New York Street Food

New York street vendors are known for being tough, having to deal with black marketeers, police, local businesses and especially other vendors.

But I don’t recall hearing about any NYC vendors doing what this ice cream vendor in Blackburn, England did to another vendor’s truck.

I bet you’ve never heard this sentence before: ”I couldn’t believe it when Mr Yummy jumped out of his van and smashed Mr Whippy’s window,” said resident John Tighe. “You just don’t expect that around here.”

[video via Mobsymobs]

One of the more interesting food sites around is Food Curated.  For the past two years, they have created videos for each of the Vendy Award Finalists.

Last week Food Curated profiled Wooly’s Ice, the 2011 Vendy Award Winner for Best Dessert.

If you get a hankering for Wooly’s after watching this video, they are now located at the South Street Seaport.  Wooly’s hours are from 12-9pm, and they are open 7 days a week!

If you have trouble watching the video below, click here for the link.

Are you ready for some dessert?  Who cares if it’s 9 o’clock in the morning!

Kim Ima, founder of the Treats Truck, was on Good Day New York for Valentine’s Day – and we have the video.

Kim talks about her love of baking and her love of eating sandwich cookies, among other things.  Kim also mentions the store she is opening in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Below is the video, and after the jump are two of Kim’s recipes from The Treats Truck Baking Book.

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Pondicherry Dosa from NY Dosas

Who makes the best dosa in New York City?  We have our opinion, but a bunch of rockers from different groups (who are all of Indian  descent) are on a Dosa Hunt, which we read about on Gothamist.

Readers of NYSF should know what a dosa is, but if you don’t, listen up.  A dosa is a South Indian dish made with lentil batter that is cooked into a thin wrapper.  Various fillings are put into it crepe-style, and its usually a vegetarian dish – but that doesn’t mean it still can’t take off the top layer of your tongue!

So who makes the best dosa in town?  Click through for our opinion and a trailer from the upcoming short film Dosa Hunt.

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If you like to travel and eat (or to read about it), Migrationology is a pretty interesting website.

The latest installment is a video of Mark’s 12-hour street food binge in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Enjoy!