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Chinese Mirch did a curious thing recently. They put a new wrap on the truck and even got a new twitter handle to refresh things. Then they went and changed the menu to be even more like a lot of the other food trucks.

New momos and buns were added to the menu, and now you can make any lunch into a rice or noodle bowl by adding $4. All they have to do is give you an option for tacos and they’ll hit the trifecta.

We ordered two of the new menu items, Bok Choy & Tofu Momos for $6 and Sweet Mini Buns for dessert for $3.

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All the way back in October, we told you about the Desi Food Truck getting a permit from the NYC Parks Dept to operate at Soho Square, a small triangular park on the west side of 6th Ave at Spring St.

Things always take longer than expected, but yesterday was their 1st day back, so of course we had to stop by to welcome Al back and see how things were going.

The menu is still about the same with some minor changes. They now offer “lunch meals”, with a kati roll, chicken tikka masala, dessert and a drink for $10. There is also a veggie meal for $9.

As we walked up, Al handed us a piece of puri bhaji. He did this with everyone coming up to the truck, not just us. It was a nice little snack while we waited for our lunch.

We ended up getting a chicken anda kati roll for $5.50. With Al being Al, we also got to try a funky new dessert called soan papdi that was pretty cool.

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If you read our post earlier today, you know that we are currently in LA, and last night we went to the Santa Monica Food Truck Bazaar.

We met Ross from Roaming Hunger there, and the first food truck he recommended trying was the India Jones Chow Truck.

India Jones Chow Truck won the 2012 LA Vendy Cup, and we had a chance to chat with Chef Sumant for a little while last night. He is on the Board of the Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association, similar to the NYC Food Truck Association here.

Chef Sumant also has a Chinese food truck called China Jones Chow Truck, and he told us about an idea he has for a third food truck, but swore us to secrecy. Sorry!

Ross said we had to try the Lamb Frankie, which cost $6. Let’s rock & roll!

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As we told you last week, a new food cart named Hyderabad popped up recently that splits its time between midtown and the Financial District.

On the sign right next to the cart’s name is Goat Kacchi Biryani, one of their specialties that we tried last week, but when we were waiting for our lunch, the woman in the cart was pouring batter onto the grill to make a dosa, and it looked great.

That’s what we ended up ordering for our second visit, a masala dosa for $6.

It’s not mentioned on the menu, but the dosas and uttapam both come with sambar as a side dish. Don’t mind if we do.

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New food carts have been opening up on a pretty regular basis, and the latest we’ve found is Hyderabad. No, it’s not badder than Superbad. Hyderabad is a city of about 7 million people in southern India.

Most vendors serving Indian cuisine seem to specialize in certain dishes. Some do biryani, chicken tikka masala and kati rolls. Others have dosas and uttapam.

The menu at Hyderabad is broad, and includes all of the above, plus chicken karahi and some fish and other dishes.

We always say when a vendor advertises the name of a dish, order that dish first. We couldn’t tell if goat kacchi biryani is part of the cart’s name, but it’s in big letters right over the ordering window.

According to the menu, they only have goat kacchi biryani on Tuesdays & Fridays, and it was a Friday, so that’s what we ordered for $8.

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