Farm Style Deli

I love this place! They serve traditional harbin style sausage that you can only find around queens. The only thing is that it is a little hard to find, because it is near the escalator on the second floor. Their garlic sausage is really good. I think most of their products are easy to prepare especially for morning breakfast. I have been there quite a few time, definitely worth the try.

Farm Style Deli may hold the distinction of being the most random stall in the New World Mall. Similarly to Burger Shack and Pizza 8, these places stick out like sore thumbs in a space that is so predominantly Asian. Variety is one thing, but it would be no different than finding a Greek restaurant in a mall meant for Spanish speakers only. Yet in the same token, places like Farm Style Deli, Pizza 8, and Burger Shack are necessary in this mall equation — what’s a food court without a little pizza and burger options? And of course, what’s a supermarket without a deli section?
Not part of the food court downstairs, Farm Style Deli is nestled on the second floor near away from the stairs that lead to the supermarket. A tiny little space sandwiched with as many as 5 – 6 people behind the counter, preparing all the meats for those waiting in line (and there are usually many). One would think Asian Supermarket would go hand in hand with an Asian meat shop right? Somehow that logic was never applied with Farm Style Deli.
Instead of an assortment of popular Asian meats (cured pig skin, Chinese sausage, etc.), one will find a variety of actual deli meats, many of which are in sausage form — like kielbasas, salami, and various chorizos. There are some cut meats as well, serrano ham slices to bacon, among other western regional meat delicacies.
As weird as it may seem to others, the likely truth is many of the customers here have probably never had the opportunity to try many of these meats. A non-​English speaking Chinese grandmother walking into an Italian or Polish deli barking up orders for a mortadella or kielbasas is even less likely than the other way around. It’s here where a Chinese person can explain what a summer sausage is without having to resort to English, a feat not likely accomplished in the more «authentic» meat /​deli shops.
So what drives me crazy about this place? The way they handle their samples. Usually paper plates of random meats are cut and laid out for folks to sample with toothpicks to inspire some meat purchases. While there is a mini garbage can on the side and near the front, many of the older Asian customers tend to LEAVE THEIR TOOTHPICKS ON the paper plate, often next to uneaten meat samples or better yet half eaten ones from folks who couldn’t continue to eat after the initial bite. I already feel a bit dirty after helping myself to more than a few sampler meats.
There are no signs or much regulation, often times someone from behind the counter will manually remove the used toothpicks without switching out the plate. After giving them the heads up, they have shown very restraint. How about a sign to instruct the ignorant? How about someone to stand out of the counter and manually hand out food samples? When I posed the suggestion, I was asked to either buy something or step aside.
Now that the initial crowd hype at New World Mall is down, I hope some semblance of change is on the horizon.