Jackson Heights Life

Thanks for this. Opens up a whole other food storage category for future meals.

Yes, exactly! I highly recommend Lao Bei Fang's frozen dumplings. It's cost effective, and once you master the cooking process (which is really easy) then you are basically getting restaurant-quality dumplings quickly, whenever you want them. It's perfect if you haven't the time for proper meal planning as a sort-of backup meal that's quick and delicious (pair them with a simply sautéed veggie).

Here's my new plan for the Mexican tamale situation: I'm going to check out the two Food Bazaars over in Corona and see if they have some local-branded frozen tamales. My experience with Food Bazaar is that they do a good job catering to and supporting the local communities they operate in. I used to get extremely good fresh bagels at a location in East Williamsburg, which apparently they were sourcing from a small bakery not far away from that specific location. Hoping for something similar here.

If that doesn't work, then I might try asking some of the small tamale vendors if there's any way for me to buy in bulk. Or I might have to consider getting mail order from a place like: https://texastamale.com/

Will update with my findings.

I'm looking for Mexican tamales. Never heard of Chinese tamales, maybe I'll try those too!