New York Street Food

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If you’re interested in eating a healthy lunch from a food truck, Now Eat This!is a good option.  All menu items are supposed to be under 350 calories, and are based on recipes from a cookbook of the same name by Rocco Di Spirito.

Similar to his UK colleague Jamie Oliver, Rocco is on a mssion to teach people, especially children, how to cook and eat healthily.  One of the first things they teach is that food can be delicious and healthy – these two things are not mutually exclusive.

I’ve tried a few things from the Now Eat This! truck since it first came out last November, ranging from excellent (chicken broccoli stir fry) to ok (lasagna bolognese).

With a few new items on the menu, it was time for a return trip for the chicken satay ($9) and vanilla panna cotta with a caramel sauce ($3) for dessert.

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In our review of nasi goreng for Today’s Lunch, we called it a “kitchen sink” type of dish – made with whatever the cook happens to have around.  We did a little research on nasi goreng and found an article in The Jakarta Globe that explained more about this most fungible of foods.

“In many ways, nasi goreng is Indonesia. It is the unofficial national dish, but it is much more than a simple plate of fried rice. Nasi goreng is always changing, filled with different ingredients and flavors, much like the country itself.  At its most basic, nasi goreng, which has Chinese roots, is steamed rice mixed with a dash of soy sauce and chili, cooked with oil in a frying pan.

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There are a few restaurants at my hotel, and I had a lot of work to do, so I ordered in room service from the Indonesian restaurant in the hotel, Bugis Street.  Although Today’s Lunch was from a restaurant, it was nasi goreng and fried meat dumplings, both well-known street foods.

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About a month ago, we posted a Friday’s Recipe for Moo Shu Chicken Lettuce Wraps.  Another recipe that uses lettuce to wrap the food is Indonesian Minced Pork, a popular dish in that part of the world.  It’s a fairly simple recipe that’s pretty interesting and tasty to eat.

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For Friday’s Recipe this week, we’re going to keep things easy, both in terms of ingredients and cooking.  This Easy Chicken Satay does not need skewers or a grill, and uses ingredients commonly found in American households.

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