New York Street Food

Big D’s Grub Truck was the 2nd Korean taco truck to hit the NYC streets, opening in late January 2011.  While they also have Korean tacos, what sets them apart are their grinders, which you can get with 4 different meats and cost $7 each.

I asked Dennis (Big D) to give me his favorite grinder, which he said was the spicy pork.  I also got an order of 4 dumplings for $3.

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It’s been a little while since I’ve been to Big D’s Grub Truck, so I stopped by to see if anything new was going on.  Talk about perfect timing!

Dennis (Big D) had just introduced a new menu item – rice platters – to go along with his Korean tacos, grinders, dumplings and fries.  It was so new, today was only the 2nd day it was available, and it wasn’t even on the printed menu.

There was a handwritten sign in the window saying “rice platter $10 with free soda”.  You also get a choice of meat to go with the rice – bulgogi beef, ginger chicken, spicy chicken or spicy pork.

Today’s Lunch is the spicy pork rice platter ($10 with a free soda) from Big D’s Grub Truck.

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Big D’s Grub Truck have been supplementing their main menu the past few weeks with special appetizers, such as vegetarian dim sum spring rolls from the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown and Vietnamese spring rolls from a new Vietnamese eatery opening soon in the NYC area.

Today they had sriracha chicken wings ($3), which I got for Today’s Lunch, along with an order of pork & chive dumplings ($3).

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When I was on West 50th St last week checking out the scene, I was one of the last people who ordered lunch before the police shut down Big D’s Grub Truck.  It was unfortunate for Big D, but I was able to get a bulgogi grinder ($7) for lunch before they had to close up for the day.

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I was on my usual route yesterday morning to the Houston St station when I spotted a yellow truck on Hudson St just below Houston.  I’m used to seeing the blue Sweetery NYC truck there, so I went over for a closer look. (Sweetery was back there today.)

It turned out to be Big D’s Grub Truck, who started serving breakfast about a month ago.  I’ve really enjoyed their Korean tacos and grinders, but I’m not usually much of a breakfast eater.  My lunches are so calorie-filled that I try to have just a yogurt for breakfast.

Nevertheless, a breakfast burrito from Big D’s was something I couldn’t pass up.

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