New York Street Food

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It seems like a lot of places are moving to a mix & match menu, where you choose your protein, toppings, sauce and method of delivery.

There are positives and negatives to doing it this way for the vendor, but for the customer, we can only see positives. What can be better than choosing exactly what you want in your dish?

If you’re one of those people who can’t decide when given a lot of choices, there is still the preset menu, which puts together their suggested ingredients.

For the vendor, customizing each dish slows things down a little, but giving your customer exactly what they want is the best customer service you can offer.

Mexicue’s new mix & match menu has some now items, so click through to see what they are, and to hear about the lunch they made up just for us.

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The most brand-spanking new food truck in NYC right now is the Mac Truck. Yes, macaroni & cheese…but with lots of options!

We were out of town when the Mac Truck opened, but on Friday we had a First Look. Thanks again to Amar from Food To Eat for giving us an initial review early last week.

As with many food trucks these days, the menu is mix and match to your personal taste. For no additional charge, you can get add-ons like B&G peppers, sambal, extra sauce and more.

The classic m&c is $6, but the day we went, they tweeted to try their m&c with pulled pork, B&G peppers and sriracha mayo, which costs $8. Don’t mind if we do! Just add a little extra cheese sauce to that, if you don’t mind.

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One of the best and most reliable street food vendors in the city is Calexico Carne Asada, winners of the 2008 Vendy Cup. Four years on, they are still one of the tastiest and most consistent street carts around.

Once again, tweeting a daily special got my attention. This time it was pulled beef brisket with rajas, and it was available at both their carts.

The pulled beef brisket was available in tacos, burritos, quesadillas, or a “naked” burrito. We liked the sound of a “naked” burrito, and got that for $9.

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It’s time for the next Mexicue recipe contest, and the stakes are being raised!

In April, the winner of the Spring Recipe Contest for using lamb won a $50 gift certificate to Mexicue.

For the Fall Recipe Contest, the winner gets free sliders on the truck for a year, and their menu item featured on the menu for the Fall.

Click through to find out what the magic ingredient is for the Fall Recipe Contest.

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When I went down to the World Financial Center Food Truck Lot recently, there were 5 different trucks to choose from.  I wanted to get a lunch that I hadn’t tried yet, and a rice bowl from Mexicue fit the bill perfectly.

You can get a rice bowl with fillings from any of the main dishes.  They all cost $9.75, and I went for the burnt ends chili.

Chefs and BBQ aficionados know the burnt ends are some of the tastiest pieces of barbecued meat.  Using the burnt ends of brisket for chili is a genius move on the part of Mexicue.  Add some ground beef and a sweet and spicy BBQ sauce, and you have the makings of a kick-ass chili.

On the bottom of the bowl they put paprika lime rice. Then chili is placed on the rice, and it’s all topped with lettuce, jalapeños, cilantro lime crema, crumbled cojita cheese and crispy tortilla strips.

Wow, was this good!  The chili was nice and spicy, especially the bites with jalapeños.  The rice tempered the spiciness a bit, and the tortilla strips added a welcome salty aspect that played really well off the sweetness of the bbq sauce.

Mexicue makes the rounds of various neighborhoods, so you can find them on twitter here or on our Mobile Munchies twitter feed.  They also have 2 storefronts, one near Penn Station and one on the Lower East Side, so when the urge hits, you have several ways to get Mexicue.