New York Street Food

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The Fun Buns cart emerged last spring with pork belly bao (Chinese buns), then they came out with beef bao at the beginning of the summer.

They must be doing something right. Last month Fun Buns was named as a 2012 Vendy Award Finalist in the Rookie of the Year category, and we got to enjoy them at the Vendys a few weeks ago.

The last item added to their menu was chicken bao, which we hadn’t had a chance to try yet. Time to rectify that situation.

Buns are $3 each, but they have a combo with 3 buns, chips and a drink for $10. That’s what we ordered, with 2 chicken and a beef bun. The chips and drinks are a little different, which we’ll tell you about after the buns.

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In our opinion, Rookie of the Year was one of the tougher categories to call. Last year, it was pretty obvious the Korilla machine was going to run everyone else over. This year, there was no clear favorite.

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In April we told you about a new food cart from the team behind Bian Dang that served Chinese buns known as bao.   Fun Buns started out with only pork belly buns, but they recently added a 2nd item, spicy beef shank bao, to the menu.

The bao are $3 each, or you can get a combo of 3 buns plus either a drink or chips for $10.  I decided to get 2 of the new beef buns plus a bag of chips for $8.

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Yesterday we told you about what we thought was a new food truck from the sibling team behind the Bian Dang and Fishing Shrimp trucks.

Last night we ventured out to 4th Ave & President St in Brooklyn to see for ourselves, and found a brand new food cart.  The way things are going in NYC with food trucks these days, a cart is a cheaper and safer way to go.  Then you only have to worry about other vendors, not the police too.

It was only their 2nd day on the street, and they want to roll things out slowly, so they only had one item, Five Spice Pork Belly Buns.  They cost $3 each.

Click through to find out how it was, as well as to get a look at their future menu.

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We caught up with Diana from Bian Dang last month, when they returned to the street after winter hibernation.  Diana hinted to me about a new truck they would be coming out with soon, but played coy about the concept.

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