New York Street Food

We haven’t seen the Bongo Brothers Cuban Food truck around for a while, so we sent them an email to make sure everything was ok.

While everything is good in terms of health and family, they’ve been in legal limbo for the past 4 months. A well-known celebrity couple based in Miami sent them a cease & desist letter due to the similarity in their names.

They didn’t actually get sued, but respectfully changed their name (to avoid getting sued). Danny told us the Estefans were nice about it, and their attorney said the Miami Food Machine name was fine, so there shouldn’t be any more legal issues to deal with.

The Miami Food Machine officially opens Wednesday (3/20). Click through to see their new menu, new facebook and twitter handle, and more.

The Cubano (credit: NYSF)

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Bongo Brothers is the only Cuban food truck we know of in NYC. The first time we went there, we had to get a Cuban sandwich. the big question was what to get on subsequent visits.

Perusing the menu, we saw a new item, shredded chicken breast in either a platter or a sandwich. What caught our eye was one of the sauces available with this dish, guava bbq sauce.

We decided to go with the platter for $9, which came with a few side dishes. The sandwich was $7.

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I went to the Bongo Brother Cuban Food truck recently, but haven’t had a chance to post about the lunch.  They are off the road for a private event today, but will be back tomorrow.  Bongo Brothers will also be part of the MasterCard Priceless NY promotion going on for the next month, so keep your eyes open (or just read New York Street Food every day).

I have only had sandwiches from Bongo Brothers, and one dish I hadn’t tried yet was Lechon Asado ($9).  Yes, it was as good as it looks!

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Last time I was at the Bongo Brothers Cuban Food truck, the person in line after me got a mojo chicken sandwich that looked great when they were putting it together.  I knew that next time here, that would be my order.

Today’s Lunch is a mojo chicken “a la Plancha” sandwich ($7) from Bongo Brother Cuban Food.

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I enjoyed the Cubano sandwich I had from the relatively new Bongo Brothers Cuban Food truck last month, and wanted to try something else.  Last time, several people ahead of me got ropa vieja, and that’s what I tried yesterday.

You can get ropa vieja on a sandwich for $7, or with rice, beans and sweet plantains for $9.  I went for the sandwich because I wanted to try a couple of appetizers too.  The empanada with sofrito and the ham croquette both looked good ($3 each), so I got one order of each.

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