New York Street Food

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Last week when we were in L.A., the Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck hit the street. Roberto B, a NYSF reader and avid foodie, agreed to check out the truck for us, and sent in this very descriptive Guest Post. Thanks Roberto.

Now that we’re back in town, we had to check it our ourself.

Heading down to the Flatiron District yesterday, there was a short-lived threat of rain around lunchtime, and it was pretty quiet at the truck. That sucked for the truck, but did give us a chance to talk to the owner and chef Andy Yang.

Andy told us a bit about the food, as well as his plans for world domination. Just kidding about the world domination, but you’ll be seeing much more in the way of Rhong-Tiam trucks and carts very soon, with a variety of menus. We’ll tell you more about that later.

Everything on the menu looked interesting, so we decided to get the first thing on the list, General Tso’s Burger for $10.

After Roberto raved about the fries, we definitely wanted to check out an order, and there are 3 types. We got the Asian Invasion Fries for $4.

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Since we were in L.A. last week when the Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck hit the street, we asked Roberto B. to head down to the Flatiron District and check it out for us.

We think Roberto did a great job. After reading his review, let us know what you think. Take it away Roberto!

Rhong-Tiam is an all-natural burger truck with a Pan-Asian twist – the concept is compelling and the execution admirable.  I bicycled a couple miles over on a day when I knew my boss was watching the clock just to be among the first week’s customers and am without regret.

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Chef/Proprietor Andy Yang of Rhong Tiam loves both driving and food. This makes him a natural to start a food truck. All he needed was a new concept, which he came up with, and it sounds great!

After opening the Rhong Tiam Pad Thai Cart last summer, Yang is coming out tomorrow with the Rhong Tiam Supreme Burger Truck…and we’re 3,000 miles away. Damn!

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One of the newest food trucks to hit our streets is the Mamu Thai Noodle Truck. As we told you previously, the owner, Siwat Thitiwatana, got the urge to serve Thai noodles here in his native NYC after visiting family in Thailand, where his uncle owns 3 noodle shops.

We visited them once before and had pad siew. We recently made a return visit. The menu started small, and has been slowly growing in size as they introduce new menu items. We went for chicken pad thai for $8 and an order of curry puffs for $6.

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We first heard about the Mamu Thai Noodle Truck during their Kickstarter campaign over the winter. Siwat, the owner and chef, was trying to raise the final $11,000 needed to get the truck on the street. Luckily, he succeeded.

Mamu has been serving lunch and dinner in Brooklyn over the past couple of weeks, plus lunch once in Manhattan. Unfortunately, our schedules just didn’t match until yesterday, their second time in Manhattan.

The menu is small for now, but they expect to be adding items as operations get smoother. There are 4 people working in the truck, so waits are minimal, except for the amount of time it takes to cook a dish.

As we always do our first time at a new truck, we asked what they recommended. Siwat suggested the pad siew, which we got with shrimp for $9. You can also get it with tofu for $7 or chicken for $8.

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