2 for a meat or kimchi dumpling, $ 4 for 6 piece of the small dumplings (fried or steamed). This place is cheap!
Every time I shop at Assi, food shopping can make my stomach growling for some food already! My stomach practically just yells at me for walking around food shopping and teasing it by walking down the many aisles of Assi plaza. Thankfully Mandu Factory can tame my stomach.
The dumpling reminds me of a steamed Bao from Chinese bakeries, but it has much better meat and fillings inside. Tastes very fresh because they make it on site in their little kitchen of Korean magic. The dumpling is like the size of two fists together for the big one, and one small fist for the small order. Meat filing is a mixture of some cabbage, pork, scallions, and crystal noodles. Kimchi filling has almost the same filling as the meat but with more kimchi.
Although it’s a little far from the subway, and I don’t shop that often in Assi, it’s worth the walk to this hidden spot whenever I’m in Flushing.