New York Street Food

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.

2 Bullets cut in half for us (normally served whole)

Have you ever eaten a huge burrito for lunch, only to end up in a food coma halfway into a 3pm meeting, drooling on your shirt?  Mexicue believe they have the solution.

Mexicue contacted us recently about a new addition to their menu – Bullets.  Bullets are burritos served on 8″ tortillas and come 2 to an order, plus tortilla chips and salsa for $8.75.  This way you can either share your lunch with a friend or co-worker, save one burrito for after that meeting, or try two different bullets for some variety.

Being the intrepid reporters that we are, we asked Mexicue if we could try out these new Bullets.  They graciously invited us to their LES store for a tasting.

Click through for our report on the Bullets, other new menu items, and details on how you can get a FREE Bullet yourself.

Mexicue's LES store

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?uest Loves Food's Origami-Wrapped Fried Chicken

Ahmir “?uestLove” Thompson is best known as one of the creative forces behind the musical group The Roots, as well as the leader of the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

Lately, he’s been showing off his chops in the kitchen, as well as  behind the drum kit.  His new catering company, ?uest Loves Food, has been very busy lately, and they say they will be opening a buttermilk fried chicken food truck in the near future.

In an interview with AdWeek, ?uestlove says “Food trucks are the new black. And I’m trying to prove that fried chicken is the new cupcakes.”

Click through for additional information on ?uest Loves Food, as well as more of his interview with AdWeek.

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I wasn’t too hungry today, but have been wanting to try the new chicken sandwiches from The Frying Dutchmen.  A couple of weeks ago, on the day of its menu debut, I tried their new Black and Blue Burger.  It had some ups and downs, and afterwards, the owner Ben asked for my suggestions.  We’ll check back in on the burgers soon to see if he took our advice.

For Today’s Lunch, I went with a BBQ chicken sandwich ($7).

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Last week I did a short post about Mexicue’s new recipe contest where you have to feature bacon as the main ingredient.  Can’t wait to try the winning recipe for that contest!

The article also mentioned the winning recipe for the last contest that had to use butternut squash as the main ingredient.  The winning recipe is now on Mexicue’s menu for a month or two.

Today’s Lunch is a butternut squash taco ($2.75), a burnt ends chili slider ($3) and a short rib taco ($4) from Mexicue.

burnt ends chili slider, butternut squash taco & short ribs taco (bottom to top)

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