New York Street Food

We told you about the next big dessert fad, macarons.  To help jump-start the process, the Macaron Maven (François Payard) has declared March 20th the 1st Annual Macaron Day NYC 2010.  This will coincide with the 5th Annual Jour du Macaron in Paris, which was created by Pierre Hermé.

There will be free macarons given away at around a dozen bakeries (maybe even a bakers dozen bakeries), including Bouchon Bakery and our old friend, Dessert Truck Works.  To receive a free macaron tell the shop you are there for Macaron Day NYC.  Limit one per person while quantities last.

For all macarons purchased that day, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to City Harvest, who are dedicated to feeding the city’s hungry men, women, and children. [Macaron Day NYC 2010]

The Dessert Truck has officially opened their storefront on the Lower East Side called DT Works, at 6 Clinton St, between E. Houston and Stanton Street. They retained the original menu that made them a 2008 Vendy Award Finalist, including carmelized apple over puff pastry, warm molten chocolate cake, and warm chocolate bread pudding with bacon custard sauce (pictured).  Desserts are $6 each and hot chocolate or a milk chocolate bark with pretzels and hazelnuts is $3 .

High/Low Food/Drink was there and took some yummy-looking pictures.  It looks pretty comfy, too. Can’t wait to check out their new place. Congratulations!

I found an interesting episode of Vendr.TV from last summer that featured Daniel Delaney with Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV.

The duo paired wines with different types of street food, and were joined by Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch at their first stop, the Kwik Meal cart.  Gary threw a fast ball, pairing the platter with a 2008 Premiado Torrontes.

Then it was off to meet up with Jerome Chang of the Dessert Truck.  There they sampled his award winning chocolate bread pudding and the warm chocolate molten cake.  Quick on his feet, Gary whipped out a 2006 Tohu Pinot Noir, which paired perfectly with the sweets.

Fun and interesting viewing below.

David Byrne’s oft-quoted lyric was applied to the street food craze by Black Book magazine.  According to their article, first there was Treats Truck, then Dessert Truck, then Rickshaw Dumpling Truck, then all hell breaks loose! [Black Book]