New Yummy Express

American Airlines strikes again: this time, they overbooked all outbound flights to LAX and I was stranded in the area near JFK. If I wasn’t irate enough about spending my entire day in the airport, then American «regretfully» informed me that they would not pay to put me up in a hotel. And the only hotel with vacancy was some fleabag motel (review pending) in Queens.
So at this point, it’s 11pm and after a day of gate-​hopping around the American terminal, I’m cranky, without my luggage, scared of the bedbugs lurking in the upholstery, and extremely famished. After leafing through some take-​out menus left on the first floor of the fleabag motel, New Yummy Express looked like the first option that was 1) still open and 2) serving food that was edible.
Within half an hour of placing my order over the phone, the delivery guy arrived with my piping hot wonton soup and steamed tofu and vegetables. Were the wontons and the broth just alright? And was the helping of tofu a little paltry? Yes, but for the price, New Yummy Express was just what I needed to prevent a travel-​related meltdown. Orders over $ 15 get you a free soda or eggroll; although a scotch (neat) would have been more of what I needed, a club soda was just perfect.
If American Airlines (or Delta. Or Continental. Or TWA.) puts you in a travel-​related bind that leaves you stranded in Queens, at least take solace in the fact that you won’t have to go hungry.