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Popular Flushing Rice Roll Stand Is Heading Into Brooklyn
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Joe's Steam Rice Roll, the popular Flushing rice roll stand, is expanding with its third location, to Sunset Park at 774 58th Street, near Eighth Avenue. No opening date has been announced yet, but an Instagram post on July 30 states that it is 'coming soon.' Eater has reached out for more information.
Owner Joe Rong is known for his Cantonese chang fen, where the rice cakes are produced with an electric-powered stone mill from China. The filling menu is simple with five options ranging from curry fish balls to pork, plus additions like corn and scallions. He first opened Joe's in Flushing in 2017, followed by Canal Street in 2018. There had been an outpost on St. Marks Place, but that closed. There's an Uptown location on the Upper West Side that opened in 2020. The new location appears to be taking over the sole New York location of Los Angeles Taiwanese tea shop chain Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea.
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