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It’s not too often that we get downtown, but when we do, Veronica’s Kitchen is usually near the top of our list. If it’s a Friday, even better. That means fish!

We went there on Friday, and while it took us a while to get lunch, it was ultimately worth the wait.

Veronica’s Kitchen had several kinds of seafood available, including fried whiting, steamed king fish, shrimp curry, bake & codfish, shrimp roti and either fried or steamed red snapper. We got steamed red snapper, and it cost $10, and came with 2 side dishes.

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We were downtown for lunch yesterday, which is a fairly rare occurrence, but one we wanted to take full advantage of. What better way than to have lunch from Veronica’s Kitchen?

Veronica’s Kitchen is a stalwart of the Financial District, serving lunch on Front St by Pine St for many years. In fact, Veronica’s was a Vendy Award Finalist in the 3rd Vendys, back in 2007.

Because of the snow, the cart was on Water St by Pine St, but that looks to be a temporary situation.

It was our first time at Veronica’s Kitchen, and the line was about 12 people long, so we did our best to see what others were ordering.

Even though the menu is a decent size, everyone seemed to be ordering jerk chicken, and we did the same. A small is $6 and a large is $8. Both come with your choice of 2 side dishes.

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Earlier this month, we were by West 43rd St & 6th Ave a couple of times, and both times, the venerable Trini-Paki Boys Cart was not at it’s usual spot. Since there was a new Thai cart, we thought (after 2 separate visits) that Trini-Paki Boys was no longer around.

NYSF reader Brendan saw our article and contacted us to say he recently saw Trini-Paki Boys back on 43rd St, so we stopped by yesterday for lunch.

There’s always a line at this cart, for good reason. Yesterday it was only about 8 people, but during the summer, it can be much longer.

We make a point to ask about daily specials, and one was curried goat. This is a Caribbean specialty that we haven’t had much, so we ordered a medium size for $7. They have larger and smaller sizes, but the medium is enough for us, and we have a big appetite.

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One of the benefits of going down to the Financial District for lunch is being able to try new street food vendors. We have never worked downtown, so many of the lunch options there are new to us.

For example, we knew about Nio’s Trinidad Roti truck, but didn’t have a chance to try them until a few days ago. Nio’s has operated a restaurant at 2702 Church Ave in Brooklyn for nearly 30 years, but the truck had been off the road for quite a while. A few months ago, Nio’s silver truck returned to Water St & Pine St every weekday for lunch.

The menu is comprised of roti wraps, with various fillings such as vegetable, chicken, beef, goat, shrimp, or a few other choices. Prices range from $5-$8, with our choice, fish, being $8. We also got a Trinidadian double for $2.

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There are many ways to cool off during a NYC summer, and we just found another one – An Icy Introduction, who make Caribbean-style SnoBalls, SnoCreams and Slushes.

Readers of NYSF know about Wooly’s Ice, who make Taiwanese shaved ice treats, and won Best Dessert at last year’s Vendy Awards.  An Icy Introduction is a Caribbean version of this cool treat.

Kafi Dublin comes to us from the island of St. Vincent, and she told me that shaved ice is very popular all around the Caribbean.  That makes perfect sense in such a warm climate.

So what exactly are SnoBalls and SnoCreams?

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