New York Street Food

Num Pang last summer (credit: NYSF)

It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Num Pang, one of our Honorary Street Food vendors. They started with a small space on East 12th St, which has seating on stools upstairs for about 10 people. With Num Pang selling street food in a small space, that makes them an Honorary Street Food vendor.

Now, Num Pang has 3 locations, one in Midtown East and one in NoMad. The original spot on East 12th St is the smallest by far. Should they still be considered an Honorary Street Food vendor with 3 locations? What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Here’s their menu for reference.

The food is still the same. As the saying goes: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”! There are a few new specials we haven’t tried before. This time we got the salmon with leeks sandwich, which came to $9.25 after tax.

(credit: NYSF)

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Num Pang's grilled coconut shrimp sandwich

One of our favorite sandwich shops in the city and a charter member of our Honorary Street Food category, Num Pang, has something very special going on right now.

As detailed in the NY Times yesterday, Num Pang currently has a program where guest chefs will create special sandwiches – and $6 of the $9.75 price is being donated to the Food Bank for New York City and the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

Click through for details on the first guest chef, what sandwich they created, and how long this special will be available.

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(photo from the summer)

I was near Union Square around lunch, and I haven’t been to Num Pang in quite a while.  Num Pang is a small storefront located at 21 East 12th st between University Place & 5th Ave, with a few seats at counters upstairs.  They are one of the main reasons we started an Honorary Street Food category.

For new readers who may not be familiar with Num Pang, it’s the Cambodian version of banh mi.  There are a few differences, but the quality of the food at Num Pang is usually so high, it appeals to lots of different people.

We’ve had just about everything on their menu, but still stop by when the need arises. We also want to see if anything new is on the menu.  Today we found 2 new menu items, one for veggies and one for carnivores.

There was a spicy organic tofu with a ginger-soy-honey glaze and leeks ($7 plus tax), which sounded pretty good.  But Today’s Lunch is grilled khmer sausages with Asian slaw ($7.50 plus tax), which they dub Brooklyn Bangers.

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(photo: Thrillist)

As we mentioned last week, one of our favorite places for lunch, Num Pang, has opened a 2nd location in midtown, at 140 East 41st st between Lexington & 3rd Ave.

They even have a couple of new items on the menu – which is a good thing, because I think I’ve tried every item on the menu in the Village!

The midtown menu has a new pulled chicken salad and grilled Khmer sausage sandwiches.  I’m really looking forward to trying the sausage sandwich, but everything I’ve ever had at Num Pang has been delicious!

Grilled coconut shrimp sandwich

We heard some of the best news in a while recently.  Eater reports that Num Pang, one of our favorite all-time places in NYC, and a stalwart of our Honorary Street Food category, will be opening a 2nd storefront around Grand Central.

The space is on East 41st Street right next to sports bar Public House, and is only two blocks from Grand Central.

We’ve consistently said that Num Pang has one of the best under $10 lunches in the city.  If you work in east midtown, now you can find out for yourself.

Peppercorn catfish here we come!