Fat Ni BBQ Cart
“There is always, I mean always, a crowd around him getting the best skewers in town.”
“Serving up legit BBQ on sticks, meat ranging from beef, lamb, chicken, pork, or fish tofu balls.”
“On top of the classics like chicken, lamb, and squid, they also serve hearts, gizzards, kidneys, spines, wings, tendons, fish tofu, and more.”
Fat Ni BBQ Cart
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Awesome place for skewers. This place will never disappoint. Its always there and never misses a day that I felt like eating skewers. The food and taste are worth of a street cart. Well recommended!
I recommend you the lamb skewers, the beef skewers, the chicken heart, and the stinky tofu! xD
Long before I ever knew the name, this cart was only known to me as "the other BBQ cart that isn't Xinjiang (yelp.com/biz/xinjiang-bb…)." Thanks for Flushing Food (yelp.com/biz/flushing-fo…), we now have a name for this super popular 燒烤肉 BBQ spot: Fat Ni.
Here's the good news: They have some very tasty skewers with some of the best variety Flushing has to offer. Aside from the regular selections like chicken and chicken, they also have gizzards, quail, shrimp, squid, and even chicken head. For our veggie only friends, they also rock eggplant, potato, broccoli, green pepper, corn, and tofu. They even have stinky tofu for those suffering from Taiwanese nostalgia. Too bad it's not really stinky.
Here's the bad news: They frequently run out of meats. While I'm happy to rock a lamb kebab anytime, I also know that the less popular items like fishball and sausage are likely to go. Gizzards and duck neck (tasty!) are almost never available. When the Chinese kebab climate was $1 each, Fat Ni was one of the firsts to embrace the $1.25 price tag and now $1.50-$2.00 per skewer.
Food costs aside, they still do a good job with what they have. I won't put them above the Xinjiang variety, but they have been clutch late at night when most other carts have packed up and gone home.
Another tidbit is they are also the people behind Panyo (yelp.com/biz/panyo-bbq-f…), the brick and mortar location of the exact same menu and format (cash only, little to no parking, open super late).
Wasn't what I was expecting and wasn't expecting much. Cool concept where you have a bunch of meats and veggies, sauced on and grill on a stick over open coals. Don't get me wrong, some of the meat we tried was good and spicy but overall experience wasn't a 4 star review. The lamb and chicken heart were good even though the lamb was a little chewy and fatty. The tendon I couldn't even stomach, just a like chewing on a rubber band with spices. The sausaga, actually how it is on the menu with the A at the end, was so sweet but grew on us. Think pork in the morning with a lot of brown sugar kind of deal.
Wish they had more benches around the area. I wanted to try some vegetables, especially the corn which is grilled, blistered whole on the coal. Maybe if I am in the area again I will give it a shot but not making it a frequent destination. Huge positive though, even though we were ok having iffy meats on a stick, everything is priced so cheap. The four skewers we tried only cost $6! Not bad for an experimental appetizer before you find a place for dinner.
Located on the corner of Prince & 39th Ave.. I had no idea this awesome BBQ cart had a name on Yelp..Loll I've seen this cart here for a long time. Prices are great, very affordable and many people frequently buy in bulk.. half a dozen or a dozen skewers at a time. A typical chicken, lamb or beef skewer goes for $1.50, which is pretty good pricing. On the other corner of 39th Ave and Main Street, the Kebab and Hotdog cart owned by Nick, charges $2.25 for a beef skewer. And similar carts in Manhattan go as high as $5 per skewer, which is ridiculous!
After class yesterday, I saw the guy and his partner setting up and were already cooking on their grill. So I asked them what time they were working till. They said, " from 4pm to 4am." Pretty cool. Ingredients vary as well. Whatever you can think of that you can skewer and bbq, they probably have..lol Squid, Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Chicken gizzard, Chicken heart, tofu, scallions, other vegetables, as well as, quails.. O_o And the cart right next door, is a teppanyaki grill station!
I could see myself becoming a regular at Fat Ni's.. loll 😀
Some friends took us around Flushing to some of their favorite Chinese food spots that reminded them of home. We were pretty full, but they wanted us to check out Fat Ni BBQ Cart.
When I eat food from an outside food cart I cross my fingers and pray that I don't get sick. However, when I saw that they offered lamb skewers I was willing to take a risk because I have a bit of a lamb obsession. *They've got the magic sticks* I know if I can eat it once, I can eat it twice. Lamb skewers were addicting and delicious! So was the beef, chicken, and squid.
It's not the healthiest and this isn't something that I would hit up daily, but this cart is super affordable at $1.50 per skewer.
If you want a quick cheap bite, this is the spot to get it!
Serving up legit BBQ on sticks, meat ranging from beef, lamb, chicken, pork, or fish tofu balls. You can have it regular seasoned or spicy.
Priced from $1.25 to $2 per stick.
The flavors are really good and have a nice charcoal taste to them.
My go to BBQ cart in flushing. It's convenient with a parking lot nearby and across the street from my favorite Taiwanese restaurant (66 Lu's). I always save room for a skewer or two from here after grabbing food at 66.
The lamb and beef skewers are tiny, but so succulent and full of flavor with that perfect smoky charred taste. Quail (although one quail for a stand is hella expensive now) and chives are also a must try! The chives soak in allll that seasoning.
Minus one star for the forever ongoing price hikes though.
These guys are contenders for the best bbq cart in Flushing. Not only they have the largest variety of skewers, they work the fastest as well. I only recently found out they are called Fat Ni but I have been their customer for years. Fat Ni is one of the few carts that open till the late hours of the night (I am talking about after midnight when you have post-KTV munchies late). Unfortunately that means you won't see them during the day and even early evening.
If you can imagine it being on a stick, they will have it. On top of the classics like chicken, lamb, and squid, they also serve hearts, gizzards, kidneys, spines, wings, tendons, fish tofu, and more. They also have non-stick items like whole quails and pork chops.
Recently they raised their price to $1.50 a skewer which is a bad sign that the bbq skewer scene is becoming more expensive. But when it comes to a place for late night Flushing snacks, this angelic glowing cart at the corner of Prince and 39th ave is first to come to mind.